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FOOD BANK DRIVE
42,000 pounds donated The Greater Vancouver Food Bank’s first-ever citywide donation drive pulled in more than 40,000 pounds of food to help feed people who are hungry. The drive covered Burnaby, New Westminster, Vancouver and North Vancouver – the four municipalities in the food bank’s catchment area. “While we didn’t meet our ambitious target, what I can say is a day ago we didn’t have 42,000 pounds of food in our warehouse waiting to be sorted,” said Ariela Friedmann, the food bank’s communications director. “We appreciate the community’s support.This is such a win.” The drive was held on Saturday, Sept. 17. Burnaby residents donated 15,217 pounds of food, and the Save-On-Foods on Kingsway served as headquarters for the drive.
FEED THE HUNGRY: Ariela Friedmann, director of communications with the Greater Vancouver Food Bank, and Francois Tougas with food donations at Save-On-Foods in Burnaby. The food bank’s first-ever citywide drive collected donations from Burnaby, New Westminster, Vancouver and the North Shore. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
FUNDS FOR RENTAL HOUSING
Premier comes bearing $500mil Clark says municipalities, like Burnaby, must share the burden and zone more areas for rental housing
By Jeremy Deutsch
jdeutsch@burnabynow.com
With the sounds of construction in the back drop, Premier Christy Clark was at Burnaby’s George Derby Centre Monday to announce a half billion dollars
in funding for affordable rental housing around the province. Billed as the “largest housing investment ever” in the province’s history, the $500 million will go toward creating 2,900 rental units for low-to moderate-income
renters, seniors, youth and other groups. The Premier noted part of the funding is coming from the 15 per cent foreign owner property tax that was introduced in July. “You can’t live the kind of life you hope for in this
country and you can’t raise your children in the way you’ve always dreamed of, if you don’t have a decent roof over your head,” Clark said during the announcement. The announcement was also an opportunity for the Premier to weigh in on
doing so through the foreign tax, transit investments and the $500 million affordable housing investment. She suggested, when it comes to rental housing, local governments have the Continued on page 3
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