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Metro Vancouver endorses plan for carbon-neutral agriculture by 2050

Metro Vancouver endorses plan for carbon-neutral agriculture by 2050

Agricultural land, which makes up 20% of Metro Vancouver's land base, faces a number of threats from climate change, including extreme flooding, shifting temperatures and rainfall patterns, and new pests.
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Bank of Canada may need to raise rates again, despite this week's hold: Macklem

Bank of Canada may need to raise rates again, despite this week's hold: Macklem

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada may have to raise interest rates further, given that inflation may stay high for some time, said governor Tiff Macklem Thursday.
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Vancouver proposes more parking meters, increase to short-term rental licence fee

Vancouver proposes more parking meters, increase to short-term rental licence fee

City staff recommends $15.2M in new revenues to offset huge property tax hike anticipated in 2024.
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Kevin Falcon vows to reopen B.C. offices in China

Kevin Falcon vows to reopen B.C. offices in China

In 2019, the NDP announced the closure of B.C.’s contracted offices in 13 Asian cities, and moved toward embedding trade-focused staff in Canadian embassies and consulates
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Hollywood North shunning diesel generators to clean up its act

Hollywood North shunning diesel generators to clean up its act

BC Hydro, province subsidizing film sectors shift away from diesel generators
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Interim agreement keeping some U.S. productions in B.C. amid Hollywood strikes

Interim agreement keeping some U.S. productions in B.C. amid Hollywood strikes

After receiving a filming notice from A24 for a movie starring Hugh Grant, The Chief wanted to know how that could happen during the SAG-AFTRA strike.
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Kootenay multi-family portfolio sale shows lure of B.C.'s small markets

Kootenay multi-family portfolio sale shows lure of B.C.'s small markets

Investor snapped up six buildings with a total of 242 rental suites for less than $97,000 per door, a fraction of comparable prices in Metro Vancouver
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Chamber president wants ‘Citizen’s Republic’ of Point Roberts

Chamber president wants ‘Citizen’s Republic’ of Point Roberts

In June, Brian Calder wrote a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden and state legislators asking for the resumption of Canadians being allowed to work in Point Roberts part-time.
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Guardians of the sea: The role of whale-watching vessels in B.C.

Guardians of the sea: The role of whale-watching vessels in B.C.

"We kind of consider ourselves to be their guardians, so to speak,” says Erin Gless with the Pacific Whale Watch Association.
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Poilievre ties Trudeau as Canadians’ preferred prime minister, new polling shows

Poilievre ties Trudeau as Canadians’ preferred prime minister, new polling shows

Research Co. and Glacier Media surveying also found that one in four Canadians say housing, homelessness and poverty is the most important issue facing the country
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