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May 26, 2009 - 9:25am
A lot of people, including Vancouver's mayor, seem to be getting on board an idea for highspeed rail connecting Portland, Seattle and Vancouver.
Gregor Robertson says a lot of people south of the border like the idea, including the Obama administration.
He says more support needs to be built...
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May 25, 2009 - 10:05am
There's a new battle front opening up in Vancouver's decades-old war between cars and bicycles. Its aim? Fewer casualties for the two-wheelers. The death of a Langley woman early Friday morning while cycling was a grim reminder of the stakes as a sustainability-minded Vancouver city presses hard to...
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May 22, 2009 - 10:01am
The new Vancouver board of education has fulfilled an election promise to release - uncensored - a controversial report on school facilities. The report was distributed to the previous board in 2007 but was kept confidential until now.
I began making inquiries in 2007 after someone in the district...
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May 21, 2009 - 10:33am
Mayor Gregor Robertson says he would support the provincial government constructing a large pre-trial centre in Vancouver for prisoners. Robertson and 21 other mayors are tasked with choosing a site in the Lower Mainland by Sept. 1 for what will be called the Lower Mainland Pre-trial Centre.
It...
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May 19, 2009 - 11:48am
Vancouver’s new web-friendly council wants the city to be more see-through and online.
A motion to be introduced today calls for the city’s information-technology department to distribute as much data as possible on the Internet for free.
The hope is that citizens will be able to access...
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May 19, 2009 - 11:46am
On Monday the Vancouver Canucks gifted the Chicago Blackhawks seven goals and a pass into the next round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The other puck dropped Thursday with Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson dispatching a gift package to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley.
The pair had bet on whose team was...
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May 8, 2009 - 8:57am
Vision Vancouver park board commissioner Raj Hundal relinquished his position as chair of the board this week, but only long enough to move a motion at Monday night's park board meeting for action on a new seniors' centre in southeast Vancouver.
Hundal noted commissioners who chair the board can't...
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May 7, 2009 - 11:42am
Condo buyers at Concord Pacific’s new Cosmo building in downtown Vancouver will have the capacity to plug in and charge their electric vehicles.
“This is about sustainability,” Concord senior vice-president Peter Webb said in an interview after Wednesday’s announcement....
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May 5, 2009 - 10:24am
Vancouver has come out with a 44-point plan to make you a better person and save the planet. In an effort to make Vancouver "the greenest city" in a crowded field of municipal competitors, the plan will give you more encouragement to ride your bicycle with more routes and a public bike-...
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May 4, 2009 - 9:26am
Nearly five years and counting.
That’s how long I’ve been waiting for my patch of communal garden in Metro Vancouver.
A half-decade ago, before the popularity of high-minded movements like organic eating, food security or the 100 Mile Diet, I had registered for a shot at green-thumb...
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May 1, 2009 - 8:58am
Vancouver Canucks fans are keeping their cool after a close call last night.
"It was a good game but we fell off at the third [period]," said Graeme Webb, who was watching the Canucks-Chicago Blackhawks matchup at Malone's Bar in downtown Vancouver. "We've got to keep our energy up....
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April 30, 2009 - 3:23pm
Vancouverites have always known their city is one of the most beautiful on the planet and now the world agrees.
The City of Glass ranked fourth of 215 cities in Mercer's 2009 quality of living survey. The survey is intended to help multinational companies and governments place workers on...
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April 29, 2009 - 9:45am
Every day, 1,500 people work around the clock in an effort to finish the Olympic Village on time.
Delays can be costly, but at 10 a.m. Tuesday all work on the 1.5 million sq. ft. project came to a grinding halt.
The army of construction workers gathered at the village's central plaza and joined...
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April 28, 2009 - 9:02am
A green advisory team launched by Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson earlier this year has proposed a number of measures — such as encouraging people to drink tap water and grow local food — to turn the city into the world’s greenest by 2020.
Other recommendations in an “...
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April 27, 2009 - 9:05am
Vancouver’s cruise ship industry could benefit from proposed high-speed rail between Vancouver, Seattle and Portland, the mayor’s office said yesterday.
The proposed train is part of an $8-billion US plan to link dozens of U.S. cities with high-speed rail. It would travel at a speed of...
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April 22, 2009 - 11:55am
Lower Mainland mayors, struggling with the dilemma of how to pay for the next decade's half-billion dollars in transit improvements, plan to make their problem a campaign issue by pushing the provincial parties to give them carbon-tax revenue to pay the bill.
They say that the revenue, estimated at...
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April 20, 2009 - 11:57am
School trustees need to be strong advocates for public education, not puppets of government.
That's the message Vision Vancouver is spreading in advance of the annual meeting of the B.C. School Trustees' Association next weekend and, more importantly, the provincial election -- although it's not a...
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April 16, 2009 - 1:32pm
Meanwhile, those people who can’t afford $1,380 a month for rent—and are living on the street—are still looking for places to live.
The city’s five temporary homeless shelters continue to operate until June but Vision Coun. Kerry Jang wants two more opened in Kitsilano and...
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April 15, 2009 - 8:56am
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson wasted no time unleashing some trash talk ahead of tonight's playoff tilt with the St. Louis Blues.
Quicker than he could hoist a Canucks flag at City Hall yesterday, Robertson threw some choice words toward his Missouri counterpart, Mayor Francis Slay.
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April 8, 2009 - 2:14pm
Vancouver city council will consider a plan today to create hundreds of interim housing units to reduce homelessness by the end of the year.
“This is the boldest step yet from the city to aggressively deal with homelessness,” Mayor Gregor Robertson says in a release. “With our...
A lot of people, including Vancouver's mayor, seem to be getting on board an idea for highspeed rail connecting Portland, Seattle and Vancouver. Gregor Robertson says a lot of people south of the border like the idea, including the Obama administration. He says more support needs to be built...
There's a new battle front opening up in Vancouver's decades-old war between cars and bicycles. Its aim? Fewer casualties for the two-wheelers. The death of a Langley woman early Friday morning while cycling was a grim reminder of the stakes as a sustainability-minded Vancouver city presses hard to...
The new Vancouver board of education has fulfilled an election promise to release - uncensored - a controversial report on school facilities. The report was distributed to the previous board in 2007 but was kept confidential until now. I began making inquiries in 2007 after someone in the district...
Mayor Gregor Robertson says he would support the provincial government constructing a large pre-trial centre in Vancouver for prisoners. Robertson and 21 other mayors are tasked with choosing a site in the Lower Mainland by Sept. 1 for what will be called the Lower Mainland Pre-trial Centre. It...
Vancouver’s new web-friendly council wants the city to be more see-through and online. A motion to be introduced today calls for the city’s information-technology department to distribute as much data as possible on the Internet for free. The hope is that citizens will be able to access...
On Monday the Vancouver Canucks gifted the Chicago Blackhawks seven goals and a pass into the next round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The other puck dropped Thursday with Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson dispatching a gift package to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. The pair had bet on whose team was...
Vision Vancouver park board commissioner Raj Hundal relinquished his position as chair of the board this week, but only long enough to move a motion at Monday night's park board meeting for action on a new seniors' centre in southeast Vancouver. Hundal noted commissioners who chair the board can't...
Condo buyers at Concord Pacific’s new Cosmo building in downtown Vancouver will have the capacity to plug in and charge their electric vehicles. “This is about sustainability,” Concord senior vice-president Peter Webb said in an interview after Wednesday’s announcement....
Vancouver has come out with a 44-point plan to make you a better person and save the planet. In an effort to make Vancouver "the greenest city" in a crowded field of municipal competitors, the plan will give you more encouragement to ride your bicycle with more routes and a public bike-...
Nearly five years and counting. That’s how long I’ve been waiting for my patch of communal garden in Metro Vancouver. A half-decade ago, before the popularity of high-minded movements like organic eating, food security or the 100 Mile Diet, I had registered for a shot at green-thumb...
Vancouver Canucks fans are keeping their cool after a close call last night. "It was a good game but we fell off at the third [period]," said Graeme Webb, who was watching the Canucks-Chicago Blackhawks matchup at Malone's Bar in downtown Vancouver. "We've got to keep our energy up....
Vancouverites have always known their city is one of the most beautiful on the planet and now the world agrees. The City of Glass ranked fourth of 215 cities in Mercer's 2009 quality of living survey. The survey is intended to help multinational companies and governments place workers on...
A green advisory team launched by Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson earlier this year has proposed a number of measures — such as encouraging people to drink tap water and grow local food — to turn the city into the world’s greenest by 2020. Other recommendations in an “...
Vancouver’s cruise ship industry could benefit from proposed high-speed rail between Vancouver, Seattle and Portland, the mayor’s office said yesterday. The proposed train is part of an $8-billion US plan to link dozens of U.S. cities with high-speed rail. It would travel at a speed of...
Lower Mainland mayors, struggling with the dilemma of how to pay for the next decade's half-billion dollars in transit improvements, plan to make their problem a campaign issue by pushing the provincial parties to give them carbon-tax revenue to pay the bill. They say that the revenue, estimated at...
School trustees need to be strong advocates for public education, not puppets of government. That's the message Vision Vancouver is spreading in advance of the annual meeting of the B.C. School Trustees' Association next weekend and, more importantly, the provincial election -- although it's not a...
Meanwhile, those people who can’t afford $1,380 a month for rent—and are living on the street—are still looking for places to live. The city’s five temporary homeless shelters continue to operate until June but Vision Coun. Kerry Jang wants two more opened in Kitsilano and...
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson wasted no time unleashing some trash talk ahead of tonight's playoff tilt with the St. Louis Blues. Quicker than he could hoist a Canucks flag at City Hall yesterday, Robertson threw some choice words toward his Missouri counterpart, Mayor Francis Slay. "...
Vancouver city council will consider a plan today to create hundreds of interim housing units to reduce homelessness by the end of the year. “This is the boldest step yet from the city to aggressively deal with homelessness,” Mayor Gregor Robertson says in a release. “With our...
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