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We hear directly from the city's head planner about keeping plans current with legislative and market changes, and his perspective on public engagement.
Vancouver city council unanimously approved a 20-year vision that aims to increase public space and boost arts and culture
A minor controversy was caused when ABC city councillors pushed through an urgent motion for a Lapu Lapu festival “memorial event” at Rogers Arena
The team at Keefer has launched what has quickly become the hottest seat in town
Over four and a half years, Free the Fern has transformed a neighbourhood trail into a place for community and healing through ecological restoration
The goal is to plant an additional 165,000 by 2050
The high profile supportive housing project was in and out of the courts
A Kits co-op needs to decide whether to stomach the lump sum by raising rents, or give up decades on their new lease term. Other Vancouver co-ops could face the same predicament as old leases are set to expire.
One advocate says it’s a result of significant service cuts to address over-crowding in Surrey
Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, environmental groups not signalling support for government, port project
The city is making progress (though less than promised) on more childcare in Vancouver
