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Global BC is the most popular evening newscast in the city, though CTV Vancouver, currently second in the ratings, has aggressively been trying to increase its market share — including the purchasing of a news helicopter known as 'Chopper 9'. In 2006, Global BC launched the Global One traffic helicopter for live traffic updates and breaking news.
In 2010, GEC acquired the Vancouver-based KGIC Education Group, with seven campuses in Canada and facilities in Brazil, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and Taiwan. [7] [1] [8] In 2013, GEC sold KGIC Education Group to a Toronto-based public company for $13.5 million.
CKGO (730 AM) is a radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia.Owned by Corus Entertainment, the station currently serves as a rebroadcaster of sister station CKNW.. The station was originally established in 1955 as CKLG, under which it broadcast a popular contemporary hit radio format.
CKVU-DT (channel 10) is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, serving as the West Coast flagship of the Citytv network. It is owned and operated by network parent Rogers Sports & Media alongside Omni Television station CHNM-DT (channel 42).
CIVT-DT (channel 32) is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, serving as the West Coast flagship of the CTV Television Network.It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside Victoria-based CTV 2 station CIVI-DT (channel 53).
Edward Charles Kennedy Stewart (born November 8, 1966) is a Canadian academic administrator and politician who served as the 40th mayor of Vancouver from 2018 to 2022. [1] [2] He previously was the member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Burnaby—Douglas (2011–2015) and Burnaby South (2015–2018), serving in the House of Commons as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP) caucus.
Sim was elected mayor of Vancouver, running under the ABC Vancouver party banner, on October 15, 2022. He is the first challenger to defeat a sitting mayor of Vancouver since 1980, when Mike Harcourt upset incumbent Jack Volrich. [12] Sim is the first Chinese Canadian elected Mayor of Vancouver. [13] [14]
In March 2017, the cost of owning a single-family house in the Greater Toronto Area had grown 33% in 12 months. [27] In response to these trends, the provincial and federal governments attempted to slow the growth of the real estate market and gradually bring down prices, to aid first-time home buyers in a way that would cause the bubble to shrink slowly rather than burst.