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Vancouver Plan to be replaced by first-ever citywide Official Development Plan | Urbanized
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (828+ words) Vancouver City Council is poised to make one of the most consequential planning decisions in the city's history: the adoption of the City of Vancouver's first-ever citywide Official Development Plan (ODP) " a legally binding land use framework that will guide…...
B.C. premier condemns Alberta group with 'old-fashioned word' | News
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (434+ words) After a group of Albertans who make up the Alberta Prosperity Project met with U.S. officials, B.C. Premier David Eby threw an old-fashioned word at them in condemnation. The word wasn't shackbaggerly, it was "treason." Eby spoke to the media on Thursday…...
Vancouver mayoral candidate pitches $200-million traffic signal coordination plan | Urbanized
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (681+ words) As a major strategy to help speed up, reduce the travel times, and improve the reliability of TransLink buses, William Azaroff is proposing a city-wide traffic signal modernization plan, which would also provide the ability to implement comprehensive traffic signal-priority…...
'Let them come down': Trump cabinet member touches on Alberta separatism | News
1+ week, 2+ day ago (329+ words) A prominent member of the Trump administration recently touched on the Alberta separatism movement, calling Albertans "very independent." Scott Bessent, United States Secretary of the Treasury, weighed in on the issue while speaking to'right-wing TV station Real America's Voice, alleging…...
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim outlines priorities as election and FIFA World Cup near | Urbanized
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1325+ words) With just under nine months before City of Vancouver voters head back to the polls, Mayor Ken Sim says his focus remains firmly on governing " balancing public safety, affordability, and preparations for what he describes as a transformative moment for…...
Univeristy of Alberta offers new course to help combat 'rage bait' | News
1+ week, 5+ day ago (371+ words) The University of Alberta is offering a new course designed to help students cut through "rage bait" in an era increasingly shaped by outrage-driven content. The course, Engaging Division: Consensus and Confrontation in Civic Life, will be offered across campus…...
2,600 single-family lots in East Vancouver approved for six-storey apartments | Urbanized
2+ week, 4+ day ago (650+ words) Vancouver City Council has unanimously and swiftly approved major changes tonight that will allow large single-family neighbourhoods near SkyTrain's Rupert and Renfrew stations to add low-rise strata market ownership condominium housing and secured purpose-built rental housing buildings for the first…...
B.C. premier committed to amending DRIPA law to uphold government authority
3+ week, 2+ day ago (563+ words) Premier David Eby says the Government of British Columbia will move ahead with amendments to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) to clarify that reconciliation work is the responsibility of government " not the courts " and to…...
Here are all of Alberta's statutory holidays in 2026 to plan for
3+ week, 6+ day ago (267+ words) There are nine statutory holidays in Alberta to look forward to in 2026, which will give many workers the day off. So mark your calendar and get ready for some long weekend traffic annoyances, but also some amazing sleep-in days. There…...
Canada is rolling out three major immigration changes in 2026
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (606+ words) Canada announced several updates to its immigration system that are set to come into force in the new year. Prime Minister Mark Carney's government announced measures that would further tighten immigration policies in an attempt to bring the country's temporary…...