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• Vancouver School Board facing $24M budget shortfall due to 'chronic underfunding' - CBC.ca

  22-02-2016 23:59 via
  CBC.ca
  Vancouver School Board facing $24M budget shortfall due to 'chronic underfunding'
  CBC.ca
  The Vancouver School Board is facing a 24 million dollar shortfall this year and it says the province's promises of funding increases won't be enough to cover rising fees and salaries. The B.C. government is increasing education funding province-wide ...
  Vancouver School Board facing a projected $24M budget shortfallGlobalnews.caall 2 news articles »
  

• Online identity protection subject of Vancouver Public Library class - CBC.ca

  22-02-2016 21:54 via
  CBC.ca
  Online identity protection subject of Vancouver Public Library class
  CBC.ca
  People who want to know more about protecting their identity online can attend a course hosted by the Vancouver Public Library today at 2:00 p.m. PT today. The course, called Protecting your Online Identity, is one of 1,500 courses the library offers ...
  

• More Vancouver rentals for families on the way, says housing officer - CBC.ca

  22-02-2016 19:25 via
  CBC.ca
  More Vancouver rentals for families on the way, says housing officer
  CBC.ca
  Vancouver has worked hard for years to develop more rental housing for families and more is on the way, says the city's chief housing officer. This comes days after New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cote spoke to CBC about policies that resulted in half ...
  Vancouver explores housing the homeless in shipping containersCKNW News Talk 980
  Vancouver eyes pre-fab houses for affordability24 Hours Vancouverall 8 news arti
  

• Is Vancouver's pricey housing market sending buyers to northern BC? - Business in Vancouver

  22-02-2016 17:32 via
  Business in Vancouver
  Is Vancouver's pricey housing market sending buyers to northern BC?
  Business in Vancouver
  If Vancouver's overheated real estate market is leading house-hunting city dwellers north, local realtors aren't seeing any sign of them. In the B.C. legislature earlier this week, Premier Christy Clark was taken to task for suggesting people unable to ...and more »
  

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• Vancouver raises the bar as a libation destination - Toronto Sun

  22-02-2016 16:02 via
  Toronto Sun
  Vancouver raises the bar as a libation destination
  Toronto Sun
  VANCOUVER -- On a rainy evening inside an illuminated geodesic dome that adds sparkle to Vancouver's skyline, queues of gussied-up socialites are forming at 25 beverage stations manned by award-winning bartenders. Patrons of the Science World ...and more »
  

• Forget Foreign Buyers: 3 Reasons Toronto, Vancouver House Prices Aren't Coming Down - Huffington Post Canada

  22-02-2016 14:45 via
  Huffington Post Canada
  Forget Foreign Buyers: 3 Reasons Toronto, Vancouver House Prices Aren't Coming Down
  Huffington Post Canada
  With house prices up by double digits in the Toronto and Vancouver areas, policymakers are finally starting to take the foreign investor issue seriously. British Columbia, for instance, announced in its budget this week that it will start tracking the ...
  

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