on December 2, 2022
Doug McCallum is a free man, having been found not guilty of mischief. Ken Sim began his stint as Mayor of Vancouver with a trip to Qatar to watch the world cup. But he was back in time for budget debates, where he questioned the revenue generating possibilities of the library. There’s lots more coming up at council, the regional boards see some shakeups and UBC and Translink want to build houses.
- Former Surrey mayor Doug McCallum found not guilty of public mischief | CBC News
- Dan Fumano: FIFA World Cup-bound Mayor Sim to miss police board budget meeting
- Vancouver police request $383 million budget for 2023
- City needs 7% tax increase
- ‘We misunderstood’: Vancouver mayor’s public safety plan not being funded by the province after all
- Congestion tax is dead
- Vancouver council votes to adopt controversial definition of antisemitism | CBC News
- RELEASE: Councillor Boyle returns non-market housing motion to City Hall
- Vancouver City Council to overhaul developer community amenity contributions with fixed rates
- Body cam motion goes to council
- City of Vancouver ends $320,000 Block Stewardship contract awarded to VANDU – BC | Globalnews.ca
- Park board set to debate removing Stanley Park bike lane
- New Surrey mayor accused of RCMP bias while chairing her first police board meeting – BC | Globalnews.ca
- Province setting a high bar for dumping municipal force in Surrey | Vancouver Sun
- Lack of transit a ‘quality of life issue,’ says Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West
- Metro Vancouver elects Delta mayor George Harvie as new chair of the board
- Delta’s Harvie wants to slow rising Metro costs to homeowners
- UBC outlines Vancouver campus expansion and 24,000 more residents | Urbanized
- TransLink eyeing big development at Coquitlam Central Station park and ride | Urbanized
- Broadway Subway opening delayed to 2026 | Urbanized
- Squamish strongly objects to West Vancouver council dropping reading of land acknowledgment at meetings
- Richmond city council votes to establish reconciliation policy, which could include land acknowledgments | CBC News
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BC in general has the lowest municipal property taxes in Canada.