11 h. ago After repeated denials, B.C. NDP admits to problems inside supportive housing

Vaughn Palmer: But despite a rising tide of concerns, the NDP is taking a go-slow approach to making changes

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20 h. ago Canada's population standstill rattling Vancouver's housing industry

Douglas Todd: With a cyclical downturn in big-city real estate, the development industry is urging politicians to bring back domestic investors and foreign buyers.

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3 d. ago Once popular ‘elbows up’ merch not a hot seller for Canada Day, vendors say

Although business owners say they are selling more Canada-themed products this year leading up to July 1, many have also noted a decline in "elbows up" merchandise sales.

Economics

4 d. ago Granville’s nightlife under pressure as social housing fires, floods persist

For the second time this month, a fire in the single-occupancy social housing building above Aura nightclub has caused significant damage to the club below.

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6 d. ago Housing Minister Gregor Robertson's properties justify scrutiny

Douglas Todd: The Conservatives are pointing to how federal housing minister Gregor Robertson owns millions worth of B.C. property. We need to know the assets of every politician.

Politics

9 d. ago Major Anmore housing project dropped by developer on brink of public hearing

The village was set to host a meeting on the development that would have tripled the population as it was built out

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9 d. ago How robots are taking prefabricated housing construction to a new level for this Vancouver company

Intelligent City is fine tuning automation and robotics to speed up and standardize the prefabrication of mass timber buildings as its contribution to solving Canada's housing crisis

Economics

1 week ago Major brand of contact lenses sold across Canada were just recalled

If you wear contacts, you may want to take a closer look, as Health Canada has issued a nationwide recall of a popular contact lens brand.On June 20, the health department issued a recall of the Acuvue® Oasys Max 1-day Multifocal contact lenses. U.S.-based Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. announced a voluntary recall after it found a high density of microbubbles (microscopic voids within the contact lens) in affected lots."Microbubbles will not cause medical harm but may be associated with visual disturbances, particularly in low-light conditions," reads the statement.The recall has been categorized as a type II recall. According to Health Canada, a type II recall is assigned to a situation where "the use of, or exposure to, a recalled product may cause temporary adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote."AcuvueThe announcement didn't specify how many of the affected lots were sold in Can...

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1 week ago Shots fired at same Maple Ridge house for second time in just weeks

The shootings at the house, located in the 12400-block of 266th Street, are targeted, say police.

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1 week ago Bullets fly in Maple Ridge, Surrey as more homes and businesses targeted

It's unclear if the shooting at the home of a Punjabi music producer in Maple Ridge, plus another in Surrey, are linked to extortion.

Economics

1 week ago Sex offender charged with groping teen at a Surrey SkyTrain station one day after released from prison

Police allege Hayden McCorriston sexually assaulted a teen in Surrey in April — one day after being released to a halfway house in Vancouver.

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1 week ago 'Disappointing at best': Vancouver real estate prices falling, but sales slow

Greater Vancouver saw average house prices fall to $1.2 million in April from $1.3 million in April 2024, a 6.6 per cent decline.

Economics

2 w. ago Report: 60% of Canadians say perception of women’s sport has improved over 3 years

TORONTO — New data on the explosive growth of women’s sport in Canada underscores its rising popularity, but also reveals that its structural supports still lag behind. Jessica Doherty, vice-president of strategy and growth at Torque Strategies, presented findings from a new national survey on Wednesday morning at the espnW Summit Canada at Toronto’s Evergreen […]

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2 w. ago Canada just had its slowest ever population growth rate excluding the pandemic

Population grew by about 20,000 people or 0% between January and April

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2 w. ago Canada’s population barely grew in first months of 2025: StatCan

Canada's population saw a small increase in the first quarter of 2025, with Statistics Canada calling it the smallest quarterly growth since 2020.

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2 w. ago Canadian population growth continued to slow with almost no increase in Q1: StatCan

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says population growth stalled in the first quarter. The agency says the Canadian population rose by 20,107 people from Jan. 1 to April 1 to 41,548,787, the smallest increase since the third quarter of 2020 when it contracted by 1,232 people. It was the sixth consecutive quarter of slower population growth […]

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2 w. ago Immigration Curb Slashes Canada Population Growth Rate to Zero

Tighter immigration rules have cut off the fuel from the Canadian population growth engine.

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2 w. ago No one is building condos in Toronto anymore as market hits 20

Almost every piece of data that has emerged about Toronto real estate in the last year-plus has served as a disheartening blow to anyone with a stake in the market, as the city's once-scorching sector has slowed to a crawl — and keeps waning further.The latest analysis, published by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) on Monday, reinforces that the country's new condo market specifically is in a state of deep turmoil, especially in locales like Toronto and Vancouver, where the housing type has long been a boon to investors.The national housing agency says that as of May, housing starts nationwide have fallen slightly from this time last year, mostly driven by "weak condominium market conditions" in both Toronto and Vancouver that have pulled the stats for these hubs down drastically below this national average.The west coast city broke ground on 10 per cent fewer homes over the co...

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2 w. ago B.C. housing minister says tenants can't leave Granville strip until new housing is built

Mayor Ken Sim says the city wants to relocate about 300 social housing units away from the Granville strip. The housing minister says the replacement housing has to be finished first.

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2 w. ago Tensions avec l’Iran: le Canada implore la population d’«éviter tout voyage» en Israël

Un avis émis par le Canada vendredi implore la population d’«éviter tout voyage» en direction d’Israël.

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