Isabella Zavarise
Multi-skilled Journalist at CTV-TV (Vancouver, BC)
journalist @CTVVancouver | @USCAnnenberg alum | instagram: @imzav11 |
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3 days ago |
ctvnews.ca | Isabella Zavarise
The Vancouver Art Gallery will be reducing its workforce by at least 30 people, according to the union that represents around 90 gallery employees. Warren Williams, the president of CUPE Local 15, said the union confirmed the gallery’s plans Monday. Williams said he’s both “concerned” and “a bit surprised” by the decision. “I mean, I wasn’t expecting it,” he told CTV News.
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1 week ago |
ctvnews.ca | Isabella Zavarise
An oversight body whose role it is to develop the Vancouver Police Department’s budget, wasn’t part of the approval process for a multi-million dollar initiative aimed at targeting crime on the Downtown Eastside. Frank Chong, the chair of the Vancouver Police Board, said the board learned about the $5 million dollar plan, named ‘Task Force Barrage,’ through Mayor Ken Sim’s press conference with then-chief Adam Palmer in February.
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1 week ago |
ctvnews.ca | Isabella Zavarise
Vancouver taxpayers could be on the hook for a steep property tax hike next year, but the city’s mayor says he’s determined to prevent that – putting the onus on staff to find solutions to keep taxes low. On Wednesday, Mayor Ken Sim tabled a successful motion that asked staff to prepare a budget for 2026 based on three scenarios: A 2.5-per-cent property tax increase, a 1.5-per-cent property tax increase, and a zero-per-cent property tax increase.
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1 month ago |
ctvnews.ca | Isabella Zavarise
‘Nobody to tell those stories’: Concern over news deprivation after Metro Vancouver closuresPublished: May 22, 2025 at 9:49PM EDT
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1 month ago |
ctvnews.ca | Isabella Zavarise
City council approves pricey permanent ‘Vancouver’ sign on waterfrontPublished: May 21, 2025 at 10:16PM EDTReaction is mixed after city council approved a plan to spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on a nine-letter sign.
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RT @CTVVancouver: Vancouver mayor suing his former chief of staff for defamation https://t.co/LPyCF4a08z
It's been a few weeks since the Burnaby Now, Tri-City News and New Westminster Record shuttered. The lack of local reporting is already being felt. https://t.co/erJy16HO8S
RT @l_christe: We need to be demanding more answers on this. Who gave the direction? How is the VPD able to just spend $5M with no approval…
