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Metro Vancouver suburban condo projects selling out in hours

Metro Vancouver suburban condo projects selling out in hours

A new 141-unit Surrey development sold out in one hour, another in under 72 hours and 10 townhouses sold in a single day to cap a 143-home sell out in Maple Ridge
B.C. boosts business grants to $125 million

B.C. boosts business grants to $125 million

Province is adding $75 million in new 'circuit-breaker' money and extending specific grants to hotels, motels and short-term rentals of up to $10,000 per applicant
B.C. imposes $575 fines for non-essential travel

B.C. imposes $575 fines for non-essential travel

Even travel between the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island or the Okanagan subject to extraordinary measures, including hefty fines
B.C. red tape forces layoffs at Girbraltar mine

B.C. red tape forces layoffs at Girbraltar mine

Moving mine shovel from one pit to another now requires consultation with government staff, First Nations, which has so far taken nearly a year
Vancouver’s red-hot housing market starting to cool

Vancouver’s red-hot housing market starting to cool

Sales ‘ froth’ coming off as higher supply begins to meet buyer demand across Greater Vancouver, early April data shows
Nanaimo battles to secure the heart of the city

Nanaimo battles to secure the heart of the city

Squatters now control a central plaza as a spike in violence, open drug dealing and break-ins force city to spend $400,000 on downtown security
B.C. budget extends business, tourism support

B.C. budget extends business, tourism support

Province earmarks a further total of $325 million to assist businesses and tourism sector recover from the pandemic
B.C. restricts camping, leisure travel in crackdown

B.C. restricts camping, leisure travel in crackdown

Small motels, private campgrounds hit as province cracks down on non-essential travel and warns Alberta tourists to stay away
Land sales soar as real estate preps for B.C. recovery

Land sales soar as real estate preps for B.C. recovery

Lower Mainland land values soared 28 per cent in 2020 year-over-year to more than $4 billion to lead all commercial real estate sectors
Two First Nations split $37.2 million in B.C. grants

Two First Nations split $37.2 million in B.C. grants

B.C. government funds include lump-sum of $30 million to one Nation and $7.2 million to nine hereditary chiefs in a second