Residents protest upcoming bank closure
An upcoming closure of a West End RBC branch has residents upset, saying it will leave a hole in the community. Danton Unger reports.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
CTV News
2 hours ago
- CTV News
What's in store for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa
Ottawa Watch We going to give you a sneak peek into what you can expect once those doors open to the public.
CTV News
5 hours ago
- CTV News
Crews respond to house fire in North Central Regina
Regina fire crews responded to a blaze at a house on the 1400 block of Retallack Street on July 3, 2025. (Donovan Maess / CTV News) Several crews responded to a house fire in North Central Regina on Thursday evening, having responded to a fire at the same house the night before. Around 6:35 p.m., crews were called to the 1400 block of Retallack Street for a report of a house fire. According to a post on X from Regina Fire, the blaze was quickly controlled, limiting extension to neighbouring houses. No injuries were reported and the fire is under investigation. About four fire trucks, police, and paramedics were on site, according to a reporter on scene. Regina fire crews responded to the same house just before 11 p.m. on Wednesday for a report of a basement fire. According to a post on X, light smoke was visible when crews arrived. Crews were able to contain the fire to the basement and no injuries were reported. - With files from Donovan Maess
CTV News
5 hours ago
- CTV News
Sim says Vancouver has pitched 5 supportive housing sites to province, but won't say where they are
With a club located under a supportive housing complex and heavy drug use on the street, desire to hit the Granville Strip is waning, say club owners. Vancouver's mayor says his office has provided the province with a list of five city-owned sites that could be used for supportive housing, but he won't share any of the locations publicly. In a statement released Thursday, Ken Sim said the five unnamed sites could be used to replace the three 'inadequate' supportive housing facilities currently located in the city's Granville Entertainment District. Those facilities – the St. Helen's Hotel at 1161 Granville St., Luugat at 1176 Granville St. and Granville Villa at 1025 Granville St. – have a total of 283 units between them, but account for a disproportionately high number of calls for police and fire service, according to the city. In 2024, there were a total of 1,364 calls for police service at those three Granville Street addresses. 'This meant that those three buildings were responsible for one in every 125 police calls in the city, despite only housing one out of every 2,500 residents of Vancouver,' Sim said in his statement. The mayor added that there were 74 fires and 2,203 calls for Vancouver Fire Rescue Services at Luugat and St. Helen's between January 2020 and May 2025. 'The sites submitted to the province by the City of Vancouver are for five smaller-scale facilities, each with 55 to 65 units,' Sim said. 'This model is consistent with best practices, allowing for more focused care and better outcomes, in contrast with the warehousing approach that we have seen with the existing three sites.' The mayor's statement does not specify any of the five locations submitted to the province for consideration. When CTV News asked the mayor's office for the list, a spokesperson declined to provide it. 'The locations are confidential at this point in time,' the spokesperson said in an email, adding that the purpose of the mayor's statement was 'to put it on the public record that responsibility for the next steps of transitioning supportive housing out of the Granville Entertainment District now sits with the provincial government.' Last month, Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon committed to moving supportive housing away from the Granville strip, but no timeline for doing so has been made public. 'The City of Vancouver has done its part to provide viable sites for future facilities and the responsibility to transition these units out of the GED now sits with the province,' Sim said in his statement. 'We look forward to hearing from them on a plan for carrying this work out quickly.'
