Mike Howell
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Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Vancouver mayor, city councillors begin 2023 with 7.3% pay hike
Mayor Ken Sim and Vancouver’s 10 city councillors have begun 2023 with a hefty pay raise — 7.3 per cent, according to information supplied to Glacier Media from the City of Vancouver’s communications department. → Read More
John Coupar resigns as Vancouver NPA’s mayoral candidate
John Coupar has resigned as the NPA’s mayoral candidate, leaving the party without a leader with less than three months before the Oct. 15 municipal election. → Read More
Should City of Vancouver help fund legal challenge against Quebec’s controversial Bill 21?
Should the City of Vancouver help fund a legal challenge against Quebec's controversial Bill 21, which became law in 2019 and prohibits public servants from wearing religious symbols including turbans, hijabs, yarmulkes and crucifixes? → Read More
Could a 500-foot tower be coming to Vancouver’s False Creek South?
The city has released a “conceptual development plan” for 80 acres of land it owns and manages on the south shore of False Creek that contemplates tripling the number of housing units and adding new buildings of six to 28 storeys high. → Read More
Hundreds of trees in Vancouver could fall in plan to reduce building permit backlog
A city staff report released Wednesday recommends that sections of the city’s tree protection bylaw be temporarily suspended for one year to reduce the amount of time a home builder has to wait for permits to begin construction. → Read More
Musqueam reports first cases of COVID-19 on reserve in Vancouver
The Musqueam Indian Band is reporting its first cases of COVID-19 with three people living on the reserve in southwest Vancouver recently testing positive for the virus. → Read More
City of Vancouver now owner of notorious Balmoral, Regent hotels
The City of Vancouver announced Friday that it now owns the notorious Balmoral and Regent single-room-occupancy hotels in the Downtown Eastside after reaching a settlement with the landlords. → Read More
Kitsilano rental project remains controversial one year later
A contentious five-storey rental housing project in Kitsilano approved by city council last year has grown in size by five homes and at least one councillor is concerned the change along with a reduction in three-bedroom units compromises the integrity of council’s approval proces → Read More
Vancouver council approves $500m ‘climate emergency action plan’
Vancouver city council has approved an ambitious $500 million climate fight plan that aims to cut natural gas heat in existing buildings, discourage vehicle use and find less polluted ways to produce and transport construction materials. → Read More
State of the city: A look at Vancouver by the numbers
Vancouver lost 32,000 jobs between February and August → Read More
Vancouver city council directs staff to consider future Olympic Games bid
City council voted 7-4 Wednesday to direct staff to conduct preliminary work on the feasibility of hosting another Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Vancouver and to report back with findings before the end of next April. → Read More
Downtown traffic toll plan faces pushback
Vancouver City Council will debate a city staff recommendation November 3 that tolls – “transport pricing fees” – should be used to curb traffic into the downtown business district. → Read More
Vancouver mayor reflects on halfway mark in 4-year term
Mayor Kennedy Stewart begins the second half of his four-year term this fall with an agenda largely dictated by the devastating effects the pandemic has had on businesses, city finances and residents, particularly the less fortunate and most vulnerable. → Read More
Vancouver city councillor ‘shocked’ by report calling for his resignation
Green Party city councillor Michael Wiebe’s future on council is uncertain after an independent investigator recommended he resign because of votes he made in May that allowed temporary patios across the city including one at his restaurant and another at a pub in which he is an investor. → Read More
Vancouver councillors reflect on first half of four-year term
Vancouver city council is closing in on the halfway point of its four-year term. → Read More
Vancouver mayor touts new housing program for middle-income earners
Mayor Kennedy Stewart announced Monday a new housing program that proposes allowing property owners to build up to six small homes on a standard-sized single-family lot. → Read More
Vancouver sees huge drop in car break-ins during pandemic
The number of break-ins to vehicles in Vancouver has dropped dramatically since the pandemic was declared in March. → Read More
Four Vancouver NPA board members resign
Four board members of Vancouver’s Non-Partisan Association political party announced their resignation Friday. → Read More
Here’s why and how Vancouver council voted on 28-storey rental tower for West Broadway
Vancouver council voted 6-5 Tuesday to approve a controversial proposal for a 28-storey rental tower on West Broadway at Birch Street. → Read More
New auditor general’s office in Vancouver could cost up to $2 million annually
Vancouver city council’s drive to create an independent auditor general’s office could be built on models implemented in Halifax and Ottawa with up to 10 staff and require an annual budget of $1.1 million to $2 million. → Read More