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Journalist at CTV Vancouver. Please send tips and story ideas to: martin.macmahon@bellmedia.ca
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Sources at the city tell CTV News that cuts to positions that review development permits, bylaws and rezoning applications could impact project timelines.

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Planning, arts and culture, staff positions: What’s being cut in Vancouver’s ‘Zero Means Zero’ budget
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November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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They’ve been raising the alarm for months and now it’s here:
Not-for-profit care home operators in BC are having to make tough choices about core services after a provincial funding program ended

It hasn’t even been a week and seniors are bearing the brunt

SCOOP:
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Missed baths, lonely meals: Care home funding cuts impacting B.C. seniors
In the five days since they lost a provincial funding initiative, B.C. care home operators are already having to make tough decisions about core services with the staff available.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Vancouver city council is hearing from speakers urging the city to change its mind about choosing Truffles Fine Foods over Shaughnessy Restaurant. The family run restaurant has been at VanDusen Botanical Garden for decades.
Previous story for reference:
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Longtime restaurant’s lease at Vancouver’s VanDusen Gardens in limbo
A longtime Vancouver restaurant could be losing its lease, after more than two decades in the same location.
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September 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Canadian fighter pilots are arriving in Europe ahead of six weeks of multinational war games in the United Kingdom and Estonia, where they will practise landing CF-18 jets on rural highways as part of a simulated large-scale combat scenario.
Canadian fighter pilots to practise highway landings on NATO exercise
Canadian fighter pilots are arriving in Europe ahead of six weeks of multinational war games in the United Kingdom and Estonia, where they will practise landing CF-18 fighter jets on rural highways as...
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September 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Organizers for Vancouver's Pride Parade say the event will happen next month, despite major financial challenges and a big drop off in corporate sponsorship: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Vancouver Pride Society says parade will happen next month, despite financial challenges
Vancouver’s Pride parade will go ahead as planned next month despite significant financial challenges.
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July 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Healthcare workers are assaulted every day — in hospitals, drs offices, ambulances, you name it

How many criminal charges have resulted? Are there more each year? What’s the conviction rate?

No one knows because BC doesn’t keep track
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No records kept on assaults on B.C. health-care workers, despite daily incidents
Despite several unions and advocacy groups repeatedly raising the issue of violence in healthcare settings, CTV News has learned that no policing or government agencies keep track of assaults or crimi...
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July 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Abbotsford curler Brooklyn Aleksic is taking on the fight of her life with a smile, after the 20 year old woke up paralyzed last month due to a rare neurological condition. More on her story and how to help here: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Abbotsford, B.C., curler left paralyzed by rare condition
Brooklyn Aleksic is taking on the fight of her life with a smile, raising her hands along with the beat of a hit pop song in a video shared by her family.
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July 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Potential Iran-Israel ceasefire prompts mixed feelings for some Canadian-Iranians in B.C. For some, the continuation of the authoritarian fundamentalist regime is worse than an end to the conflict:

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Potential Iran-Israel ceasefire prompts mixed feelings for some Canadian-Iranians
As U.S. President Donald Trump claimed a ceasefire deal was in place between Israel and Iran, some members of the Iranian diaspora in Canada watched on with mixed feelings.
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June 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Guys, I just won a Murrow 🫨

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CTV News Vancouver wins 3 Edward R. Murrow awards
The work of CTV News Vancouver journalists has been recognized with three prestigious Edward R. Murrow Awards.
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May 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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The mother who was seriously injured and lost her four year old son in Wednesday’s horrific bus crash in West Vancouver has undergone eight hours of surgery and is in stable condition, according to a family friend who spoke with me for CTV Vancouver:

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Family in West Vancouver bus tragedy provides update as memorial grows
It’s a day of mourning in West Vancouver, following Wednesday’s tragic bus crash which left a four-year-old boy dead – also badly injuring his mother and another woman near the Horseshoe Bay ferry ter...
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May 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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New Terry Fox collection launches ahead of Marathon of Hope’s 45th anniversary: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
New Terry Fox collection launches ahead of Marathon of Hope’s 45th anniversary
With each step of his Marathon of Hope in 1980, Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox inspired a nation. Now, the foundation that shares his name is releasing a new clothing and merchandise collection.
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April 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Breaking: The Vancouver Whitecaps are eyeing a new stadium at the PNE fairgrounds, the team has confirmed.

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Whitecaps in talks for potential stadium at PNE fairgrounds
The Vancouver Whitecaps are eyeing a new stadium at the PNE fairgrounds, the team has confirmed.
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April 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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North Vancouver welcomes HMCS Corner Brook hunter-killer submarine: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
North Vancouver welcomes HMCS Corner Brook hunter-killer submarine
The HMCS Corner Brook made quite the entrance as it arrived into North Vancouver, sailing under the Lions Gate Bridge.
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April 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Using chicken embryos, B.C. researchers develop new approach for difficult-to-treat cancers: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Using chicken embryos, B.C. researchers develop new approach for difficult-to-treat cancers
Researchers in B.C. have developed a method to help find personalized and unconventional treatments for young cancer patients.
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April 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Drivers to receive $110 from ICBC, but critics question constant rebates: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Drivers to receive $110 from ICBC, but critics question constant rebates
ICBC is giving out annual rebates to most drivers in the province – again. But critics say it would be better if insurer lowered rates up front instead.
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March 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Vancouver Aquatic Centre rebuild could include 50-metre pool – but only if further money raised: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Vancouver Aquatic Centre rebuild could include 50-metre pool – but only if further money raised
Local swim groups say they feel let down ahead of a park board decision on the future of the Vancouver Aquatic Centre next week.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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SCOOP: Canada is in advanced talks to participate in the new EU military industry project, highlighting how traditional US allies are teaming up to Trump-proof their military production. The budding deal would see Canada get EU contracts to build in Canadian factories.
March 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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@jengagnon.bsky.social Hi Jen. CTV reporter hoping to get a hold of you if you could text/call me at 604-834-1831 — thanks!
March 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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I’m working on a TV story related to Ozempic and similar weight loss drugs. Hoping to speak with you if you started using the drug and then stopped. If able/willing to speak with me on this, please call/text me ASAP at 604-834-1831 or email martin.macmahon@bellmedia.ca
March 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Justin Trudeau is cool to the idea of a "middle ground" settlement and will reject any scenario where Canada has to rescind all its counter-tariffs to get partial US tariff relief, a government official tells Bloomberg. Trudeau is set to speak to Trump later this morning.
March 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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From forestry to small businesses: B.C.‘s Fraser Valley prepares for tariff pain: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
From forestry to small businesses: B.C.‘s Fraser Valley prepares for tariff pain
With U.S. tariffs now in effect, businesses in B.C.‘s Fraser Valley ranging from forestry mills to independent retailers are bracing for the new reality.
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March 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Another earthquake felt in Vancouver. That seemed stronger than the last one.
March 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Surrey, White Rock companies brace for tariffs: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Surrey, White Rock companies brace for tariffs
George Ivey’s Surrey-based company develops products to clean up environmental messes. But he never thought his company would end up stuck in the middle of what has become a mess of a trade dispute wi...
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February 27, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Some Metro Vancouver mayors are pushing back against Ken Sim’s proposed supportive housing freeze — with an ABC councillor expressing concern about the idea: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Neighbouring mayors push back against Vancouver’s proposed supportive housing freeze
Municipal leaders are pushing back against Ken Sim’s plan to transform the Downtown Eastside.
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January 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Ukrainian Orthodox church in Chilliwack listed for sale, prompts petition to save it:

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Ukrainian Orthodox church in Chilliwack listed for sale, prompts petition to save it
A Ukrainian Orthodox church has been put up for sale in Chilliwack, following years of declining membership and a rising debt bill.
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January 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM