On a recent sunny Saturday morning, some 35 West End residents in Vancouver donned yellow vests and blue rubber gloves and proceeded to scour their neighbourhood’s streets in search of cigarette butts. They were there at the behest of John Merzetti, who started getting locals to pick up trash as part of his “West End Cleanup” [...]
At a recent meeting held at the Vancouver School Board (VSB), a dozen or so people gathered in the main boardroom armed with signs and placards, hoping that their attempts to save General Gordon Elementary School had been successful. They had not. General Gordon, located at the corner of West 6th and Bayswater in Kitsilano, celebrated its 100th [...]
Outreach workers from the West End Policing Centre and Directions Youth Services Centre manned tables at the recent Homeless Connect event held at the W2 Community Media Arts Centre in Gastown, passing out pamphlets that detail their services. They were there as part of their ongoing effort to serve the homeless community in Vancouver, which continues [...]
A group of researchers at the University of British Columbia is readying the launch of a new educational website that aims to offer an interactive history of Chinese Canadians. More than two years in the making, the site, Chinese Canadian Stories is due to be unveiled in January. Henry Yu, who heads up the project, said [...]
Balancing rocks on one another to create a work of art might seem impossible but that is exactly what John Shaver does in and around Vancouver. Shaver is an independent artist who creates rock sculptures. He has been working on Ambleside shore in West Vancouver over the past year. Public art is a priority in Vancouver, [...]
Vancouver built the $36 million Creekside Community Recreation Centre hoping it would be a hub for the new Olympic Village community. One year later, the building is open, but not enough residents are using it. “It’s definitely been a challenge and it’s been frustrating,” said Brenda Tang, the centre’s marketing coordinator. “We just don’t have the [...]
Taralee Guild is a local painter who gets by “pinching pennies.” The recent Emily Carr University of Art and Design graduate commutes to her studio by bike and works 60 hours a week painting to save enough to buy new equipment and rent a room in a house by Trout Lake, a 20-minute bike-ride from [...]
Terrified, blood-curdling screams have been heard coming from the warehouse at 8934 Shaughnessy in Vancouver lately. They come from children and adults alike, and hang in the crisp October air over the industrial street off Southwest Marine Drive. The screams are music to Brad Leith’s ears. The Vancouver Film School teacher has spent 12-14 hours [...]
Six months ago Jenny Cho did not know how to sew. Now, she is a contractor for a Vancouver sewing co-op, Common Thread, comprised of mostly marginalized women who have been re-purposing 2010 Olympic banners into tote bags and book covers. Working with Common thread makes Cho feel good and useful, she said, adding “it helps me [...]
The Non-Partisan Association (NPA) wants to bring downtown streetcars back to Vancouver. Mayoral candidate Suzanne Anton announced downtown streetcars as a key part of her party’s platform. “It’s green, it’s tourist, it’s cultural, it’s old, it’s young and reaches a lot of citizens in the city. The feeling we get [from residents] is absolutely do [...]
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