By Dan Haves The future of “binning” in the downtown core is in doubt after Vancouver City Council approved a new bylaw to remove dumpsters. More than 1,500 binners in Vancouver collect and recycle cans and bottles that have been thrown out. They help make British Columbia the second-best recoverer of recyclable beverage containers in [...]
By Amy Juschka the kids are all right film downloads At 59, Wendy lives in a bleak single room occupancy (SRO) building in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. After raising a family and being employed for most of her life, she is now forced to deal with her sometimes violent and drug-addicted male neighbours. “For women my [...]
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By Blake Sifton The City of Vancouver estimates that there are 1,400 homeless people sleeping in city streets each night. These numbers may increase as a historic Gastown hotel is about to join the growing list of Single Room Occupancy (SRO) buildings whose low-income tenants have been evicted in recent months. In August of 2007, [...]
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By Darren Fleet Sylvain Gagnon, 48, fears the police will come every night and move him to another place. “There are not enough shelters,” he said. Those who can’t find refuge sleep in vacant buildings, on the street, or in city parks he said. According to city and park by-laws, fines can range from $50-2000 [...]
By Leslie Young Recent changes to Status of Women Canada’s funding guidelines may force many women’s rights advocacy groups to close up shop. “It’s a very crucial and difficult time because women’s voices are being silenced,” said Shelagh Day of the Feminist Alliance for International Action. Women’s organizations are scrambling to meet the December 21st [...]
By Anupreet Sandhu Bhamra The city of West Vancouver passed a bylaw in 2005 that prohibits businesses from releasing odours that might disturb local residents. The bylaw stems from a controversy around Persian cooking at the Arian restaurant. Ali Bakhtiari would cook in his restaurant on Marine Drive and the odour from the garlic-flavoured food [...]
By Fram Dinshaw apple movie trailer the green hornet online Iranian immigrants arriving in Vancouver with professional qualifications are finding it very difficult to find work in their chosen fields due to Canada’s certification laws, an issue that’s increasing in importance as more Iranians choose Canada for a better life. Iranians form the largest number [...]
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