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BC Assessment figures released this month confirm that residential values across the Lower Mainland have softened, with median single-family detached home assessments in Vancouver dropping about five per cent year over year, 10 per cent since 2022 and over 20 per cent in inflation-adjusted terms since the peak.

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British Columbia

City of Vancouver Votes Against Affordable Housing and for Land Speculation

02/01/26

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First United

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First United

City of Vancouver Public Hearing Mayor Ken Sim

Dec. 17, 2025

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British Columbia

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Toronto’s rooftop farms show what’s at stake after Ford scraps green roof rule

24/11/25

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Cloe Logan

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National Observer

Thadia Theodore and Maranatha Hughes spreading straw over the flower farm on the rooftop of Toronto Metropolitan University to get the crops ready for winter. Photo by Cloe Logan / Canada's National Observer

Nov. 24, 2025

Amid the hustle and bustle of downtown Toronto, Thadia Theodore is laying straw over dormant flower beds to prepare them for winter. Tall, glassy buildings surround her on the rooftop farm of her university; construction noise rings out, but she describes it as “peaceful.”

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Labour’s Climate Fight Requires Public Ownership

21/11/25

Author:

Vinnie Collins

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The Bullet

Nov. 21, 2025

Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York’s Democratic Party primary for mayor in June 2025 and victory in the general election on November 4th has provided a dose of hope to a Left seeking a path forward amid a dire political landscape. His campaign succeeded by offering real solutions to working-class concerns – including on climate policy and its connection to New Yorkers’ material conditions.

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Citizens rally against Vancouver mayor’s budget

13/11/25

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Marc Fawcett-Atkinson Natasha Bulowski

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National Observer

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim backstage at Collision 2024 on June 18, 2024. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Collision via Sportsfile

Nov. 13, 2025

An unprecedented 630 people registered to speak Wednesday against Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s controversial proposed budget in a marathon city council session that could stretch into next week.

The flood of speakers follows a Canada’s National Observer report that Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department in his proposed 2026 budget.

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Vancouver’s climate leadership is a promise we can’t break

13/11/25

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Carol Liao and Naomi Klein

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National Observer

Nov. 13, 2025

Vancouver has long been recognized as a global leader in sustainability, a city that others look to for bold environmental action and progressive urban governance. Which is why the reported proposal by Mayor Ken Sim to eliminate or significantly weaken Vancouver’s climate and sustainability department is not just concerning — it is dangerously short-sighted.

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Why Fracking Firms Should Pay for a $100-Million Water Pipeline

03/11/25

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Ben Parfitt

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The Tyee

Nov. 2, 2025

As Dawson Creek considers transferring drinking water from the Peace River, BC could make energy companies fund the project.

The projected cost of a $100-million water pipeline stretching more than 50 kilometres from the Peace River to drought-stressed Dawson Creek is nearly five times greater than what the city received in property tax revenue last year.

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A Drought Emergency Looms in Dawson Creek

03/10/25

Author:

Ben Parfitt

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The Tyee

A section of the Kiskatinaw River running dry just upstream of the old Highway 97 trestle bridge between Fort St. John and Dawson Creek. Photo for The Tyee by Don Hoffmann.

Sept. 26, 2025

Parched, the city has proposed piping water in. And selling it to the very industry some say caused the problem.

After three years of drought, the City of Dawson Creek has reached a dangerous tipping point as the Kiskatinaw River, its only drinking water source, falls to levels never before seen.

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Urban

With London Drugs closing and Sunrise Market’s future unsure, the Downtown Eastside faces a retail desert.

The crisis could serve as catalyst if we make these seven pivots.

As Dawson Creek considers transferring drinking water from the Peace River, BC could make energy companies fund the project.

Parched, the city has proposed piping water in. And selling it to the very industry some say caused the problem.

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