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• 3 BC First Nations buy $480M piece of prime Vancouver real estate - Toronto Star

  08-04-2016 21:13 via
  Toronto Star
  3 BC First Nations buy $480M piece of prime Vancouver real estate
  Toronto Star
  VANCOUVER—Three British Columbia First Nations have paid nearly half a billion dollars for a prime piece of real estate on the west side of Vancouver. The Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations bought the 15.7-hectare parcel known as the ...
  Prime Vancouver land sold to aboriginal groups for C$480 millionReuters Canada
  Three BC First Nations buy parcel of prime Vancouver real estateTime
  

• This Week in History: Happy 130th birthday Vancouver - Vancouver Sun

  08-04-2016 20:18 via
  Vancouver Sun
  This Week in History: Happy 130th birthday Vancouver
  Vancouver Sun
  1957 proposal for redevelopment of Vancouver's Strathcona neighbourhood (then called the East End). Vancouver Archives LEG26.8 PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. Wednesday was Vancouver's 130th birthday and the Vancouver Archives celebrated by ...and more »
  

• Vancouver mayor's discretionary fund doubled in one year - The Province

  08-04-2016 19:15 via
  The Province
  Vancouver mayor's discretionary fund doubled in one year
  The Province
  Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson dramatically expanded the use of his discretionary office fund last year, using it to hire former and future political staff members as consultants, give work to a one-time Vision Vancouver election candidate and fund ...and more »
  

• A year after Marathassa, Vancouver still not prepared for an oil spill, says city - CBC.ca

  08-04-2016 18:27 via
  CBC.ca
  A year after Marathassa, Vancouver still not prepared for an oil spill, says city
  CBC.ca
  A year after the cargo ship MV Marathassa spilled several thousand litres of bunker fuel into Vancouver's English Bay, concerns remain about the region's ability to put together a coordinated clean-up response. "I don't think we as a region are ready ...
  Oil spill fears remain one year after bunker fuel fouled Vancouver beachesCTV Newsall 6 news articles »
  

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• Marine Gateway officially opens in South Vancouver - CBC.ca

  08-04-2016 15:06 via
  CBC.ca
  Marine Gateway officially opens in South Vancouver
  CBC.ca
  A vast new development centred around a South Vancouver transit hub officially opened on Thursday, several months after shops there began operating. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson was on hand at Marine Gateway at Cambie Street and Marine ...
  

• Airbnb house in Vancouver's West End concerns social housing neighbour - CBC.ca

  08-04-2016 06:22 via
  CBC.ca
  Airbnb house in Vancouver's West End concerns social housing neighbour
  CBC.ca
  Many critics of Airbnb have voiced their concerns about hosts breaking city bylaws but the rules can be difficult to enforce, as some city of Vancouver building inspectors discovered Thursday when they checked up on a house listed on Airbnb. The home ...
  Vancouver councillors look to protect housing stock from Airbnb businessesVancouver Sun
  Emotions run high in Vancouvers Airbnb debateMetroNews Canada
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• Warm weather in Vancouver brings out sun seekers - CBC.ca

  08-04-2016 03:41 via
  CBC.ca
  Warm weather in Vancouver brings out sun seekers
  CBC.ca
  Summer in April? It sure felt like it today with parts of Metro Vancouver warming up to 26 C. CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe says the temperatures we got on Thursday are what we might expect typically in June, not April. Warm weather Vancouver.and more »
  

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