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Frances Bula

Frances Bula
Freelance
Urban affairs contributor
francesbula@gmail.com

Frances Bula has written about urban issues and city politics in B.C.’s Vancouver region, covering everything from Downtown Eastside drug addiction to billion-dollar development projects, since 1994.

Latest articles
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B.C. government looking at long term solutions to skyrocketing property taxes for small businesses in cities
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Vancouver public gives the Granville Bridge’s first redesign a resounding ‘no’
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Policies aimed at forcing condo investors to rent out their apartments in Vancouver are working, report suggests
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Watchdog to investigate Vancouver police after arrest of Indigenous man, granddaughter at BMO branch
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Vancouver landlord, tenants disagree on terms of relocation provision in unusual rental arrangement
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Iconic building in Vancouver’s Chinatown set to close
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As funding begins for the next civic election, grey areas remain around donation rules
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Former suburb transformed into hip destination
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Surrey Mayor accused of censoring data on public response to his plan to switch from RCMP to municipal police
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B.C. completes year-long assessment of video gamers to assess possible correlation with gambling addiction
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Vancouver city council approves 7 per cent property-tax increase
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Squamish Nation votes to approve massive apartment development in Vancouver
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Former Vancouver mayoral candidate Ken Sim alarmed at NPA swing to the right
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Vancouver Councillor Rebecca Bligh accuses NPA of veering right, quits in protest
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City of Burnaby proposes aggressive measures to ensure renters can stay in their communities
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Parents, B.C. government baffled after Vancouver School Board rejects plan for new French school
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Planned 9-per-cent Vancouver tax hike sparks backlash but some councillors say it’s needed after Vision failures
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Vancouver residents campaign for provincial government to take back Little Mountain social-housing site
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Kennedy Stewart already setting his sights on a second term as Vancouver mayor
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Vancouver approves new rental housing policy amid city’s housing crisis
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