– By Amanda Stutt –
Cambie Street merchants are back in court November 7 to continue their fight for compensation for business they say they lost as a result of RAV line construction.
This will be the latest in a string of court dates to regain revenues businesses claim to have lost during above-ground transit construction of [...]
– By Melanie Kuxdorf –
A vintage clothing store in an eclectic Vancouver neighbourhood found out that its Halloween-themed window dressing including bloodied babies and hatchet-wielding mannequins scared off more than just trick-or-treaters.
Residents complained that the display at Mintage which was inspired by the film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, featuring bound and dismembered female display [...]
– By Jesse Ferreras –
Two RCMP officers who were photographed flirting with young women have avoided serious punishment after an internal investigation into their conduct by the University of British Columbia (UBC) detachment.
Constables Scott Grabarczyk and Ben Savard were reviewed by the commander of the RCMP’s UBC detachment for on-duty conduct last July that included [...]
– By Amy Hadley –
Public schools in East Vancouver are challenging notions that schools on the Westside are the place to go for a quality academic education.
Vancouver’s Eastside secondary schools, which have tended to score lower on educational reports, are becoming more competitive by offering enriched ‘mini school’ programs. The programs cater to students with [...]
– By Leslie Young –
A group in downtown Vancouver has decided to bring wireless Internet to the masses, saying they can do it faster and better than the city.
“We don’t have to wait for the city to get their act together, or for a commercial service provider to finally bless us with some overpriced service,” [...]
– By Shanshan Lu –
Software giant Microsoft has become the latest of the U.S. high-tech multinationals to open up in Vancouver, taking advantage of the city’s diverse talent pool.
Microsoft’s Canadian Software Development Centre, which opened in Richmond this September, will be driving to accommodate a couple of hundred employees, according to Cynthia Keeshan of Microsoft [...]
– By Stephanie Lim –
The smell of freshly ground aromatic coffee beans fills Think! Coffee Lounge and Bistro on West 10th Ave. as independent shop owner, Greg Lomnes, steams milk from the espresso machine to make his first latte of the day. But, increasing business property taxes in Vancouver are threatening small businesses such as [...]
– By Krysia Collyer –
Vancouver’s Olympic Committee (VANOC) is upping its anti-doping measures by increasing the number of pre-competition drug tests for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver to catch cheaters before they reach the podium.
“We know that the cheaters are using more and more substances before the competition than during and after the competition,” said [...]
– By Heba Elasaad –
St Paul’s Anglican Church is an unassuming community church in Vancouver’s West End with a loyal congregation, some of whom have been coming for more than 30 years.
There are three sermons every Sunday, and a homemade poster stands outside the door advertising a free children’s party this weekend.
And once in a [...]
– By Jessica Smith –
Students at VanWest College are asked to learn at least ten English words on their first day at school in Vancouver: crime, emergency, translator, addiction, panhandling, harassment, date rape drug and fraud.
“You don’t need to tell me if you didn’t have any of the answers right, it’s okay,” said instructor [...]
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