Frances Bula

B.C.’s plans to allow single-staircase multi-unit dwellings is being heralded as a move that will allow for a much needed and more affordable new type of housing

City councillor argues affordability and choice are more important at the moment, while questioning whether B.C.’s electrical system is able to handle increased demand

Developers say the new rules will add thousands in costs, while disability advocates say the estimates are exaggerated

Unless provincial and federal governments start committing large and regular contributions to new infrastructure, mayors say their only lever is significant tax increases for everyone

Developers, designers, community activists and regular residents are pushing for multi-dwelling homes that promote social connection

Proposal by Rebecca Bligh would create more housing, space for small businesses where residents can get jobs or access low-cost goods and medical services more able to serve people where they are living

Counts in Richmond, Burnaby, Surrey, the Tri-Cities and New Westminster saw increases of between 65 per cent and 91 per cent of unhoused people

Any new single house that is built would only be allowed to go to the equivalent of 60 per cent of the lot’s area

Solicitor-general’s move comes after months of increasingly hostile debate about which force should be patrolling province’s second-largest city

The proposal has more buildings at lower heights than the first concepts presented in 2021, with a goal of constructing all of the eight-storey buildings from mass timber

Preliminary plan focuses on the dangers of homeless camps in Vancouver, saying they are ‘unsafe and untenable’

Many of Vancouver’s stakeholders have begun to envision how the area between the backside of Gastown and the Burrard Inlet shore can be a place for the downtown to expand and redefine itself

Developers say finances are pinched by interest rates, and inflated material and labour costs, and new zoning regulations contain unusual rules that make it too risky for developers to commit to large projects

Vancouver City Council’s desire to hasten new home building overtaken by city planner’s refusal to veer from the rules

Squamish Nation and City of Vancouver have signed deal to ensure services for planned Kitsilano project

Cities across the U.S. and Canada have been struggling to deal with large encampments in city parks for several years, a phenomenon that grew during the COVID-19 pandemic

A longhouse, a canoe-landing area and a site for outdoor celebrations with an open fire are just some of the ideas park planners are considering for the 4.5-hectare Northeast False Creek park

Lots of ideas in design competition, but affordability still elusive

Table tennis has become a sport for the masses – outdoors

The city continues its experiment with laneway housing in a new form: mini laneway apartment buildings