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Column: Temporary holiday GST relief is not enough
12 hours ago · We have all noticed a troubling trend in our visits to grocery stores lately — our grocery bills have increased by 15 to 25 per cent over the past few years. A lot of this is due to food price gouging by big grocery chains. Families are struggling. More Canadians, including those with decent ...
Column: B.C.'s mental health crisis needs more than just patchwork ...
16 hours ago · In 2017, the newly-elected B.C. Premier John Horgan appointed the first Minister of Mental Health and Addictions for the province. Four years later, Canada created the federal role of Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, signalling a growing recognition of the importance of mental health care across the country.
Warnings from Environment Canada as heavy snow, freezing rain …
14 hours ago · A major storm bringing snowfall amounts of up to 50 centimetres in some locations followed by freezing rain Monday is forecast to hit much of British Columbia's central and northwest regions. Heavy snow falls as pedestrians walk through Central Park in Burnaby, B.C., on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 ...
Donations pour in to help families who lost homes in Burnaby …
Nov 20, 2024 · Tens of thousands of dollars are flowing in to help residents displaced by a devastating apartment fire in Burnaby Tuesday. Fire struck the Cameray Gardens apartment complex on Jersey Avenue north of Central Park just before 12:30 a.m.. All 47 units at 5715 Jersey Ave. had to be evacuated, and the Burnaby Fire Department told media at least 100 residents were displaced as firefighters battled ...
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Burnaby residents invited to shape 25-year community plan
Apr 20, 2024 · Burnaby residents can share their thoughts on an early draft of the city’s most important community-planning document. Burnaby’s Official Community Plan (OCP), which will set the high-level policy direction for the next 25 years, is now in the drafting stage.. Burnaby expects to add 100,000 people and 50,000 jobs by 2050, and it has offered two growth scenarios which lay out different ...
Burnaby needs 40K new homes by 2041: housing needs report
Oct 15, 2024 · A new report shows Burnaby will need more than double the homes than it expected by 2031. The city’s new housing needs report estimates Burnaby needs 36,540 homes by 2031, 143% more than its previous estimate, to keep on track to build 74,051 homes by 2041.. From 2021 to 2026, the city’s estimates have increased by 181% to …
Top news stories of Burnaby development, real estate and housing
Jan 1, 2024 · Burnaby continues to build, build, build, and housing prices are still in the millions.. What were the big local housing and development stories of 2023? Burnaby's rental crisis