Who are the winners in this game? Other municipalities—including Coquitlam, Vancouver, and Burnaby—that are competing with Surrey for commercial investment.
Early on Friday (November 16) when the Métis flag was being hoisted outside the B.C. legislature to honour Louis Riel, South Asians in Canada were commemorating the martyrdom day of one their heroes.
Government itself has done the math and found that increasing income and disability assistance rates to 75 percent of the poverty line (using the market basket measure) costs only $372 million.
According to an academic who ran for council this year, many of Surrey’s problems emerge from the fact that, for reasons largely unconnected to any political oppression, the city has a negligible public square.
Parents whose kids go to Edith Cavell elementary at West 20th Avenue and Cambie Street on Vancouver’s West Side are furious about plans to seismically upgrade the 98-year-old school.
Duplexes, multiplexes, and apartments are not as expensive as the single-detached house. So why does an NPA councillor want to ensure that this more affordable accommodation won't be permitted in many areas of the city?
In 2011, New Zealanders voted to keep the system—and British Columbians will also have a chance to make that decision after two elections if a majority votes "yes".
As assistant professor of public policy makes the case for why the public should be alarmed about the magnitude of foreign money in the local real-estate market.
An SFU student describes his experience voting for the first time in provincial politics—and how that could be improved through proportional representation.
