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West Vancouver braces for school tax hike

West Vancouver braces for school tax hike

West Vancouver council is warning a large swath of the community they’re about to get their bells rung by the NDP’s pending school tax.
Emery tenants raise displacement worry in District of North Van

Emery tenants raise displacement worry in District of North Van

District of North Vancouver council should delay approving the 411-unit Emery Place development until affordable housing is secured for the tenants who will be displaced, says one of those tenants.
Concealing details of murder outside Shaughnessy mansion scuttled real estate deal

Concealing details of murder outside Shaughnessy mansion scuttled real estate deal

A woman who told the buyer of her Shaughnessy mansion she was selling the house because her granddaughter had been accepted into Collingwood private school – while omitting that her son-in-law had been gunned down on the sidewalk outside of the house
YVR seeks feedback on noise management

YVR seeks feedback on noise management

Vancouver Airport Authority is seeking the public’s feedback as it prepares an updated noise management plan. In 2017, Vancouver International Airport served 24.2 million passengers in 2017 and expects to serve 29 million passengers in 2020.
How a Victoria kid ended up at heart of Facebook data-mining story

How a Victoria kid ended up at heart of Facebook data-mining story

How does a kid go from doing surveys for the City of Victoria Youth Council to being in the middle of an international information-warfare outfit straight out of a political thriller? Victoria’s Chris Wylie is at the heart of one of the biggest news
Metro Vancouver tests for sulphur dioxide risk over Burrard Inlet

Metro Vancouver tests for sulphur dioxide risk over Burrard Inlet

On a cool and particularly damp March morning, steam can be seen rising from the stacks of the Parkland oil refinery in Burnaby.
What’s up at council?

What’s up at council?

There’s only one council meeting scheduled for Monday but when there’s a massive development in the offing, one is all you need.
North Van school trustees pass amended budget

North Van school trustees pass amended budget

More money for educational assistants and for hiring substitute teachers
28 arrested at Trans Mountain terminal for violating injunction

28 arrested at Trans Mountain terminal for violating injunction

Some attached themselves to the gate after forming blockade, protesting Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion
North Van District to receive money for green projects

North Van District to receive money for green projects

The District of North Vancouver will receive $175,000 as part of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ program to create more green infrastructure projects.