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Government fees inflate risk, uncertainty for B.C. builders

Government fees inflate risk, uncertainty for B.C. builders

City of Vancouver says no proof to claims that municipal fees eroding affordability
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Kirk LaPointe: Surrey police overhaul started as a bold move and ended as a hot mess

Kirk LaPointe: Surrey police overhaul started as a bold move and ended as a hot mess

Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke would be unwise to litigate following the province's decision on policing in Surrey, writes Kirk LaPointe
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B.C. port union local says new tentative deal reached with employers

B.C. port union local says new tentative deal reached with employers

VANCOUVER — A union local for B.C. port workers says that a tentative agreement has been reached between a union bargaining committee and employers.
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Three Sixty project kicks off 'creative industrial' zone in Mount Pleasant

Three Sixty project kicks off 'creative industrial' zone in Mount Pleasant

Doubling density facilitates construction of job space in key urban area
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No relief in sight for Metro Vancouver’s industrial land shortage: Avison Young

No relief in sight for Metro Vancouver’s industrial land shortage: Avison Young

Long-term supply is a ‘serious concern’ for the region, which needs 7.7M square feet of new space
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Missing middle housing motion set for Vancouver city council vote

Missing middle housing motion set for Vancouver city council vote

Local builder describes policy as ‘massive’ and ‘well-thought-out’
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B.C. consumer spending shifts to services, essentials, travel

B.C. consumer spending shifts to services, essentials, travel

Shoppers trade down to house brands from name brands as retail spending declines
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Technology helping B.C. winemakers improve efficiency

Technology helping B.C. winemakers improve efficiency

Innovations help when removing tartrate crystals, smoke taint
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Opinion: Imbalance between new homes and new residents escalating unaffordability in B.C.

Opinion: Imbalance between new homes and new residents escalating unaffordability in B.C.

Growing wedge between the number of new homes being built in B.C. and population growth fuelled by surging in-migration is playing a starring role in the larger housing market story, according to BCBC economists
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Rob Shaw: NDP checkmates Surrey into a local police force, says alternative is moving backwards

Rob Shaw: NDP checkmates Surrey into a local police force, says alternative is moving backwards

Solicitor General Mike Farnworth outmanoeuvres and trumps Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke
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