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Council candidates fight the chill on winter shelters »

The timing of the provincial government’s decision not to fund four emergency shelters in Vancouver this winter, just a month before the municipal elections, put effectively yet another housing issue…

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Typical conditions in DTES SROs. Taken by the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood Council

Downtown Eastside activists wary of Vision’s landlord database »

Vision Vancouver’s proposal for an online apartment database is intended to pressure negligent landlords to clean up their act. But Downtown Eastside housing activists are worried that forced renovations in single-room occupancy…

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Councillor Ellen Woodsworth at CALM news conference.

Demolished site highlights social housing tensions »

Advocates of the Little Mountain social housing site and local MPs are calling on the B.C. government to stop selling off public lands as a strategy to fund social housing.…

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Occupy Vancouver in front of the Art Gallery

Housing-related protests a Vancouver tradition »

Occupy Vancouver in front of the Art Gallery. Occupy Vancouver has ended up being one of the most important issues in the run-up to the municipal elections, ranking right up…

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Development

Laneway housing heats up city council race »

Laneway houses have caused controversy in Dunbar

Some residents in Dunbar, a neighbourhood made up predominantly of single-detached homes, are hoping that the incoming Vancouver City Council…

Nov 18 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

Opposition critics decry Park Board’s ‘loss of independence’ »

In the wake of funding cuts to the Park Board's mowing budget, luxuriant natural grasses have become more common in Vancouver parks.

With a municipal election looming, opponents to the Vancouver Park Board’s elected officials are alleging that the organization has lost…

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Pedestrian politics leave South Vancouver on the curb »

Pedestrians hover at the corner of 54th Avenue - waiting to cross Main in heavy traffic

“It’s asking for death” says Nigel Pease, a Vancouver bus driver who regularly sees pedestrians darting across Main Street in…

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Vancouver Broadway businesses fear another Canada Line »

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Plans by Vancouver’s major political parties to improve transit along the Broadway corridor have some worried about the fallout on…

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Candidates scrap over tangled planning policies »

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Vancouver politicians are sparring over the terms of upcoming community plans for Grandview-Woodland, the West End and Marpole. City planners…

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Viaduct debate fuels False Creek park uncertainty »

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Uncertainty over the future of an important passageway into downtown Vancouver has cast further doubts over long-running plans for a…

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Voting

Activists push for more openness on campaign spending »

Occupy Vancouver flyer critical of campaign financing

By election day on Nov. 19, several million dollars will have flowed through the campaign coffers of Vancouver’s mayoral and council candidates. But the public won’t know an exact total, or who footed the bill, until well into 2012. Vancouver voters often take it for…

Nov 19 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

Voting system panned as unrepresentative of Vancouver’s diversity »

Naresh Shukla knows many of his customers by name.

Vancouver’s at-large voting system creates a tougher race for minorities and leaves parts of the city without adequate political representation, says municipal councillor Raj Hundal. Hundal was the only South Asian candidate elected in the 2008 municipal election and is not running this year. He said…

Nov 18 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

Shadow of mistrust haunts Iranian-Canadian voters »

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Sara Moghadamjoo is a young well-educated Iranian-Canadian, who recently graduated with two masters degree from Simon Fraser University and is only a year away from getting her PhD from the University of British Columbia. She decided to stand in the upcoming municipal elections for the…

Nov 17 2011 / 4 Comments / Read More »

Asian-Canadian candidates reach beyond their roots »

Most city council candidates have resembled George Vancouver.

RJ Aquino is Vancouver’s first Filipino candidate for city council. He’s one of the 41 people vying for a seat. “I made a decision to run but I wasn’t thinking I should run because I am Filipino,” said Aquino. This is Aquino’s first foray into…

Nov 17 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

‘UniverCity’ contenders seek greater influence »

The regions of Electoral Area A

The ”UniverCity” lands are part of an undemocratic system that needs reform, according to candidates for the area’s elected representative. Four new contenders are challenging the incumbent director Maria Harris on the issue of governance of Electoral Area A – a scattered set of regions…

Nov 17 2011 / No Comment / Read More »
Education

Vancouver school board wrestles with applying anti-homophobia policy »

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Ryan Clayton and Kaitlin Burnett traveled to Victoria, B.C., late last month to meet with Minister of Education George Abbott. During their meeting, they handed…

Nov 18 2011 / 2 Comments / Read More »

NPA eyes commercial options to fund new schools »

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Vancouver’s Non-Partisan Association (NPA) candidates for school board are proposing a new way to pay for future city schools: public/private partnerships. “We have been promoting…

Nov 18 2011 / No Comment / Read More »
Crime An early Friday night in Davie Village.

NPA candidate pushes for more police in Davie Village

Sean Bickerton, a Non-Partisan Association (NPA) candidate running for the Vancouver City Council, believes putting more police on the streets in Davie Village on Friday and Saturday nights would help curb gay bashing in the area.…

Nov 17 2011 / Read More »
Health UBC maintains a website of information about animal reProxy-Connection: keep-aliveCache-Control: max-age=0arch, but does not provide details of research methods.

UBC animal research disclosure fails to satisfy activists

Over 200,000 animals were used in scientific research in 2010 at the University of British Columbia, according to official figures. An information release on Oct. 28 includes the types of animals used and is the first such…

Nov 10 2011 / Read More »
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Vancouver aspires to improve Aboriginal schooling

The city needs to improve Aboriginal education, says Vancouver School Board (VSB) chairperson and municipal candidate Patti Bacchus. “The graduation rates are fairly abysmal and school completion rates for students who complete high school are shockingly…

Nov 17 2011 / Read More »
Environment Electric Vehicle Parking Spot, City Hall

First electric cars in Vancouver generate charging buzz

As consumer-owned electric vehicles begin to hit Canadian streets, some candidates vying for a seat on the city council are considering Vancouver’s readiness for the cars and the charging infrastructure they require. Dealerships across the lower…

Nov 17 2011 / Read More »
Education VSB

Vancouver school board wrestles with applying anti-homophobia policy

Ryan Clayton and Kaitlin Burnett traveled to Victoria, B.C., late last month to meet with Minister of Education George Abbott. During their meeting, they handed him 250 letters written on purple paper, each one asking that…

Nov 18 2011 / Read More »
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Shadow of mistrust haunts Iranian-Canadian voters

Sara Moghadamjoo is a young well-educated Iranian-Canadian, who recently graduated with two masters degree from Simon Fraser University and is only a year away from getting her PhD from the University of British Columbia. She decided…

Nov 17 2011 / Read More »
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$10k election app struggles to stir public interest

Vancouverites are showing little interest in the city’s new $10,000 iPhone app developed for the municipal elections. The Vancouver Votes app was released on Oct. 27, to encourage more people to vote. By Nov. 14, it…

Nov 17 2011 / Read More »
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Blind hockey team Vancouver Eclipse finds Olympic home

The Vancouver Eclipse visually impaired hockey team has a new home at Hillcrest Community Centre. The building that hosted the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic curling competitions now houses Vancouver’s only visually impaired hockey team. “We…

Oct 20 2011 / Read More »

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