#VancouverBC - New Vancouver signs prompt question: How to present Downtown Eastside to World Cup visitors? https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-downtown-eastside-world-cup-visitors
New Vancouver signs prompt question: How to present Downtown Eastside to World Cup visitors?

FIFA street maps installed across Vancouver prompt debates about how the Downtown Eastside is being presented to international visitors.

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Vancouver braces for World Cup traffic snarls

City officials say congestion will be manageable, others not so sure

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#VancouverBC - Advocate critical as Vancouver council backs away from reducing speed limits on major roads https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-council-vision-zero-speed-reduction-9.7231135?cmp=rss
Advocate critical as Vancouver council backs away from reducing speed limits on major roads | CBC News

A transportation safety advocate is critical of a recent Vancouver council motion, in which amendments by the majority ABC slate meant that the city will not be reducing speed limits on major roads in the near future.

CBC
City of Vancouver lets go of top building official

The City of Vancouver has let go of Saul Schwebs, its chief building official, CTV News has learned.

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#VancouverBC - City of Vancouver sets date for free English Bay fireworks show https://globalnews.ca/news/11897048/city-of-vancouver-date-free-fireworks-show/
City of Vancouver sets date for free English Bay fireworks show

Called Summer Lights in English Bay, it will take place on Friday, July 31, at English Bay Beach Park and will be free for everyone.

Global News
City of Vancouver’s cost to host FIFA World Cup 2026 at $320M to $338M

Vancouver Host Committee: “The City and Province, along with its partners, is committed to transparency and is expecting to provide an update on actual costs, revenues and economic benefits in spring 2027.”

Squamish Chief
Vancouver’s ex-city manager Paul Mochrie now CEO of Provincial Health Services Authority

Mochrie: “I am joining at a complex and challenging time for the sector”

Coast Reporter
Vancouver council looks to exempt small-scale multiplex, duplex projects from empty homes tax

Housing units completed but not sold has grown in recent years, driven by higher interest rates, other economic factors

Delta Optimist

I'm at Handmade Expo in Vancouver, and I watched @michaellabbe demo Grain DDL.

An insanely useful tool for serialization formats (among other).

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