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Westbank pre-sold nearly 1 in 4 Kensington Garden condos — heavily marketed overseas — to flippers
By Amy Chen Prominent Vancouver property developer Westbank pre-sold nearly a quarter of all units of its Kensington Garden project — aggressively marketed in Hong Kong — to flippers, according to documents sent to ThinkPol. An industry insider sent ThinkPol
Vancouver nightlife: Survivors share stories of rape, insiders decry “dark cloud” of sexual violence
By Will Young Survivors of sexual assault carried out by leading figures in Vancouver’s nightlife scene are sharing their stories and insiders are speaking out against a “dark cloud” of sexual violence hanging over the industry. A number of survivors
Prominent Vancouverites may be breaking the law running illegal Airbnb operations
A doctor, an engineer and a professor are among the prominent Vancouverites who appear to be breaking the law by running short term rentals on Airbnb. While short term rentals are illegal under Vancouver’s by-laws, lax enforcement has seen them grow
Vancouver nightclub sued over rape, destroying evidence
By Will Young A Kamloops, BC woman who says she was drugged and brutally raped at Vancouver’s Twelve West nightclub sued the business Thursday for negligence and destroying evidence of the incident. (ThinkPol does not identify victims of sexual assault
Vancouver to hold public hearing on legalizing short term rentals
The City of Vancouver will hold a public hearing next Tuesday on a new bylaw that would legalize and regulate AirBNB and other short term rental operations, which are currently illegal in the city.
Coquitlam woman sues McDonald’s over hot tea spill
By Will Young A Coquitlam, BC-woman has filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s claiming an employee spilled “scalding” hot tea on her causing her severe injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder. Tamerin Elliott is seeking general damages, special damages and costs from
Vancouver’s economy to cool over next two years
By Will Young Vancouver’s real GDP growth is forecast to ease from 4.1 per cent in 2016 to 3.2 per cent in 2017, with an even more modest 2.5 per cent advance expected for 2018, according to a report by
Magnetic brain stimulation company CEO’s West Vancouver home with eight mortgages facing foreclosure actions
By Amy Chen The CEO of a company that developed a device that promises to cure depression using magnetic brain stimulation is facing foreclosure actions on his West Vancouver home, which carries eight mortgages. Jetmov filed a petition against Heather
China’s state-owned BC logging company cheats Canadian exporter out of millions, fails to pay workers — Lawsuit
By Amy Chen, with reports from Duncan Anderson A Canadian forestry product exporter is suing one of China’s State-owned logging companies operating in British Columbia for allegedly supplying “80% rotten logs” and tricking the exporter into assuming the forestry company’s
Fake Richmond “winery” sours business relationship leading to violence
By Amy Chen The troubled Richmond, BC-based fake “winery” accused of selling counterfeit ice wine to China created a rift between its owners and their business partners leading to violence, according to court documents. Ying Hua Yu and Tao Li