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Vancouver more than doubles cleaning service contract, citing COVID-19 Cost of sanitizing city buildings, vehicles up 155% Published: April 12, 2021, 9:35pm Share: Vancouver City Hall (iStock.com) Vancouver more than doubled the dollar amount of its annual contract with the company responsible for cleaning its municipal buildings, a change that city leaders say is linked to more stringent sanitation requirements during COVID-19. During their regular meeting Monday evening, Vancouver city c...

Make or break year for Joe Woods? Browns and OBJ’s future? Hey, Terry Updated 5:40 AM; Facebook Share CLEVELAND, Ohio – The draft is coming, but it’s sort of fun that it isn’t a “make-or-break” event for the Browns thanks to the roster upgrade. But lots of other things have fans talking. Hey, Terry: Considering the upgrades to the defense and the possibility of getting Grant Delpit and Greedy Williams both back and healthy, do you see this as make or break year for defensive coordi...

Vancouver council makes first revisions to housing tax break program Requirements for public benefit tightened, but no new limits on affordability Published: March 15, 2021, 9:05pm Share: Vancouver City Hall (iStock.com) The Vancouver City Council made its first concrete changes to an oft-debated tax exemption program meant to increase housing stock within the city, following more than a year of discussion and at least one postponed vote. The tweaks to the program are minor, a precursor t...

Vancouver weighs selling Navigation Center Shuttered day center for homeless may become library headquarters Published: March 11, 2021, 2:00pm Share: 3 Photos The city of Vancouver is considering selling the Navigation Center to Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries as a new headquarters. The library district and Sea Mar both currently occupy parts of the building. (Joshua Hart/The Columbian) Photo Gallery Vancouver leaders are considering selling the Navigation Center, the beleaguered da...

People cant agree on where the oldest sidewalk stamp is in Toronto Stay in the loop Sign up for our free email newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime or contact us for details. People walk on them every day but not many look down and notice the stamps pressed into many Toronto concrete sidewalks. The stamps are normally put into the concrete by the contractor or the city and include a date. Contractors stamp sidewalks with a date and name of their company. The date on one Toronto...

TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Pittsburgh public safety officials have created a tip line to crack down on people riding off-road vehicles on city streets and sidewalks. Authorities said the increase in so-called “flash mobs” and “ride-outs” that involve groups of people riding all-terrain vehicles, dirt bikes and other off-road vehicles on city streets and sidewalks — often in the wrong direction a...

In Our View: Heights District project will advance thriving city The Columbian Share: Development of Vancouver’s Heights District promises to be transformational, creating a dynamic residential-retail- recreation hub in a long-overlooked section of the city. In forming a proposal that could take 20 years to be fully realized, city officials have embraced a long-term approach. They have envisioned a project that will prepare the city for a future that is attractive to both resid...

After finishing their cleanup on Thursday following two days of snowfall, city crews say they're preparing for an additional 10 to 15 centimetres of snow expected to blanket Toronto by Friday morning. 

Last Updated Monday, February 15, 2021 11:40PM EST A blast of winter weather has descended on the GTA and many parts of southern Ontario and it could drop as much as 25 centimetres of snow on parts of Toronto by Tuesday morning. The snowfall began around 8:30 p.m. and is expected to continue into the morning. Toronto and the regions of York, Halton, Durham, and Peel are all under a snowfall warning. "Heavy snow is expected to move into the area this evening into Tuesday mor...

This is whats happening to Torontos public payphones Stay in the loop Sign up for our free email newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime or contact us for details. Toronto has thousands of public payphones scattered around the city — most people pass them every day without giving them a second thought. With the growth of cellphones, the payphone has become a relic, in decline for several years. Many payphones have become a canvas for graffiti, a place for garbage and in one case a...