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Canadian Blood Services calls for people to give blood as the number of donors drops in summer

Among the different types of blood that are needed, the Canadian Blood Services encourages people with the universal blood type (O Negative) to donate.

New speculation and vacancy tax on housing hits foreign owners hard in B.C.

According to Finance Minister Carole James, this new revenue measure contributed $115 million to provincial coffers in the 2018-19 fiscal year.

COPE Vancouver calls on Canada to denounce U.S. detention of migrants

Many people around the world were outraged by photographs of the squalid conditions that migrants endured while being held in U.S. detention facilities.

B.C.’s first urgent response centre for mental health and substance use launches in Surrey

B.C. Mental Health and Addictions Minister Judy Darcy stated in a news release that the centre will be a new resource “to quickly connect people with specialty services”.

Burnaby council—including members of same party—divided over community report on city’s housing crisis

The dispute centred around the level of support for four- to six-story apartment buildings in single-family neighbourhoods.

Vancouver to invest millions to build new playgrounds in several parks across the city

“There is much community support and enthusiasm for playground renewals and it’s an ongoing priority for the park board,” Comm. Stuart Mackinnon said in the statement.

Vancouver’s only citywide plan goes back almost a hundred years

This week, council will consider a staff recommendation to start working on a new one.

B.C. releases new wildfire guide in wake of worst wildfire seasons in province's history

“The first step in managing any kind of emergency is to be as prepared as possible,” said Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth.

Thousands of new child-care spaces being created in Vancouver

The City of Vancouver will receive $33 million from the provincial government’s Childcare B.C. New Spaces Fund program over the next three years.

Home prices and sales drop in Metro Vancouver as supply of housing increases

This is the first time the benchmark price for homes in Metro Vancouver has been below $1 million since May 2017.