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These 10 municipalities are now required to hit housing targets

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B.C.’s housing minister has released the names of 10 municipalities that will be required to hit yet-to-be-established targets on new home construction or risk having the province force through higher density. View this email in your browser Curated by Dharm Makwana Thank you for subscribing to Sunrise. We would be grateful to hear from you about how you would rate our newsletters and how we can improve them. Please take a few minutes to complete our confidential survey so we can better serve you. Take the survey! BRITISH COLUMBIA (The Canadian Press) These 10 municipalities are now required to hit housing targets B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Khalon has released the names of 10 municipalities that will be required to hit yet-to-be-established targets on new home construction or risk having the province force through higher density. Why it matters: Municipalities that meet targets will receive provincial cash for such amenities as parks, bike lanes and recreation centres. Those that don’t meet the targets will be overruled by the province, which has the power to rezone entire neighbourhoods to create more density. • The first 10 municipalities were selected using a weighted index based on factors that include urgency of housing need, projected population growth, land availability and housing affordability.  The 10 municipalities are: Abbotsford, Delta, Kamloops, Port Moody, Saanich, Vancouver, Victoria and the districts of North Vancouver, West Vancouver and Oak Bay.  READ THE FULL STORY | COMMENT COURTS (Arlen Redekop / PNG) Former marketing director sues Vancouver developer alleging wrongful dismissal, lack of pay equity A former marketing director of one of B.C.’s largest real estate developers is suing the company for almost $1 million, largely to make up for what she called a shortfall in her salary compared to her male counterparts for the past five years. Tracy Parolin, a married mother of 10-year-old twins, said in a notice of civil claim against Cressey Development Corp. that the reason she was given that two male co-workers “made more money is because they were hungrier than her and she had other priorities, like her kids.” “After returning from pregnancy leave, Ms. Parolin has been repeatedly excluded from meetings and decisions pertaining to her assigned projects on the grounds that, ‘You’re a mom and never here,’ or ‘You are too busy being a mom, so decisions are made without you.'” Voice and email messages left with Cressey’s office were not returned. None of the allegations have been proven in court. READ MORE | COMMENT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advertisement TOP DOCTOR: TOO MUCH BELLY FAT? DO THIS BEFORE BED IN BRIEF • The former payroll manager at two Surrey-based construction companies has been ordered to repay close to $1.9 million she took from the firms, as well as pay $100,000 in punitive damages. According to Supreme Court of B.C. Justice Gary Weatherill, over the course of several years — ending in August 2021 when she quit — Domenica Fazio stole $1.9 million, using an elaborate scheme in which she placed unapproved wages into a series of accounts in her name. • A high school teacher in the central Okanagan has accepted a five-day suspension for dealings with students that were deemed inappropriate and for resharing social media posts seen as “transphobic” by a parent at his school. Justin Daniel Moses Enns signed a consent resolution agreement with the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation earlier this month that was posted online Tuesday. • Vancouver police have identified the man who was killed in the West End on the weekend as 43-year-old Jonathan James Bulloch. The Vancouver resident was stabbed on Saturday just before 10 p.m. near Davie and Bute streets. He was taken to hospital where he died. No arrests have been made. VANCOUVER SUN LT Covering the issues that matter to you. ST s4uvm DON'T isS 0uT MISCELLANEOUS • Odds of Bank of Canada rate hike just went up as economy beats expectations • David Johnston refuses House of Commons call to step down as special rapporteur • One adult, 16 children injured in fall during school trip to Winnipeg historic site • Naked man attempts to dig out truck stuck in riverbed near Calgary park • Man who fell from Carnival ship was on first cruise for partner's birthday WORD FOR WORD (Jason Payne / PNG) "The margins are getting thinner. "We can only raise the prices so much to stay competitive." — Pitt Meadows farmer Brad Hopcott on inflation resulting in higher costs across almost every aspect of the farm business READ THE FULL STORY | COMMENT OPINION Adam Zivo: A 14-year-old is dead. Her dad blames 'safer supply' drugs Fourteen-year-old Kamilah Sword overdosed and died last August after becoming addicted to hydromorphone, a drug which her friends say they often acquired through drug users who were defrauding Vancouver’s safer supply programs. Her father, who wants answers for his daughter’s death, feels “brushed aside” by the government and worries about how the investigation of his daughter’s death is being handled. Last week, he shared his story and introduced me to Kamilah’s closest friends, and their parents, who explained how hydromorphone abuse has ravaged their families and contributed to a new generation of opioid addicts in Port Coquitlam. Collectively, they painted a disturbing portrait of a community where the abuse of “dillies” (the slang term for Dilaudid, a brand of hydromorphone) is ubiquitous among teenagers, thanks, in part, they say to the wide-scale defraudment of “safer supply” programs. READ MORE | COMMENT HEALTH CARE (edwaittimes.ca) Fraser Health information available on updated ER wait-time tracker A website that lets people track the waiting times for emergency rooms across Metro Vancouver now includes sites in the Fraser Valley. Context: Fraser Health announced Tuesday that it would begin making ER waiting times at Surrey Memorial and some other facilities public via an online dashboard managed by Vancouver Coastal Health. • The announcement came as the health authority struggled to address criticism of conditions at Surrey Memorial and other hospitals, including claims that a lack of resources is compromising patient care. • The dashboard provides information on waiting times and locations at dozens of hospitals and urgent care clinics around Metro Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast. READ THE FULL STORY | COMMENT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advertisement $ 2038200 QL R LIV T ASIN THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE 33 34 54 55 31 Across. Lite MORE GAMES 5 9 Sudoku 24x KenKen Universal crossword WHAT'S FOR DINNER (Penguin Random House) Vermont cheddar soup A batch of this soup is like money in the bank; just a cupful makes a lunch. GET THE RECIPE WEATHER Today: Sunny | High 19 | UV index 7 or high Tonight: Clear | Low 11 ONE LAST THING The Halfmoon Bay General Store on the Sunshine Coast, built in 1937, is showing its age.  The owners had hoped to renovate the store to fix a number of problems. But that proved problematic, so the original store building will close after this weekend and be replaced by a new structure that will look like the old one. READ MORE WE THINK YOU'LL LIKE THIS NEWSLETTER W INFORMED@PINION Get perspective and stay informed with this daily roundup of Opinion pieces from the Vancouver Sun and beyond. SIGN UP Advertise with us Have a thought you'd like to share? Send your feedback to editor Dharm Makwana at [email protected]. Sign up for more Vancouver Sun newsletters here. 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