Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 10 Dec, 2024 04:50 PM
Vancouver City Council has approved a property tax increase of 2.9 per cent, with an additional one per cent dedicated to renewing critical infrastructure.
A statement from the city says the overall increase of 3.9 per cent is one of the lowest across the region following a 7.5 per cent increase for 2024.
City Council has approved the 2025 budget, including: š An operating budget totaling $2.34B šļø A capital budget totaling $880M šļø A 3.9% property tax increase
Mayor Ken Sim had earlier set a cap of 5.5 per cent for the 2025 increase.
Today, Vancouver City Council approved the 2025 budget, delivering a tax increase of just 2.9%, with an additional 1% dedicated to renewing critical infrastructure such as water and sewer lines.
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A small cabinet shuffle in B-C has promoted Victoria'sĀ GraceĀ LoreĀ to the post of minister of children and family development.Ā Premier David Eby announced the previous children's minister, Mitzi Dean, will now be the minister of state for child care.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says voters in the United States will face a choice later this year between optimism for the future or nostalgia for a past that never existed.Ā Trudeau made the comments in Montreal today to a business crowd in reference to Donald Trump's victory Monday in the Iowa Republican caucuses, which gives the former president an early lead for the Republican nomination ahead of the November election.Ā
Vancouver International Airport says traffic forecasts for mid-January show passenger numbers have almost completely recovered to pre-pandemic levels.Ā YVR says it is expecting just over 420-thousand passengers from January 15th to the 21st, just short of the 2019 figure of almost 426-thousand.
More than 100 wildfires are still listed as burning in British Columbia thanks to a combination of a busy wildfire season, extreme drought and generally warmer and drier conditions through December.Ā Forrest Tower of the BC Wildfire Service said that while it's not uncommon for some fires to burn through the winter, that number usually hovers around a couple dozen, not the 106 that were listed as active on New Year's Day.
Police in Langley are investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed on Monday.Ā Police say the crash happened at around 7 a-m in the 28-hundred-block of 264 Street.
Environment Canada says a snowstorm is expected to hit Metro Vancouver, Greater Victoria and beyond, bringing up to 20 centimetres of accumulation and possible freezing rain to southern British Columbia.Ā The weather agency has issued a snowfall warning in the region with a forecast of "widespread snow" starting tonight and into Wednesday.
