Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 13 Nov, 2024 04:49 PM
The City of Vancouver says it is on track to meet provincial targets in housing development in its latest progress report.
Vancouver's first annual report on the targets showed that more than four-thousand units were built in the city from October 2023 to September 2024.
That's about 80 per cent of the year-one target set by the province in its bid to create more housing affordability across B-C.
A statement from the city says there are also about 58-thousand units in the development pipeline, and the projected five-year forecast is expected to exceed the provincial target.
Police in Metro Vancouver say a fire that destroyed a building used to store athletic equipment has been declared suspicious in nature. Delta Police say investigators have yet to identify any suspects in the blaze that occurred near a park in Tsawwassen early in the morning on May 17th.
R-C-M-P in Surrey say two men face a series of charges after being found with two stolen vehicles. The Mounties say a report of a stolen work van led police to arrest the two suspects last week.
Vancouver police are working to determine what caused a fire at an apartment building that sent two people to hospital. Nearly 50 firefighters responded to the blaze in the city's West End this morning.
B-C has announced the appointment of a chief scientific advisor with a focus on people experiencing complex mental health and addictions challenges. The province says psychiatrist and public health specialist Dr. Daniel Vigo will start in the role immediately.
The Israeli government is being accused in published reports of involvement in an operation aimed at reducing support for Palestinians in Canada that was flagged by artificial intelligence researchers. Israel rejects the claim, being reported by the New York Times and Israeli newspaper Haaretz, that it's behind the social-media influence campaign, in which researchers say North Americans are being targeted with Islamophobic content.
Ontario's highest court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of one of the two men found guilty of terrorism charges in a plot to derail a passenger train between Canada and the U.S. Raed Jaser had challenged the outcome of the 2015 trial on several grounds, including that his case should have been severed from that of his co-accused, Chiheb Esseghaier – something he requested twice, unsuccessfully.
