Christine Boyle is a second-term Vancouver city councillor with OneCity Vancouver. Stephen von Sychowski is the president of the Vancouver and District Labour Council. Workers deserve work that lifts ...

Survey spotlights Hastings encampment concerns A new survey is highlighting safety concerns of women living in the tent encampment on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Housing costs pushed up Metro Vancouver’s living wage past $25 an hour this year, widening the gap between what many workers earn and what they need to make rent. At Kílala Lelum, we walk alongside ...

Vancouver is a city of massive wealth and absolute poverty. Living in Vancouver has become a luxury, a glittering prize that few can clutch within their financial grasp. Consider the situation for a ...

With so many Canadians heading south in search of more affordable living, this topic has sparked curiosity. The duo behind the popular YouTube channel Make That Change, Anna and Anastasia, immigrants ...

The Vancouver Police Department is warning residents that a dangerous offender, Tyler Gordon Strathdee, is living in the city. Strathdee, 37, was jailed for 11 years in 2017 for several violent ...

A new report outlines how rising living costs are making it harder for B.C. families to make ends meet. Every year, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives publishes a “living wage report” that ...

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC party ran and won last year on a platform of finding “efficiencies” in the city’s budget. Politicians and labour groups are criticizing the ABC-majority council for ...

Nearly six years after Vancouver became the largest city in Canada to commit to a living wage, councillors voted to end the initiative. In a closed-door meeting in January, council approved the action ...

The City of Vancouver is considering going back on its years-long commitment to pay workers a living wage after the benchmark for a living wage rose sharply last year. A statement confirmed the city ...

A decision made at a closed-door city council meeting earlier this year may mean Vancouver is no longer a certified “living wage” employer. The City of Vancouver implemented its living wage policy in ...