Stories written by rbergen

Vancouver bowlers barter to save Varsity Ridge

A group of Kitsilano residents say they are willing to lobby for a developer to build higher in order to preserve a bowling alley for their community — an unusual move in a city that has seen nothing but anti-development protests from residents in the last couple of years. But the idea from the Kitsilano [...]

Green walkway could provide compromise for Kits seawall

A low-impact walkway and habitat improvements could be compromise options for a controversial stretch of foreshore in Vancouver’s Kitsilano, where groups have been battling a proposal to extend the city’s seawall. Marine ecologist Jamie Slogan says there doesn’t have to be a black-and-white solution to the debate, which is currently at a standoff between building [...]

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