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B.C. housing affordability 'remains poor and worsening' according to RBC

B.C. housing affordability has eroded for the second consecutive quarter of the year, according to a report released this week by RBC Economics.

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PNE AMPHITHEATRE This is the last weekend for the Pacific National Exhibition, which wraps up Sept. 3.

House Calls: Flu by you

Relax, this won't hurt a bit. Last month, Dr. Perry Kendall, provincial health officer (aka. B.C.'s top doc) issued a sweeping decree. All healthcare workers in B.C. must get a flu shot to protect patients from infection.

Fledgling Vancouver restaurant turns out the lights

Dark Table will employ blind servers

Photogs launch darkroom campaign

Nearly a year after the city's last public-use darkroom closed, a Vancouver couple new to the city want to open what they believe would be B.C.'s first ecologically sensitive public darkroom.

New business points parents toward art exhibitions

'Culture Babes' caters to families with babies, toddlers

Central Park: High treeson

I not only heard back from the park board regarding the health of young trees across the city, but also from several more readers concerned that many of them appear to be dying from a lack of water this summer.
"Ghost town cloud" hovering over Olympic Village is gone

"Ghost town cloud" hovering over Olympic Village is gone

When Bob Rennie sold new condo owners on the benefits of moving to Olympic Village , the promise of a London Drugs in the neighbourhood was a big part of his pitch. To be a community, he knew, you needed to be able to shop in the community.

Bobblehead honours dancing groundskeepers at Vancouver ballpark

Nat Bailey Stadium head groundskeeper Tom Archibald has a new claim to fame.

Robson Street pedestrian plaza stays till end of year

The pedestrian plaza on the 800 block of Robson Street (between Hornby and Howe) has been such a hit that the City of Vancouver is keeping it closed to traffic for the rest of the year. It's also considering whether to make the closure permanent.
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