36 h. ago Vancouver forecasts 7% property tax hike next year, mayor wants it under 2.5%

Mayor Ken Sim has asked staff to suggest a way to hold property tax hikes under 2.5 per cent next year, including an option for a zero per cent increase.

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3 d. ago Victoria mayor unveils community safety plan to reduce street disorder

Proposed city actions include increased police foot and bike patrols, more dollars for cleaning, and sprucing up public spaces

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2 w. ago Vancouver mayor, city councillors to meet with federal officials in Ottawa

Sim will be joined by councillors Lisa Dominato and Mike Klassen on the trip, which will run from Tuesday to Friday.

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2 w. ago Vancouver mayor heads delegation to Ottawa to push city priorities

The group says the meetings are critical, as many of the city's key issues require the support of senior levels of government to address.

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3 w. ago Former B.C. premier says Metro Vancouver should be merged to ‘6 to 8 municipalities’

Harcourt served as B.C. premier from 1991 to 1996 and as mayor of Vancouver from 1980 to 1986, experience he believes gives him insight into the regional government's current woes.

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3 w. ago Former premier and Vancouver mayor Mike Harcourt calls for radical change at Metro Vancouver

Harcourt say Metro Vancouver's 22 municipalities should be reduced to between six and eight

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3 w. ago Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim files defamation lawsuit against 2 men

The suit states that sometime around November 2023, Allam told Tsakumis that Sim had driven his car while intoxicated and had been stopped by Vancouver police officers.

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3 w. ago Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim launches defamation lawsuit against former chief of staff and local businessman

The mayor's lawsuit alleges his former chief of staff and a Vancouver businessman both displayed "a wanton and flagrant disregard for the plaintiff's rights" by spreading rumours about him allegedly being pulled over for drunk driving.

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3 w. ago In Ottawa, U.S. senators push trade, Canadian tourism to their states

OTTAWA — Five United States senators were in Ottawa Friday to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney and underscore the long-standing relationship between the two countries.  At a press conference at the U.S. embassy, Republican Kevin Cramer dismissed the current tensions between Canada and the U.S. as a temporary setback.  “There’s no way in my […]

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3 w. ago Feds have to allow home prices to fall to make housing more affordable: Experts

OTTAWA — Housing experts are pushing back against a federal cabinet minister’s recent claim that home prices don’t need to go down in order to restore housing affordability. Gregor Robertson, the former mayor of Vancouver who was elected to the House of Commons in April, sparked the debate after he was sworn in as housing […]

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