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A 225-page report that involved 18 academics and a full-press push from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) staff has come up lame in suggestions on how to tamper high house prices in major Canadian cities.

The District of West Vancouver has blocked off access to the West Vancouver Marina’s docks over safety concerns. But boat owners whose pleasure craft are tied up there say there may be an even bigger risk in leaving them inaccessible.

John Weston to highlight Bowen Island efforts in testimony about Bill C-64

B.C.’s minimum wage earners are getting a pay hike this June and one ever year after until they’re making $15.20 an hour in 2021.

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It can be tempting to fake your way into the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane, but the Port Mann Traffic Services have a fresh case to prove the point that it’s still against the law. They recently busted a B.C.

Four years after buying a large Ambleside property, West Vancouver council is getting around to the discussion of what it should build there. The District of West Vancouver bought the land across the street from the ice arena, at 2195 Gordon Ave.

Premier John Horgan has rejected the idea of retaliating against Alberta over its boycott of B.C. wines even as he pledged to stand up for vineyards on Vancouver Island and across the province.

Home owners and tenants who are renting their premises on Airbnb will soon have to start charging an eight per cent sales tax and a three per cent hotel tax, the B.C. government announced February 7.

Local pot shops are gearing up to apply for licences making them legal marijuana retailers in the wake of a provincial announcement Monday that will allow legalized cannabis to be sold in both government-run and private stores.