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Frances Bula

Frances Bula
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.

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Indigenous-led housing projects aim to transform Vancouver’s west side
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Affordable housing in Vancouver can only happen under new rental program, Stewart says
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In Vancouver, Squamish Nation’s massive housing project seen as building block in reconciliation
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Vancouver’s Squamish Nation plans massive apartment development for foot of Burrard Bridge
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TransLink to survey Surrey residents on transit options
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B.C. Premier Horgan gets tough on municipalities over transit, housing
British Columbia
Vancouver housing report shows progress on social housing, lag on low-cost rentals
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New approach to rental-development incentives ‘greatly preferable’ to old plan, Vancouver councillor Adriane Carr says
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Vancouver city officials encouraged by Airbnb licence enforcement efforts
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Vancouver won’t fast-track tower building to pay for subway
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Vancouver councillors support empty-homes tax despite dubious results
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B.C. landlords mount legal challenge to New Westminster’s rental-only zones, call unique bylaw unfair
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Vancouver-area mayors seek assurances that SNC-Lavalin won’t be guaranteed to get UBC-line work
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Recycling an older Vancouver house is fine, but few think to move it – all of it
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B.C. municipal councillors join demands for a money laundering public inquiry
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Vancouver Green Party councillors embrace SkyTrain expansion
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Translink CEO tells lawmakers that ride-hailing companies should be priced to complement transit
British Columbia
Proposed bike lane down centre of Vancouver’s Granville Street Bridge stokes controversy
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Vancouver mayor doesn’t plan to quit academic role at Simon Fraser
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Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart calls for UBC subway project to be in service by 2030