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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 councilors approved a major increase in the amount of money it pays to Del Sol, Inc., the local busin...

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 coordinator Joe Woods? – Jeff Potts, New Martinsville, W. Va. Hey, Terry: Have the Browns improved or j...

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 to a broader overhaul city staff plan to undergo later in the year. “We are planning on coming ba...

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 day shelter for the homeless temporarily closed by COVID-19, so it can serve as a new library headquar...

People can't 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 sidewalk caught the attention of one pedestrian recently who posted the find to Reddit. The person...