Credit to Author: Susan Lazaruk| Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 01:49:32 +0000
A transit user advocate says raising fares discourages passengers from returning to the transit system, which is down 50 per cent of pre-pandemic ridership numbers
Read moreCredit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2022 17:00:55 +0000
Analysis: Private-sector developers say it’s hard to make the numbers work on rental projects. But as a major B.C. union steps into the development game, they say their model is different — and that it can work.
Read moreCredit to Author: Hardip Johal| Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 01:00:56 +0000
Opinion: If Vancouver had a progressive property tax system, it could raise funds by setting higher rates on high-end properties while keeping taxes lower for the vast majority of owners
Read moreCredit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 02:00:45 +0000
Farmers are already finding it a challenge to get hay, and when they can find someone willing to sell, they are paying about 20 to 40 per cent more than usual.
Read moreCredit to Author: Sarah Grochowski| Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2022 01:28:46 +0000
B.C.’s gas costs are surpassing those of most other Canadian provinces, including oil-rich Alberta, where pumps offering fuel for under $1.50 per litre is becoming rare. Drivers in Newfoundland and Labrador are also seeing the $2-per-litre cost for the very first time.
Read moreCredit to Author: Hardip Johal| Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 02:00:15 +0000
Opinion: How we upzone, not whether we do, should be a central debate in the 2022 municipal elections
Read moreCredit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:53:15 +0000
B.C. Real Estate Association is pushing back against province’s plan to allow homebuyers to back out of a sale within a “cooling period” of seven days.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:02:37 +0000
A Rentals.ca report says last month the average rent for a one-bedroom home in Vancouver was $2,163 while a two-bedroom place cost $3,003.
Read moreCredit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 02:57:58 +0000
“To have such a sea change is astonishing,” said urban planner Andy Yan of Simon Fraser University’s City Program.
Read moreCredit to Author: Hugh Dawson| Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 02:19:39 +0000
Opinion: While the New Democrats continue to dither, the price at the pump marches mostly onward and upward
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