Justin McElroy

A man working with an Egyptian contractor posted the ships on Facebook Marketplace, hoping to get $15 million for the three ships — a fraction of the $460 million it cost to build them.

Among the reasons cited by Metro Vancouver for the increased budget were higher construction costs, an increase in parking area and bike storage lockers, and an increase to the size of a child care facility.

Mayor Ken Sim says he will bring forward a motion to ask the province to change the Vancouver Charter so the city’s independent, elected park board can be removed and its responsibilities shifted to council.

Since it was created in 1888, the Vancouver Park Board has been a source of discussion and division. But the decision by Mayor Ken Sim to try and eliminate it could make its final chapter its most dramatic.

With policing being the biggest department in Surrey’s budget, and Locke and the province engaged in a constant war of words, few other political stories in the city have gotten much attention in the last year.

Unlike the rest of British Columbia, the people who will vote on the local land-use plan aren’t a mayor or councillors, but a board of governors — the majority of whom are appointed by the province.

The concerns from residents who showed up generally centred around parking and noise for a residential three-block street in the middle of Port Coquitlam without any sidewalks.

For the first time since Vancouver council created a code of conduct, the mayor has used it to file a complaint against a fellow councillor — but it didn’t go the way Ken Sim likely hoped.

The federal government abruptly postponed an announcement Tuesday for tens of millions of dollars in housing funding for two Metro Vancouver cities, due to concerns about new development fees being proposed by the regional district.

Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon announced the exact numbers for net new units in the 10 municipalities on Tuesday, months after the province first said those communities would be targeted as part of the government’s push for additional housing supply.

Lobbying takes all shapes and forms at an event like the UBCM, from formal press conferences to receptions at the end of the evening.

With B.C. still dealing with a series of massive wildfires that have displaced thousands of people in the Okanagan and Shuswap, an opposition MLA is calling on the province to explore policy changes that could help in future seasons.

At this stage of the massive wildfire in the Shuswap region of B.C., the most anxious developments lately have nothing to do with the flames.

Spoiler alert: the 16 finalists left in the Search for B.C.’s Best Lake tend to be pretty popular, well-known lakes.

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim denounced what he said were “insinuations” made in a news article alleging Canada’s spy agency found evidence of China’s Vancouver consulate interfering in last year’s municipal election.

How were you talking about COVID-19 the day it was declared a global pandemic?

The City of Vancouver passed its latest budget Tuesday evening with a 10.7 per cent increase to the average property tax — a record high this century.

The vote follows a multi-year process that allows schools to change their name if the community requests it.

A Saanich councillor put forward a motion Monday requesting “the provincial government explore the implementation of a means-tested traffic fine system, whereby fines would be calculated on the basis of the recipients’ income.” But no councillor seconded his motion.

The mix of homes, commercial outlets and public space used year-round is something planners often envision, but rarely becomes reality as well as intended — and other municipalities are taking notice.