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As hundreds of derelict buildings sit empty, Vancouver is tasked with solving 'frustrating' problem

20.12.2024 10

The Province

Dan Fumano

As hundreds of derelict buildings sit empty, Vancouver is tasked with solving 'frustrating' problem

20.12.2024 10

Vancouver Sun

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Richmond's new developer-funded rapid transit station is coming soon. What happened to Vancouver's?

18.12.2024 10

Vancouver Sun

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Richmond's new developer-funded rapid transit station is coming soon. What happened to Vancouver's? Richmond's new developer-funded rapid transit station is expected be operational soon. What happened to the ones planned for Vancouver?

18.12.2024 9

The Province

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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's frequent flying: Is it vital work or misguided priorities?

16.12.2024 10

Vancouver Sun

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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's frequent flying: Is it vital work or misguided priorities? Critics say Ken Sim's globe-trotting is good for the city; critics disagree

16.12.2024 10

The Province

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Vancouver's last undeveloped waterfront site could house convention centre, hotel, according to city memo

13.12.2024 10

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Vancouver's last undeveloped waterfront site could house convention centre, hotel, according to city memo

13.12.2024 8

The Province

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As downtown expands to Broadway, rest of Vancouver also poised for 'more urban future'

12.12.2024 10

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As downtown expands to Broadway, rest of Vancouver also poised for 'more urban future' Dan Fumano: Vancouver's Broadway plan includes illustrations that call to mind an old Joni Mitchell lyric, but in reverse: unpaving parking lots to put up a public park

12.12.2024 10

The Province

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Vancouver city council approves property tax hike of 3.9 per cent, ABC's smallest increase to date

11.12.2024 10

Vancouver Sun

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Vancouver city council approves property tax hike of 3.9 per cent, ABC's smallest increase to date Dan Fumano: ABC drew criticism during the party's first two years in power, for approving property tax hikes far more than historic averages in 2023 and 2024

11.12.2024 10

The Province

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'Turbocharging' Vancouver's Broadway plan could hurt small businesses that define neighbourhoods Dan Fumano: Two years ago, Vancouver's Broadway plan limited building heights in so-called "village areas" to "minimize redevelopment pressures" on beloved small businesses. Now, change could be coming to the villages.

10.12.2024 8

The Province

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'Turbocharging' Vancouver's Broadway plan could hurt small businesses that define neighbourhoods

10.12.2024 10

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'The wrong decision': ABC Vancouver majority fails to get its way as natural gas push fails Dan Fumano: This week's rare loss for the ABC majority shows there's limits to what Mayor Ken Sim and his allies can push through when pursuing directions their party-mates never agreed upon for last election's "big-tent" platform.

29.11.2024 5

The Province

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'The wrong decision': ABC Vancouver majority fails to get its way as natural gas push fails

Dan Fumano: This week's rare loss for the ABC majority shows there's limits to what Mayor Ken Sim and his allies can push through when pursuing...

29.11.2024 9

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On Vancouver park board future, Mayor Ken Sim says the ball is in David Eby's court

Dan Fumano: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has made his first public ask of the new B.C. government: Hurry up and dissolve the park board. You can save this...

22.11.2024 10

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On Vancouver park board future, Mayor Ken Sim says the ball is in David Eby's court Dan Fumano: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has made his first public ask of the new B.C. government: Hurry up and dissolve the park board.

22.11.2024 5

The Province

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Could 2025 byelection give Vancouver voters a chance to weigh in on the park board's fate?

Dan Fumano: ABC Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim unveiled a proposal in December 2023 to dissolve the park board, a plan that caught the city by surprise. You...

16.11.2024 20

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Could 2025 byelection give Vancouver voters a chance to weigh in on the park board's fate? Dan Fumano: ABC Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim unveiled a proposal in December 2023 to dissolve the park board, a plan that caught the city by surprise.

16.11.2024 4

The Province

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Vancouver expects to exceed five-year housing targets. But affordability remains a tricky question

Dan Fumano: Vancouver councillor referenced the "help me help you" line from the 1996 film Jerry Maguire this week. Another quote from the same movie...

13.11.2024 10

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Vancouver expects to exceed five-year housing targets. But affordability remains a tricky question Dan Fumano: Vancouver councillor referenced the "help me help you" line from the 1996 film Jerry Maguire this week. Another quote from the same movie seems to have been implied: "Show me the money."

13.11.2024 10

The Province

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Illegal mass evictions in iconic Chinatown building paused, but point to systemic problem in Vancouver Dan Fumano: While the Sun Ah residents have a reprieve -- at least for now -- the saga highlights a much bigger problem: Vancouver's heavy, precarious reliance on privately owned SROs to keep people out of homelessness.

09.11.2024 10

The Province

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Illegal mass evictions in iconic Chinatown building paused, but point to systemic problem in Vancouver

Dan Fumano: While the Sun Ah residents have a reprieve -- at least for now -- the saga highlights a much bigger problem: Vancouver's heavy, precarious...

09.11.2024 10

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'The vibes are not good': What's behind tensions bubbling over on Vancouver council?

Dan Fumano: The F-bomb episode at Vancouver city council represented a rare public display of acrimony between members of the same party. It didn't...

25.10.2024 20

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'The vibes are not good': What's behind tensions bubbling over on Vancouver council? Dan Fumano: The F-bomb episode at Vancouver city council represented a rare public display of acrimony between members of the same party. It didn't come out of nowhere.

25.10.2024 5

The Province

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Vancouver's non-ABC councillors set to be stripped of extra roles and pay

Dan Fumano: Removing Green councillors from roles at Metro Vancouver was not related to their performance, the mayor's chief of staff said, but was...

23.10.2024 20

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Vancouver's non-ABC councillors set to be stripped of extra roles and pay Dan Fumano: Removing Green councillors from roles at Metro Vancouver was not related to their performance, the mayor's chief of staff said, but was "about giving other people opportunities."

23.10.2024 10

The Province

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Contentious natural gas decision could test unity of Vancouver's ABC majority Dan Fumano: The fate of Vancouver's natural gas policy now appears uncertain, despite mayor and ABC majority signalling earlier support for reversal.

22.10.2024 20

The Province

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Contentious natural gas decision could test unity of Vancouver's ABC majority

Dan Fumano: The fate of Vancouver's natural gas policy now appears uncertain, despite mayor and ABC majority signalling earlier support for reversal....

22.10.2024 10

Vancouver Sun

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Vancouver construction industry asks council to reconsider natural gas policy reversal

While some homebuilders oppose council's recent move, the shift was welcomed by a coalition of labour and business groups You can save this article by...

12.10.2024 30

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Vancouver construction industry asks council to reconsider natural gas policy reversal While some homebuilders oppose council's recent move, the shift was welcomed by a coalition of labour and business groups

12.10.2024 10

The Province

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Vancouver Greens call for transparency, more info on natural gas vote

Dan Fumano: On Vancouver mayor's adviser David Grewal and his roles with natural gas companies, former Toronto mayor David Miller says it seems like a...

11.10.2024 10

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Vancouver Greens call for transparency, more info on natural gas vote Dan Fumano: On Vancouver mayor's adviser David Grewal and his roles with natural gas companies, former Toronto mayor David Miller says it seems like a clear conflict. "This case wouldn't be in the grey area," Miller said. "It's very clear."

11.10.2024 10

The Province

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Questions raised about role of Vancouver mayor's adviser in controversial natural gas vote

Dan Fumano: The Vancouver mayor's office says they are confident senior staffer's role as director of private natural gas companies does not interfere...

08.10.2024 20

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Questions raised about role of Vancouver mayor's adviser in controversial natural gas vote Dan Fumano: The Vancouver mayor's office says they are confident senior staffer's role as director of private natural gas companies does not interfere with his work at city hall. Others have questions.

08.10.2024 10

The Province

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'Pause the pause': ABC Vancouver reversing course on integrity commissioner freeze

Dan Fumano: After public opposition, Vancouver's ruling ABC party says they will back away from plan to halt the integrity commissioner's...

26.09.2024 10

Vancouver Sun

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'Pause the pause': ABC Vancouver reversing course on integrity commissioner freeze Dan Fumano: After public opposition, Vancouver's ruling ABC party says they will back away from plan to halt the integrity commissioner's investigations

26.09.2024 6

The Province

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Vancouver looks to fast-track 18-storey social housing projects in certain areas Dan Fumano: Responding to city council's direction to speed up affordable housing, Vancouver staff propose enabling social housing towers across big chunks of the city.

18.09.2024 10

The Province

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Vancouver looks to fast-track 18-storey social housing projects in certain areas

Dan Fumano: Responding to city council's direction to speed up affordable housing, Vancouver staff propose enabling social housing towers across big...

18.09.2024 10

Vancouver Sun

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B.C. cities big and small are grappling with public disorder Dan Fumano: Most homeless people are not violent and not all mentally ill people use drugs, or vice versa. But these issues are intertwined and B.C.'s municipal leaders say the combined problems seem to be getting worse.

18.09.2024 6

The Province

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B.C. cities big and small are grappling with public disorder

Dan Fumano: Most homeless people are not violent and not all mentally ill people use drugs, or vice versa. But these issues are intertwined and B.C.'s...

18.09.2024 8

Vancouver Sun

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Density is coming to B.C. municipalities. Leaders don't know how they'll pay for it Dan Fumano: Municipalities asking senior governments for more money is a perennial feature of UBCM every year. This year's convention happens to fall right in between the introduction of the B.C. NDP's housing reforms, and the next provincial election.

17.09.2024 7

The Province

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Density is coming to B.C. municipalities. Leaders don't know how they'll pay for it

Dan Fumano: Municipalities asking senior governments for more money is a perennial feature of UBCM every year. This year's convention happens to fall...

17.09.2024 10

Vancouver Sun

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Granville Island wants to reimagine vacant Emily Carr space. A local group says they have

Dan Fumano: A local entrepreneur with a history of turning weird spaces into cultural hubs is pitching a big vision to transform Granville Island You...

12.09.2024 10

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Granville Island wants to reimagine vacant Emily Carr space. A local group says they have Dan Fumano: A local entrepreneur with a history of turning weird spaces into cultural hubs is pitching a big vision to transform Granville Island

12.09.2024 8

The Province

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Vancouver mayor calls for 'modernized' Riverview Hospital in wake of stranger attacks

Dan Fumano: Involuntary treatment would not be appropriate for most people addicted to drugs or struggling with mental illness. But growing number of...

11.09.2024 10

Vancouver Sun

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Vancouver mayor calls for 'modernized' Riverview Hospital in wake of stranger attacks Dan Fumano: Involuntary treatment would not be appropriate for most people addicted to drugs or struggling with mental illness. But growing number of B.C. mayors say overhaul is needed to deal with small number who pose risk to themselves or others.

11.09.2024 10

The Province

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Vancouver's 'cultural precinct' takes step forward but can the city afford arts mega-projects? Dan Fumano: The decades-long dream of a multi-venue 'cultural precinct' in downtown Vancouver is inching ahead, just as the Vancouver Art Gallery's budget for a new building spikes by 50 per cent

31.08.2024 10

The Province

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Vancouver's 'cultural precinct' takes step forward but can the city afford arts mega-projects?

Dan Fumano: The decades-long dream of a multi-venue 'cultural precinct' in downtown Vancouver is inching ahead, just as the Vancouver Art Gallery's...

31.08.2024 30

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