– By Anna Fong – Renovations to a small childcare centre in Vancouver’s Dunbar area are on hold because the planned expansion is going to cost an additional $40,000 just to bring the building up to fire code standards. Kate McCabe, director of the Creative Minds childcare centre, is required to install an overhead sprinkler [...]
– By Tracy Fuller – By adding Holocaust survivor accounts, the Vancouver premiere of Hana’s Suitcase offers students more than a theatrical history lesson. When the curtain drops on the award-winning play, survivors mount the stage to share their stories with the school groups in attendance. Like the children in the audience, most of the [...]
Within weeks of Marion Jones being stripped of her 2000 Olympic gold medals, questions arose about the ‘purity of sport’ and whether the authentic of competition can truly exist in an era of performance-enhancing drugs. The following is a summary of some of the most commonly used prohibited drugs and doping methods. It is important [...]
Timeline: 1995: B.C Transit begins to discuss plans to commence a rapid transit project connecting Richmond Airport with Vancouver. 2003: Major corporations and contractors express interest. 2004: Translink Board approves RAV project. June 2005: Translink and InTransit B.C (now Canada Line Construction) sign contract to build RAV line. Some Vancouverites become outspoken opponents, claiming RAV [...]
– By Lucy Gotell – A supported housing program in Southeast Vancouver has been hailed a success by its director and tenants, despite initial controversy. Fraser Street Concurrent Disorders Transitional Housing, run by the Triage Emergency Services and Care Society, opened its doors in August to individuals living with both mental illness and addiction. The [...]
By Amy Juschka Leanne Kavanaugh, a fixed gear enthusiast and bicycle mechanic in Mount Pleasant, is aiming to transform bike shops into female-friendly spaces. Kavanaugh was frustrated with bicycle repair shops and the Vancouver bike scene in general, which she describes as, “very male and hetero dominated.” Wanting a space that would “empower women and [...]
– By Amy Juschka – Tyler Lepore, jokingly known by friends as “the merchant of death,” is one of the many Vancouver bike shop owners at the forefront of a trend in brakeless bikes. With just one gear and no brakes, fixed gear bikes are causing concerns over safety as their lack of a working [...]
By Amy Hadley Perceptions that Westside schools provide higher quality education are fueled by the Fraser Institute school rankings, said John Oliver principal Kevan Moore. The Institute’s school report cards take into account academic indicators including provincial exam marks and graduation rates and are published annually as a guide for school-shopping parents. The reports consistently [...]
By Allison Cross When Carol Madsen got a call asking for 70 workers to help clean up the massive oil spill in Burnaby in July, she knew there was no question of finding clients who needed the work. But Madsen, the program manager at Pathways Information Centre on the corner of Hastings and Main Streets [...]
By Allison Cross Men from the Downtown Eastside looking for work can attend job interviews in professional clothes and be safe on construction sites thanks to a non-profit society dedicated to eliminating an employment barrier. Since it was launched in early October, the non-profit society Working Gear and its volunteers have opened their shop on [...]
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