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Metrotown, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Joined February 2017
Aug 2025 Update of Approved #Metrotown Housing since 2010 ⚡️54 rezonings ⚡️21,419 (net) new units 🔹17,899 strata 🔹3,520 rentals:🔺3,526 market,🔺317 market-median,🔺-323 (❗️fewer) moderately priced (2,106 new non-market - 2,429 #demovictions) ⚡️23,054 (net) new parking
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Freshet: "..some form of membership where the community has a stake in what we publish" Cool. Integrate readers as writers of research-based articles, maybe for a modest editing/publishing fee. Op-eds from public figures, experts. Also, opinion letters kept me going to the NOW.
Thanks to CBC/Radio-Canada in Vancouver for the interview about Freshet News! Click the link to listen to the chat with Amy Bell: https://t.co/hD3dbJ5s8j Visit us at https://t.co/6qXVI1vebS.
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2/ Rezoning Reference #21-34, Grosvenor Brentwood https://t.co/5dUsu9JvR2 Eighty 546 sq.ft. non-market 1BR units… with a den. Can’t wait to see how they fit the den into THAT floor plan!😏
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⚡Oct 14, 2025, Feds invests $763 million in 1,279 rental units in #Burnaby
https://t.co/LaxXwiWQgC $597K per shoebox unit, with non-market studios as tiny as 328 sq.ft. That includes ~30 sq.ft. of wall space. Perfect for… well, squeezing in.
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Oct 14, 2025, #Burnaby Council stayed silent on the demolition of 4330 Maywood. Not one self-proclaimed social justice councillor spoke about how to prevent conditions where people live and die in makeshift shelters amid asbestos-contaminated drywall, needles, and feces.
8/ Oct 14, 2025, Sent comments to Mayor and Council for today's council meeting, reminding them that 4330 Maywood St. isn’t an isolated case but the consequence of a deeper, systemic issue: the premature vacancy of rental buildings and units.
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⚡Freshet News, @FreshetNews, https://t.co/adEo6fYOF0 New #Burnaby, New Westminster, and Tri-Cities news coverage from familiar faces. https://t.co/PXGAb84huZ
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⚡️Oct 15, 2025, Social Planning Committee, "Adoption of Framework for Anti-Palestinian Racism" By: Network of Burnaby Residents for Palestine Speaker: Harsha Walia, Burnaby Resident https://t.co/dPdjAog8dO
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8/ Oct 14, 2025, Sent comments to Mayor and Council for today's council meeting, reminding them that 4330 Maywood St. isn’t an isolated case but the consequence of a deeper, systemic issue: the premature vacancy of rental buildings and units.
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⚡️Oct 14, 2025, "#Burnaby Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw 2009 – Parking / Vehicle Related Offences" https://t.co/topvg8zIdD
#Burnaby jacks up fines for parking and vehicle-related offences by 25%–50%.
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123/🚶♂️Norrish Creek mouth, where it flows into the Nicomen slough east of #Mission — with natural pools perfect for beautiful Sugar to cool off on a hot summer day. The creek’s source is the Dickson Reservoir, ~25 km up in the mountains. https://t.co/eEZFnMqoJP
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"..joint gravestone for Robert Burnaby (1828-1878), Sarah Burnaby (1822-1873), and Sarah ("widow of Rev. Thomas Burnaby and mother of the above," died 1878 aged 89 years) at the Loughborough Emmanuel Parish Church. Loughborough in Leicestershire, England." https://t.co/EvIUDqPmTm
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The City of #Burnaby estimates demolition costs at $2,295,000. None of this would be needed if it had a real maintenance bylaw for rental buildings, stop issuing demolition permits like blank cheques, and require developers to keep rentals occupied until projects are truly ready.
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At least the Fire Chief took me seriously. My first letter about 4330 Maywood (Sept 17, 2024) was swept under the “closed council” carpet. Ten months later, they tried the same. I retracted the letter & instead asked Bylaw Services for an inspection; and the ball started rolling.
7/ Oct 14, 2024, #Burnaby Fire Chief urges Council to order the demolition of 4330 Maywood (now 6677 Silver) and recover costs from the owner. The report reinforces my communications to council: 32 complaints, incl. 4 fires over past 2 years. https://t.co/4G9NVSCLeQ
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7/ Oct 14, 2024, #Burnaby Fire Chief urges Council to order the demolition of 4330 Maywood (now 6677 Silver) and recover costs from the owner. The report reinforces my communications to council: 32 complaints, incl. 4 fires over past 2 years. https://t.co/4G9NVSCLeQ
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Oct 14, 2025, Council Letter, Increase Myr Hurley's salary to half million dollars. https://t.co/tQwjgja7OG Irony?
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The Burnaby RCMP is renewing its plea for information and is sharing additional photos and a family statement as part of the ongoing investigation to locate missing 11-year-old Kai Pavlovic. See our full news release: https://t.co/R7CCJGL7ve
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4/ Oct 14, 2025, Council Letters, BRT Option 1 - Hastings/Willingdon Proponents and Opponents are battling it out; 17 Council Letter for Hastings/Willingdon route and 27 against. https://t.co/Rz9xo38006
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⚡️Oct 14, 2025, Council Letter, Loughborough Sister City Loughborough wishes to maintain its sister-city ties with #Burnaby; fitting, since Robert Burnaby was born in Loughborough and also buried in the grounds of its Emmanuel Church. Learned something. https://t.co/8sTTbF62Zt
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⚡️"Vancouver Real Estate Rundown: Sept 22 - Oct 5, 2025: Hard news, project news, council meeting news, plus commercial real estate transactions." https://t.co/IqeoClSzGE
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#Metrotown insider Howard Chai created a highly informative substack covering real estate, development industry, housing policy in B.C, and commercial real estate across Canada. https://t.co/AnKKK0Uy3f
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13/ Oct 7, 2025, "Rennie Replaced As Sales Agent In Two Thind Properties Proceedings" https://t.co/qtbsZzOOri Receiver for Thind’s Highline project has dropped Rennie and brought in Anthem to handle the unsold condos: "...none of the unsold units have been listed or sold."
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