The UBC Graduate School of Journalism hosted a talk on Friday by BC Premier Gordon Campbell.
His talk came two days after announcing plans to accelerate income tax cuts, provide further tax relief to small businesses and take other measures to help British Columbians deal with the global economic crisis.
Journalism student Ryan Fletcher live blogged the [...]
Jillian Skeet was on her way back from drawing class with both of her boys buckled up in the car, when she was hit turning into her home on Southeast Marine Drive at Cambie Street, site of the construction of the $2 billion Canada Line.
To her, it seemed to confirm a sneaking suspicion: there’s [...]
The ballots have been counted. The confetti has been swept away. And somewhere inside Liberal Party of Canada headquarters, party organizers are working hard to figure out what went wrong, and how the organization which used to be considered the natural governing party of Canada wound up with less than one quarter of [...]
Residents in the Dunbar area of Vancouver are raising questions about how a scheme to provide homes for people with mental illness could affect their community.
Coast Mental Health Foundation wants to build an apartment building at 16th and Dunbar to house some 50 individuals with various mental illnesses. The foundation is aware that the idea [...]
Supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered community staged a rally on October 12 in response to an attack on a gay man last month in Vancouver’s West End. Police have labeled the attack as a hate crime.
Report by Ryan Fletcher and Jodie Martinson.
The University of British Columbia hosts a forum to analyse the results of the Canadian federal elections, which resulted in a minority Conservative government.
The speakers include Profs. Gerald Baier, Fred Cutler and Allan Tupper from the UBC Department of Political Science and Miro Cernetig, Vancouver Sun and Canwest professor at the Graduate School of Journalism.
(Due [...]
Everywhere you look in Dunbar, you see the signs.
On the window of the busy Bean Town coffee shop at 26th and Dunbar in Vancouver, a faded “help wanted” sign flaps each time someone opens the door.
On the bus shelter at 41st, the Kokopelli Café has pasted its own plea for employees. “No experience necessary. [...]
Security guards are often seen walking the streets of Vancouver, but until now there have been no laws governing the way they interact with tourists, residents, or those who call the streets home. All that has changed with the province’s recent implementation of a new Security Services Act, which includes a Code of Conduct that [...]
Seniors come first at Antonio Ashori’s Downtown Eastside pub.
“This is a grandfather’s pub,” Ashori says with a wave of his hand, his graying hair and youthful demeanor reflected in the atmosphere he’s created.
Walking into the Empress is a bit like walking into an episode of Cheers.
The big difference is most of the patrons have white [...]
Campaigning for the environment just got a lot harder for federal candidates in BC’s greenest riding of Vancouver Centre.
The Dow Jones plunged more than 360 points on October 6, reinforcing fears that the U.S. credit crisis could damage the Canadian economy.
Before the latest falls, the environment had already slipped to a distant third in polls [...]
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