Jeff Lee
The Vancouver Sun
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Jeff Lee: 12 reasons Canadians should do world a favour by building pipelines
Anti-pipeline activism has turned contentious, with emotions flaring and politicians scrambling. To be sure, pipeline projects put a disproportionate burden on certain First Nations and municipalities. → Read More
Haida strip two hereditary chiefs of titles for supporting Enbridge
The rebuke came as the Haida rejected what they call a trend by companies to enlist hereditary chiefs as a way of claiming broad support. → Read More
TransLink mayors to meet with feds on new transit funding plans
The federal government’s decision to pay for half the cost of transportation and infrastructure projects, rather than its usual one-third, has dramatically changed the numbers behind Metro Vancouver’s ambitious 10-year transit plan. → Read More
Vancity to ramp up financial help for refugees
Vancity Credit Union is offering some new financial supports to help some of the estimated 3,000 Syrian refugees who are expected to move to B.C. this year. → Read More
Victims of Tofino whale-watching tragedy named
Five tourists killed in Sunday's whale-watching boat accident have been identified by the B.C. Coroner's Service → Read More
Bentall Centre up for sale in a hot market
The Bentall Centre, with its four distinctive office towers and mall, is being put up for sale by its majority owner, Ivanhoé Cambridge Inc. The offering, which has not yet been listed but was confirmed Wednesday by Ivanhoé Cambridge, will likely be one of the largest transactions in the Vancouver’s history, according to observers. → Read More
Former Olympic boss John Furlong wins defamation case filed by journalist
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Wedge said Robinson's articles constituted an attack on Furlong's character, conduct and credibility. → Read More
Two Gregor Robertson advisers involved in federal election
Two of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson’s top political staff are working on the federal election, in different political camps. Kevin Quinlan, the mayor’s deputy chief of staff, is assisting Mira Oreck, the NDP candidate in the new riding of Vancouver-Granville. Braeden Caley, the mayor’s director of policy and communications, is the president of the Liberal Party of Canada in B.C. → Read More
'I am not sure I can start again': Rock Creek resident lost everything in wildfire (with video)
Margaret Bartley was in her bathtub at her Westbridge home when she heard frantic banging on her door. She had just finished her Thursday routine of cleaning the house and having a bath. When she got up and looked out the window, she saw her neighbour Terry Asche hurriedly try to round up Anica, one of her dogs. She was puzzled. “I wondered why he wanted my dog,” she said. → Read More
Vancouver police shut down pot dispensary linked to Hells Angels
Vancouver police have raided and shut down an unlicensed east Vancouver marijuana dispensary they say has ties to the Hells Angels motorcycle club. → Read More
Election 2015: Best leader? Debater? Not Harper
British Columbians who watched the Macleans leaders’ debate Thursday chose one politician as the best leader and another as the best debater. And in neither case do they think it is Conservative leader and Prime Minister Stephen Harper. A snapshot poll shows people believe Liberal leader Justin Trudeau narrowly won with his feisty performance, but that NDP leader Thomas Mulcair would make… → Read More
Heavy VPD presence at City Hall after shooting of city sanitation superintendent
A Vancouver city sanitation superintendent was shot and killed in Burnaby Wednesday, triggering an extraordinary police presence at city hall and a number of city work sites. → Read More
VPD presence at City Hall linked to Burnaby shooting
A shooting in Burnaby in which a man was killed is being linked to an extraordinary police presence at Vancouver City Hall and a number of its work sites. → Read More
TransLink makes changes at the top after failed referendum
TransLink, the beleaguered regional transportation agency, fired two top executives Tuesday in a continuing fallout to the disastrous failure of its funding referendum. → Read More
Vancouver officials still fining careless smokers, watering scofflaws
The tiny sprinkle of rain over the weekend has done nothing to lessen the fire hazard in Vancouver, with officials saying they are handing out more fines and warnings to smokers and watering scofflaws. → Read More
Vancouver introduces new smartphone app for city services
In its effort to connect better with its most wired citizens, Vancouver has launched a new app for smartphones that will deliver a range of services. → Read More
Risk of Trans Mountain pipeline spill could hurt Vancouver's green brand
A major oil spill from Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project would expose up to 1 million Metro Vancouver residents to unsafe levels of chemicals, as well as deeply hurt Vancouver’s cherished brand, city council was told Wednesday. → Read More
NPA councillor says rental housing incentives not needed
For the last six years, as Vancouver has grappled with a housing affordability crisis, it has offered developers bonus density, breaks on development cost levies and relaxed parking requirements if they build rental housing. → Read More
Vancouver ahead of target for rental housing
In its efforts to create more affordable housing, Vancouver has vastly exceeded its three-year targets for creating market rental units, according to a new report to council. And its push to make rental housing safer by publishing a database of bad housing has resulted in a dramatic drop in the number of safety violations. → Read More
Vancouver ahead of target for rental housing
In its efforts to create more affordable housing, Vancouver has vastly exceeded its three-year targets for creating market rental units, according to a new report to council. And its push to make rental housing safer by publishing a database of bad housing has resulted in a dramatic drop in the number of safety violations. → Read More