B.C. government ‘undermining’ Agricultural Land Reserve: BC NDP
BC NDP Leader Adrian Dix has called planned changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve “very disappointing.”
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Latest in Vancouver Density Battle: Demolition at Marine Gardens
Townhouses along key SkyTrain line must be torn down to make way for big development, city says.
Demolition halted for Japantown building
A Chinese-Canadian association scrambling to save its 122-year-old Japantown building from demolition has received a reprieve.
Bittersweet Victory: Musqueam Save Site From Condo Developers By Buying It
It’s a bittersweet victory for the Musqueam, who won their battle to stop development atop an ancient village but could only do so by buying it back.
Vancouver foreign investment panel tackles ‘safety deposit’ condos for wealthy
Downtown Vancouver may have the equivalent of nearly two-dozen 30-storey condominium towers sitting empty, serving as merely oversized “safety deposit boxes” for the wealthy, according to researchers. But blaming the city’s severe housing prices on absentee foreign investors could just be “this decade’s version of the Yellow Peril,” a UBC business professor has warned.
‘Upscaling’ of DTES Eroding Low Income Housing: Report
Vancouver’s housing crisis worsened in the Downtown Eastside in the past year, according to a report released yesterday by an activist housing group, with fewer and fewer Single Resident Occupancy (SROS) rentals within reach of many residents’ budgets.
Sechelt elder arrested with Sunshine Coast logging protesters
Court cases continue for 10 protesters after controversy over logging on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast escalated to an injunction and arrests on Dec. 7.
Poets rally their verse to keep Langley forest from development
Hundreds of poets are putting their verse together to keep a 10-hectare forest slated for development by Langley council intact, and they’re hanging their work from trees with ribbons.
Photo: City council approves 1401 Comox tower
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and a majority of city council voted June 27 to allow the development of a 22-storey apartment tower in the West End, despite concerns the project will be unaffordable to many.
West End town hall opposes Comox tower
City council to vote on development proposal June 11.
David P Ball 