Michael Wiebe has his first days in court. Health Canada considers the Vancouver Model. “Dictator type” land use policy changes considered by Metro Vancouver Board. Mid-rise buildings: rejected, opposed and delayed. Dysentery outbreaks. Efforts at reconciliation. And stop feeding the wildlife.

Plus a Vancouveratta dedicated to the late Jack Chow.

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* Burnaby housing market seeing prices skyrocket

* Lawyer’s report ‘inadmissable’ in conflict case involving Vancouver councillor

* Dan Fumano: ‘Heavy’ political influence behind Vancouver councillor’s conflict case, lawyer says

* City submits “Vancouver Model” of decriminalization application to Health Canada

* Drug decriminalization: Vancouver sends preliminary application to Health Canada

* Metro municipalities retain industrial land control

* Metro Vancouver Board Meeting video link

* City of Vancouver rejects 11-storey tower next to future Arbutus Station over height | Urbanized

* New West residents want council to reject 6-storey building

* Vancouver councillor questions drawn-out approval process for new rental housing

* Officials Failed to Warn Downtown Eastside Residents about Dysentery Outbreak, Advocate Says

* Most Black and Indigenous Students Want Police Out of Schools, Report Finds

* Vancouver councillor proposes city implement UN declaration on rights of Indigenous Peoples

* Text of the motion: Motion – Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the City of Vancouver: March 9, 2021

* Motion – Don’t Feed the Wildlife: March 9, 2021

* Showdown in the works over proposal to reinstate Stanley Park bike lane

* Petition: Reopen the temporary bike lane around Stanley Park

* Jack Chow, staple of Vancouver’s Chinatown, laid to rest at 90 – NEWS 1130

* Chinatown fixture Jack Chow dies at age 90