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The Vancouver Courier's week in numbers

Feb. 15-20, 2015

The percentage of Vancouver residents currently under age 45 who likely won’t be able to ever  retire in the city, according to a new report from Vancity: 75

The number of Vancouver residents among 100 finalists shortlisted for a pie-in-the-sky civilian mission to Mars planned for 2024: 1

The estimated amount the Vancouver School Board will have to trim from its spending after the B.C. government announced the 2015 budget this week: $2,900,000

The number of herring the Squamish Streamkeepers Society is hoping will spawn in False Creek this year after volunteers wrapped pilings in plastic: 40,000,000

The number of Pulitzer prizes won by the musical Oklahoma!, which runs at Langara College’s Studio 58 until March 1: 1

The number of artworks by the late Andy Warhol on display at a free exhibition opening March 1 at 1280 Homer St. in Yaletown: 80

The number of 15-storey towers being floated for the Oakridge Transit Centre site policy statement: 2

The amount the Canadian Taxpayers Federation plan to spend on its No campaign over the transit plebiscite: $40, 000

The amount participants will receive for attending a first meeting of Strength in Unity: Men Speaking Out Against Stigma that promotes mental health: $50

The number of points Churchill Bulldog Harry Liu earned in the final against the Trojans to win the win the AAAA senior boys basketball city title: 26

The number of beds in a new residential care home built to replace Dogwood Lodge. Construction is expected to begin in 2017: 150

The percentage home sales across Metro Vancouver are up from this time last year, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association: 5.7

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