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City hall has been flooded with correspondence as a furious debate erupts over a proposed Coal Harbour development incorporating an elementary school, social housing and a child care facility.
Dozens of opponents of the project urged council to reject the development, saying it could block their waterfront views, increase traffic, decrease their property values, and bring drugs and crime.
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Some supporters of the project a 340-student elementary school, 65 child care spaces, and a 60-unit social housing building on a city-owned parking lot at 480 Broughton St. are surprised it’s even a debate.
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At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site.
Nate SIlver makes the same call [lambert preens]:
Interesting chart: We re now vaccinating more people (1st doses) than there are new infections. However, caseloads are still VERY high (higher than at any point pre-November).https://t.co/Qxu8rSPoV1pic.twitter.com/UU3F0B5Szq
But see caveats below!
Lambert here: Well, I said “If these declines continue through the end of the week, I’m gonna have to conclude we’re looking at a genuine fall in the numbers not the current narrative, I might add and that we are not looking at a reporting effect from the long weekend.” So I have to conclude we’re looking at a genuine fall in the numbers.