VANCOUVER A dozen climate activists were arrested for blocking the Burrard Bridge in Vancouver Saturday afternoon. The Vancouver Police Department said in a news release that around 3 p.m., approximately 40 protesters began blocking the intersection of Burrard Street and Cornwall Avenue on the south side of the bridge. “VPD negotiators warned the group several times that they would be arrested if they continued to block access to the bridge, said VPD spokesperson Const. Tania Visintin in the release. The protesters were from the group Extinction Rebellion, which issued its own news release in advance of the demonstration. The group said it would block the bridge to call attention to the connections between old-growth logging in B.C. s forests, wildfires raging around the province and the recent deadly heat wave.
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Reliance Properties has sold over 100 of the total of 239 condominium homes at its Two Burrard Place tower within the first two days of pre-sales.
This is a significant litmus test for the condominium market in downtown Vancouver, which has had zero successful pre-sale launches over the last four years a slowdown period that began with the provincial government’s major interventions in the housing market to deter foreign investment and speculation.
Overall, during the past four-year period, Metro Vancouver’s condominium market softened significantly, and much of the remaining demand shifted to Burnaby, Coquitlam, and Surrey. This eastward suburban trend accelerated greatly last year when living preferences changed as a result of the pandemic, coupled with record-low interest rates.