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Douglas Todd: Surprising jump in Catholic converts in Canada and beyond This Easter weekend Vancouver's Catholic archdiocese will take in a record number of new adult converts: more than 600. After decades of decline, numbers are also much higher in Toronto and in many U.S. cities.

Douglas Todd: Surprising jump in Catholic converts in Canada and beyond This Easter weekend Vancouver's Catholic archdiocese will take in a record number of new adult converts: more than 600. After decades of decline, numbers are also much higher in Toronto and in many U.S. cities.
02.04.2026 3

The Province

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Douglas Todd: Surprising jump in Catholic converts in Canada and beyond

Douglas Todd: Surprising jump in Catholic converts in Canada and beyond
02.04.2026 10

Vancouver Sun

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Douglas Todd: Western Canadians aim to avoid upzoning through ‘private governments’

Douglas Todd: Western Canadians aim to avoid upzoning through ‘private governments’
31.03.2026 20

The Province

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Douglas Todd: Western Canadians aim to avoid upzoning through 'private governments'

Douglas Todd: Western Canadians aim to avoid upzoning through 'private governments'
31.03.2026 20

Vancouver Sun

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Douglas Todd: Unsolved murder of Chinese spiritual group worker justifies 'passionate' scrutiny, B.C. judge rules

26.03.2026 20

Vancouver Sun

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Douglas Todd: Unsolved murder of Chinese spiritual group worker justifies 'passionate' scrutiny, B.C. judge rules

26.03.2026 20

The Province

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Douglas Todd: Vancouver's small apartment blocks don't need to look so unattractive Small apartment buildings would be better if they respected neighbourhoods, included basements and had adequate on-site parking, say experts

24.03.2026 30

The Province

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Douglas Todd: Vancouver's small apartment blocks don't need to look so unattractive

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24.03.2026 30

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Douglas Todd: Meet the Vancouver builder who says 'it's OK if some of the multiplexes are ugly' It's better than neighbourhoods that are 'pleasantly and boringly unoffensive,' says politically connected house designer Bryn Davidson

'Don't kill us, brah:' B.C. teen's 180 km/h joyride with friends ends with crash into dump truck Canucks preview: Why Curtis...

19.03.2026 20

The Province

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Douglas Todd: Meet the Vancouver builder who says 'it's OK if some of the multiplexes are ugly'

19.03.2026 10

Vancouver Sun

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Douglas Todd: Legacy grows of remarkable British Columbian 'who wrote more books than he read' People worldwide have been influenced by Sydney Banks, who taught about the importance of three classic principles: mind, thought and consciousness.

17.03.2026 30

The Province

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Douglas Todd: Legacy grows of remarkable British Columbian 'who wrote more books than he read'

17.03.2026 30

Vancouver Sun

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Douglas Todd: Everybody loves their entitlements, especially B.C. housing developers

12.03.2026 20

Vancouver Sun

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Douglas Todd: Everybody loves their entitlements, especially B.C. housing developers

12.03.2026 10

The Province

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Douglas Todd: B.C. voices did speak up against Trudeau’s migration policies, but were ignored

11.03.2026 50

Vancouver Sun

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Douglas Todd: B.C. voices did speak up against Trudeau’s migration policies, but were ignored Red flags about the Liberals' plan to hike the volume of low-skill foreign workers, international students and transnational wealth were raised about a decade ago. But the Laurentian elite paid no heed.

11.03.2026 30

The Province

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Douglas Todd: Vancouver’s Kitsilano residents dread 28 'disrespectful' new towers

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05.03.2026 30

Vancouver Sun

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Douglas Todd: Vancouver’s Kitsilano residents dread 28 'disrespectful' new towers The Broadway plan imposes “forced-fed generic zoning” on unique neighbourhoods, including historic, beachside Kitsilano, says an architect and former Vancouver city planner.

Canucks Player Grades: More fight, more bite in tough 6-4 loss to Canes North Vancouver's A&W gets in on the McDonald's burger mocking...

05.03.2026 40

The Province

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Douglas Todd: 'Trying to be a voice for the scared': China researchers under fire in B.C.

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04.03.2026 30

Vancouver Sun

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Douglas Todd: 'Trying to be a voice for the scared': China researchers under fire in B.C. The work of independent Chinese-language researchers investigating the Chinese Communist Party's influence in Canada has prompted a high-profile complaint and a lawsuit from prominent Canadians

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04.03.2026 20

The Province

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Douglas Todd: Lots of housing has been approved in Metro Vancouver, despite NDP charges of too much red tape Metro Vancouver municipalities have recently approved tens of thousands of units of new housing, contrary to complaints from developers and the B.C. NDP. But many aren't being constructed, given the downturn in the real-estate cycle.

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03.03.2026 20

The Province

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Douglas Todd: Lots of housing has been approved in Metro Vancouver, despite NDP charges of too much red tape

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03.03.2026 30

Vancouver Sun

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Douglas Todd: Hundreds of quiet East Vancouver side streets upzoned for six-storey apartment blocks Some residents in the vast Rupert and Renfrew area did not know their pleasant side streets had been upzoned for six- to eight-storey apartment blocks. It calls into question the city of Vancouver's murky "engagement strategy."

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26.02.2026 30

The Province

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Douglas Todd: Hundreds of quiet East Vancouver side streets upzoned for six-storey apartment blocks

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26.02.2026 40

Vancouver Sun

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Douglas Todd: The idea of SkyTrain excited Metro Vancouver residents 40 years ago. What do they think now? Douglas Todd: People weigh in, with affection and gripes, on how SkyTrain has impacted getting around, population growth, property values, congestion, panhandling and highrises.

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20.02.2026 30

The Province

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Douglas Todd: The idea of SkyTrain excited Metro Vancouver residents 40 years ago. What do they think now?

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20.02.2026 40

Vancouver Sun

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Douglas Todd: What does Taiwan want from Carney? That Canada will not sacrifice its security and economy

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14.02.2026 40

Vancouver Sun

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Douglas Todd: What Canadian boomers can do for younger generations

10.02.2026 10

Vancouver Sun

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Douglas Todd: What Canadian boomers can do for younger generations Opinion: Seniors could lend a hand to millennials in many ways, say experts. Some ideas about fairer tax, migration and pension policies may sound harsh, but they’re worth listening to

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10.02.2026 20

The Province

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Douglas Todd: 10 ways to take advantage of Canada’s housing 'correction'

08.02.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

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Douglas Todd: 10 ways to take advantage of Canada’s housing 'correction'

05.02.2026 20

Vancouver Sun

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Douglas Todd: 10 ways to take advantage of Canada’s housing 'correction' Opinion: What is happening now in urban Canadian housing is an opportunity — for would-be buyers, as well as governments. We can restrict towers, retain existing rentals and more

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05.02.2026 20

The Province

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Douglas Todd: Jarring 18-storey tower on leafy Vancouver street a sign of the out-of-scale times

03.02.2026 20

Vancouver Sun

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Douglas Todd: Jarring 18-storey tower on leafy Vancouver street a sign of the out-of-scale times More than 10 steel-and-glass highrises, much like the one proposed for Yukon and 14th, are set to arise within the Broadway plan zone.

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03.02.2026 40

The Province

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Douglas Todd: While migration battles flare in the U.S. and Europe, Canada reduces its numbers in an understated way

29.01.2026 10

Vancouver Sun

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Douglas Todd: While migration battles flare in the U.S. and Europe, Canada reduces its numbers in an understated way Opinion: Canada’s tightening of borders is not nearly as draconian as in the U.S. and Europe, but Ottawa wants the public to recognize the number of new arrivals has been falling

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29.01.2026 20

The Province

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Clients of fraudulent Richmond immigration consultant Sunny Wang being forced to leave Canada

27.01.2026 20

Vancouver Sun

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Clients of fraudulent Richmond immigration consultant Sunny Wang being forced to leave Canada Douglas Todd: The lives of scores of clients from China who paid for the illegal services of fraudulent immigration consultant Sunny Wang are being upended as Canadian courts determine that many are no longer welcome in the country.

27.01.2026 20

The Province

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Vancouverites deserve to see the 3D models that reveal what the city actually has in store for their neighbourhoods

22.01.2026 30

Vancouver Sun

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Vancouverites deserve to see the 3D models that reveal what the city actually has in store for their neighbourhoods Douglas Todd: Why can’t Vancouver be like Toronto, one of many cities that provide access to data that can be easily used to create interactive 3D models that show precisely how new towers, apartment blocks and houses are going to alter the city?

22.01.2026 30

The Province

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Forget the B.C. NDP's promise of $10-a-day child care. How about a universal $20?

20.01.2026 30

Vancouver Sun

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Forget the B.C. NDP's promise of $10-a-day child care. How about a universal $20? Douglas Todd: Right now, only one in 10 young children in the province is in a daycare with the vaunted fee of $10 a day. B.C.’s median child-care rates are the highest in the country, about $29 a day, says Statistics Canada.

20.01.2026 40

The Province

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The saga of two Beijing Opera workers who transferred almost $60 million into Metro Vancouver real estate

15.01.2026 40

Vancouver Sun

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The saga of two Beijing Opera workers who transferred almost $60 million into Metro Vancouver real estate Douglas Todd: The couple made a 'large fortune in China by hitting the market at the right time,' said a B.C. Supreme Court judge. They then strove to move their assets and children to 'tolerant' Canada.

15.01.2026 70

The Province

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A dramatic B.C. court case reveals how one family moved huge sums of money from China to Metro Vancouver

14.01.2026 30

Vancouver Sun

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A dramatic B.C. court case reveals how one family moved huge sums of money from China to Metro Vancouver Douglas Todd: The saga of how one family's riches in China turned into roughly $60 million worth of property in Metro Vancouver comes to light through a bitter lawsuit

14.01.2026 60

The Province

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Douglas Todd's 10 most-read columns of 2025

02.01.2026 40

Vancouver Sun

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B.C. residential school survivor joyfully overdoes Christmas, perhaps due to early deprivation

24.12.2025 30

Vancouver Sun

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Meet B.C. Chief Aaron Pete, one of the hottest new voices in Canada

The 30-year-old chief is attracting millions of viewers and readers by probing for a middle way on some of the most polarizing debates of our era

20.12.2025 20

National Post

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Meet B.C. Chief Aaron Pete, one of the hottest new voices in Canada

20.12.2025 20

Vancouver Sun

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