The biggest donor to left-leaning Vision Vancouver was a company synonymous with local capitalism. Read more…

After a series of attacks in Vancouver's West End, NDP MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert is calling for sweeping changes to services provided to the province's LGBT community. Read more…

A Fraser Valley councillor is fuming over the Metro Vancouver Solid Waste Management Committee's recommendation to incinerate more of the region’s garbage at a meeting July 21. Read more…

The community of Salmon Arm has been arguing over a proposed new shopping centre that some praise as an economic blessing while others condemn it as an environmental disaster. Read more…

Vancouver city councillors heeded the call of concerned Mount Pleasant residents at a council meeting Tuesday afternoon to scale back a contentious East Broadway social housing complex to eight storeys. Read more…

Enhancing police communication in Metro Vancouver could curb the volume of suburban crime traveling to Vancouver, says an SFU criminologist. A Vancouver Sun story published Tuesday highlighted a police report showing that a third of those arrested in Vancouver live in suburban areas. Read more…

CCAPS's comprehensive report synthesizes views from extensive interviews and workshops with Downtown Eastside residents about forging their future. The question is, does the city have enough leverage to meet their demands. Read more…

It will be at least five more years before Vancouver voters get the chance to decide the fate of whale and dolphin exhibits at the city's aquarium. Read more…

City councillors’ failure to consider public input about contentious housing development proposal in Vancouver poses a serious threat to neighbourhoods across the city, a West End resident says. Read more…

Government and social services in Victoria will meet with church organizations this fall to improve the city’s downtown core. Read more…

Vancouver city councillors will receive a motion next week that calls for the exploration of modular housing projects as a way of addressing Vancouver’s affordable housing needs. Read more…

In Grand Forks, B.C., droves of delinquent white-tailed deer are overtaking the city, and Mayor Brian Taylor says it's time to buck the trend. Read more…

Vancouver Parks Board plans to bring forward a motion at a board meeting July 19 that would see a referendum be held during the 2011 civic elections asking Vancouverites whether they "are in favour of ending the containment of cetaceans in Vancouver parks." Read more…

Mayor Gregor Robertson apologized Monday for comments about a community group were caught on tape following a city meeting. Read more…

While technicians installed a spy camera under the Olympic cauldron’s central burner, Downtown Eastside activist Robert Bonner passed the Poverty Olympics torch to English anti-poverty activist Elizabeth Hogg. Read more…

Think City writer James Fletcher wants government and communities to take advantage of upcoming Vancouver transportation plan. Read more…

If the Non-Partisan Association was hoping that a debate over changing its name would draw attention and crowds, that strategy didn’t totally work. A grand total of 42 people appeared at the Vancouver Museum last night to vote on whether to change the name to Vancouver First. Read more…

At a special meeting scheduled for July 5, Vancouver's city council will hear from several stakeholders about the risks of oil tankers in the Burrard Inlet. Read more…

Chilliwack officials were encouraged to see municipal and provincial laws as mere guidelines while John Les was mayor, according to a special prosecutor's report released today. Read more…

A special prosecutor has declined to lay charges against former Solicitor General John Les, but has approved charges against a senior official who worked with Les when he was mayor of Chilliwack. Read more…