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Full text of Housing MInister Sean Fraser’s letter to Metro Vancouver
Letter from Minister Fraser to Mayor Harvie (1) Mayor George Harvie Mayor of Delta Chair of the Board of Metro Vancouver via electronic mail mayorharvie@delta.ca October 23, 2023 Dear Mr. Chair, ...
The Fabula guide on how to vote in the Vancouver civic election. Advance vote Oct. 13, voting day Oct. 15
This is the ninth Vancouver civic election I’ve covered and, I think we can all agree, one of the most confusing ever for voters anxious to do their civic duty and make some informed choices. I...
How are people figuring out their Vancouver council vote in this complicated 2022 election. I asked. Got lots of answers
This is an election that is making people worker harder than ever at trying to figure out 1. Who aligns with their values 2. Who to vote for from the entire council slate in order to support what...
An analysis of the recent BC Housing review ordered by the province
The province ordered a review of BC Housing last year to see whether how it was managing as the size and complexity of its mission had been expanded considerably under the NDP. That review came o...
Why the difference in public reactions to upzoning for two big projects: Heather Lands and Jericho Lands
Too long to do this as a screenshot, but here’s an interesting email someone (identifying as initials “PC”) sent me on this recent Twitter question. You mentioned the difference in reaction...
Damaged Vancouver seawalls will be a massive repair job, pr...-think of how to deal with shores as tides and sea levels rise
My first story of the new year. I hope it’s not going to be a year of just one disaster after another. After a severe winter storm that crumbled portions of Stanley Park’s seawall and hurled ...
Civic campaign 2022: Ken Sim speech at ABC party dinner Oct. 13
NOMINATION SPEECH KEN SIM FOR MAYOR 2022 A BETTER CITY VANCOUVER Wednesday, October 13th, 2021 FLOATA SEAFOOD RESTAURANT 180 Keefer St, Chinatown Vancouver, BC V6A 1X4 I want to acknowledge t...
A portrait of Philip Owen from the early years
Former mayor Philip Owen died today. Many, many memories of him. Here’s a very early profile I did of him at the Vancouver Sun in 1996. It’s close to midnight and, on the third floor at Vanco...
https://www.francesbula.com/uncategorized/a-portrait-of-philip-owen-from-the-early-years/
As government money for social housing climbs, communities ...roposals for new projects of a type they’ve never had before
My story in the Globe is here and also in text below. I’m also appending below the police statistics I got on calls to addresses of all the supportive-housing projects built since 2010. FRANCES...
Many social-housing announcements and approvals in Vancouver, not so much getting built
I got an email from someone back in January with a list of social-housing projects that had been announced going back a few years, asking what had happened. At first, I thought it might be a prob...