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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.

Latest articles
British Columbia
Recycling an older Vancouver house is fine, but few think to move it – all of it
British Columbia
B.C. municipal councillors join demands for a money laundering public inquiry
British Columbia
Vancouver Green Party councillors embrace SkyTrain expansion
British Columbia
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
British Columbia
Vancouver mayor doesn’t plan to quit academic role at Simon Fraser
British Columbia
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart calls for UBC subway project to be in service by 2030
British Columbia
City of Victoria recommends class-action lawsuit against the oil and gas industry
British Columbia
Diabetes Canada pleading with Toronto, Vancouver councils to not ban clothing donation bins
British Columbia
Resident displacement, opioid crisis are key issues for Kennedy Stewart, Vancouver’s new mayor
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What’s next in Metro Vancouver’s transit plan
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Modular houses go from Alberta’s oil patch to Vancouver’s middle-class
British Columbia
Despite a radical mix of representatives, Vancouver councillors follow the status quo
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Surrey, B.C. Mayor Doug McCallum fights for ‘weighted vote’ tactic, concerning councillors
British Columbia
B.C. Lower Mainland mayors vote grudgingly to move forward on Surrey-Langley SkyTrain line
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B.C. rental-housing task force recommends partial ban on renovictions
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Vancouver council, Mayor considering property tax increase of 6.3 per cent
British Columbia
Affordable housing project could result in demolition of two newly built houses
British Columbia
Vancouver sees $38-million from vacant homes tax
For The Globe and Mail
British Columbia
Rookie Vancouver councillors put forward motions to tackle housing as council strives for compromise