Take a stroll through Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and you’re unlikely to get far without encountering a bearded hipster shaking bourbon in a joint owned by either Mark Brand or Sean Heather – two local entrepreneurs with contrasting approaches to the community they inhabit. They are both high-profile personalities who have successfully imported Portlandia-style chic into [...]
The British Columbia government is missing out by not regulating and taxing the $500 million of cannabis that is sold locally each year, according to a study published Tuesday in the International Journal of Drug Policy. The study — a collaborative effort between the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, the University of British Columbia [...]
A pioneering model of development went before Vancouver city council Tuesday night, as the developer made his case for a Downtown Eastside condo complex that would include industrial space and social housing. Wall Financial, which built the 48-storey Wall Centre in downtown Vancouver, has proposed building a complex with three towers along a rundown, light [...]
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