List of Newspaper Clips Collected from Mobility Pricing by Mayor Walton.pdf Natural Playground spurs outdoor learning-b.pdf September 18/2017 to October 15/2017 Natural Playground spurs outdoor learning.pdf New measures on the way to cut down traffic congestion in Toronto.pdf North Shore homeless numbers much higher than thought.pdf 1 in 5 West Vancouver households are low income.pdf North Vancouver MLA Ma warns of rental hikes that flout tenants.pdf Action on affordable housing.pdf Notice-43-townhomes-at-2049-2059-Heritage-Park-Lane.pdf Argyle rebuild set to wrap up in 2020.pdf Notice-Permissive-Tax-Exemptions-2018-2019.pdf B.C. Supreme Court rejects condo-building sale attempt.pdf Notice-Permissive-Tax-Exemptions.pdf Bunking-down-on-Dollarton.pdf Notice-PIM-1552-1568-Oxford-Str.pdf Chlorine leak contained_ North Vancouver firefighters.pdf Notice-PIM-on-1200-1259 Emery Place.pdf City raises building standards to combat greenhouse gas emissions.pdf Notice-PIM-on-4670-Capilano-Rd.pdf Comments on taxing empty homes and Affordability of new homes on small Notice-PIM-on-904-944 Lytton St.pdf lots.pdf Notice-Public-Hearing-Genaire and Curling.pdf Councillor calls for City of North Van to double new low-cost rentals.pdf Notice-road-closure-and-disposition-Glenaire-Dr.pdf Crash dummies.pdf NSNEWS-Online-Comments-on-homelessness-and-affordabiliy.pdf Distracted driving.pdf One-stop youth services.pdf District of North Van to push for quicker crash clearing.pdf Our little world no longer a safe place.pdf District of North Vancouver council trashes garbage reform-b.pdf Public input a valuable part of local governance.pdf District of North Vancouver council trashes garbage reform.pdf RCMP warn of scam targeting desperate renters.pdf District of North Vancouver looks to make Upper Cap subdivisions.pdf Road pricing best way to reduce vehicle emissions.pdf District to look for family shelter location.pdf See what develops.pdf Dorm-days.pdf Seven elementary expansions on North Vancouver school district wish list.pdf Electoral Reform.pdf Smaller earthquakes pose greater risk than next big one.pdf emery-village-concept.pdf The Earthquake That Will Devastate the Pacific Northwest _ The New Fire debate rekindles District of North Van garbage dustup.pdf Yorker.pdf Greater Vancouver home prices to drop 21 per cent by 2019.pdf Gregor Robertson proposes giving locals 1st shot at new condos.pdf Trail bridge over Seymour River delayed due to costs.pdf Grouse Mountain sign thieves.pdf TransLink announces new street and sidewalk funding in North Vancouver.pdf Keep North Van Beautiful.pdf True-Blue-Cabin.pdf Lions Gate model uncovered in thrift store.pdf Uneclared.pdf Living-on-shaky-ground.pdf Vancouver's middle-aged exodus a concern.pdf Lynn Headwaters access road to be accessible in October.pdf We want information.pdf Meet the people who choose to live inside their vehicles.pdf West Vancouver bans aggressive dog.pdf Metro Vancouver urges residents to put grease in green bins.pdf Without a home.pdf 1 in 5 West Vancouver households 'low income' Income stats don't capture household wealth Jane Seyd / North Shore News October 10, 2017 04:01 PM A chart created by Andy Yan shows the relative percentage of low-income households by age group, comparing West Vancouver to neighbouring communities. The analysis uses after-tax low-income thresholds from Statistics Canada. graphic supplied Andy Yan The affluent community of West Vancouver, where average home prices hover at $3 million, has one of the highest rates of people with “low income” in Metro Vancouver. At least on paper. That surprising piece of information comes from an analysis of recently released Statistics Canada income figures by Andy Yan, director of Simon Fraser University’s City Program. related EDITORIAL: Undeclared According to Yan’s analysis, there is a higher percentage of “low income” households in West Vancouver – more than 18 per cent – than in Metro Vancouver as a whole, where about 16.5 per cent of households are low income. In certain areas of West Vancouver – like Chartwell and Ambleside – that percentage of “low income” families climbs even higher, to 25 and 33 per cent of all households. (Vancouver number cruncher Jens von Bergmann has also plotted West Vancouver neighbourhoods with "low income" on his interactive Census Mapper map.) Census Mapper showing pockets of low income neighbourhoods in West Vancouver. graphic supplied Jens von Bergmann The number of people living in low income households has also risen dramatically in the last decade in West Vancouver, shooting up by 37 per cent, an increase over double that seen in Metro Vancouver as a whole and about 10 times the rate of change in the neighbouring District of North Vancouver, according to Yan’s analysis. graphic supplied Andy Yan But are up to a third of households living in mansions worth millions really scraping by on meagre poverty-line incomes? Yan and other analysts say likely not. More likely, they say, the figures reflect the limited way that income statistics capture “wealth,” particularly in the case of well-to-do immigrant families whose wealth is often generated outside the country. “It led to a really interesting discussion,” said Yan, of the numbers he’s come up with. While rates of poverty are definitely up in suburban areas these days, seeing such high rates of low income in West Vancouver just doesn’t appear accurate in the face of “all that real estate wealth and watching that Lamborghini buzz by you on the Lions Gate Bridge,” he said. “It does not compute.” graphic supplied Andy Yan Daniel Hiebert, a University of British Columbia geography professor who has studied international migration and its impact on the housing market, said such numbers only make sense in the context that “wealth and income are separate things and we record and tax income, but leave wealth alone in Canada.” West Vancouver has some similar patterns to Richmond in this regard, says Hiebert, where immigrants rely on wealth from overseas to buy into the local real estate market. “Does this mean people are poor?” he asks. “No. It means we’re not tracking an essential component of economic well-being: wealth.” There is also the possibility of undeclared income, whether that is acquired in Canada or abroad, he adds. For instance, gifts of money among family members don’t have to be declared, he said. Richard Kurland, an immigration lawyer and policy analyst, said areas like West Vancouver have been on his radar for the combination of low taxes paid despite stratospheric real estate sales. The issue lies in households whose members maintain they are residents of Canada for the purposes of being exempted from foreign buyers’ or capital gains tax in the real estate market yet don’t disclose or pay taxes on the global income which allows them to buy into that market, said Kurland. “. some of Canada’s wealthiest families have all the benefits of being Canadian, but may legally avoid paying Canadian income tax, even though they are living in Canada part time, because they are entitled to be ‘non- residents of Canada’ for income tax purposes,” he said. Kurland said he’d like to see changes made to the tax system that would see high property taxes levied on millionaire mansions – which could then be lowered for those declaring certain levels of taxable household income. “It’s a social justice issue,” he said. “Millionaire families enjoy a millionaire lifestyle without contributing a millionaire share of taxes.” LETTER: Action on affordable housing North Shore News October 5, 2017 03:59 PM file photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News Dear Editor: Re: Homeless Undercounted, Study Finds, Sept. 29 front-page story. Thank-you for your article highlighting a very important social issue, homelessness across the North Shore. As stated in the North Shore Homeless Task Force’s study, 736 North Shore children, youth, adults and families experienced homelessness in 2016. The news article states that “municipalities, which could put up land for affordable housing, or incent developers to build more through density bonusing.” All three municipalities have stepped up to the homelessness challenge.The City of North Vancouver has led the charge of affordable housing for decades and all three municipalities are actively addressing the issue. As a non-profit society that supports homeless youth, seniors and families to move from homelessness to housing, our success is a direct result of our municipalities’ efforts. The three municipalities of the North Shore have contributed to program funding, provision of safe houses and transitional housing for seniors and youth, municipally owned units allocated to homeless and at-risk individuals, permissive tax exemptions, introductions to developers that have led to rentals for vulnerable populations and the most costly, land to develop affordable housing. We are living in unprecedented times and on the North Shore, we are lucky to have three municipalities prepared to do their part to meet the needs of our most vulnerable citizens. Alan Kwinter board chair, Hollyburn Family Services Society Argyle rebuild set to wrap up in 2020 http://www.nsnews.com/lifestyle/argyle-rebuild-set-to-wrap-up-in-2020-1.23000553 Jeremy Shepherd / North Shore News September 25, 2017 08:37 AM Originally set for fall, construction on the new Argyle Secondary is set to begin in the spring of 2018. image supplied Good news for the graduating class of 2021: construction on the new Argyle Secondary is expected to begin next year. The $49.2-million project, which also includes new fields, will hopefully wrap up by the fall of 2020, according to North Vancouver school district communications manager Nevasha Naidoo.