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Vancouver Fair Tax Coalition argues businesses in Vancouver pay too much tax compared to residents. The city says the comparison is irrelevant. Photo-Dan Toulgoet
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Balancing act
Reporters and photographers crowd into Jackson's Meats on a rainy Wednesday morning in trendy South Granville. They've gathered at the butcher shop for a public relations stunt staged by the Vancouver Fair Tax Coalition. Proprietor Geoff Jackson will shove cold, raw hamburger meat through a grinder, but more on that later.
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Comparing ratios apples to oranges
Business owners in Vancouver pay municipal property taxes at nearly six
times the rate paid by residents. It's a rate roughly double most neighbouring
municipalities, double the national average and the highest ratio in the
country, according to the Vancouver Fair Tax Coalition.
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De-election campaigners take fight to city hall
Protesters should stop "undercutting" Vancouver-Kingsway MP David Emerson for defecting from the Liberals to the Conservatives, says Mayor Sam Sullivan.
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'Non-political' police chief putting in time at city hall
As city council considers whether it will pay for 50 new police officers, the city's top cop is spending time in one-on-one sessions talking to councillors.
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Fields day still far away
The construction of artificial turf fields around Vancouver is long overdue, says a first-term NPA parks commissioner.
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Clear sailing so far for big berths
Plans to build a 22-berth floating marina at the base of George Wainborn Park are another step closer to reality after the Development Permit Board approved a controversial application by Concord Pacific Tuesday night.
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Light shines on hunger for 30 Hours
The call by a Christian organization to raise money for Third World hunger relief has been answered by local Buddhists, who are putting their faith and dollars into a weekend without food.
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They're off and tunnelling
The start of cut and cover construction along Cambie Street has been marked with the pouring of the first tunnelling form.
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Show tips hat to more elegant era
There was a time no proper woman would be seen outdoors without a hat. But times have changed, says fashion historian Ivan Sayers.
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Dozens of city students trading school spaces
Student exchange trips usually involve leaving Vancouver to travel to other towns, provinces or sometimes even countries.
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