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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The upsides of running are many: improved cardiovascular fitness; heightened overall health; increased energy and stamina. And for participants in the annual Granville Island Turkey Trot, each Thanksgiving Monday, the opportunity to assist those less fortunate also features prominently on the list. Proceeds from the run go the Greater Vancouver Food Bank, a body that [...]
A Vancouver sports bar has reinvented itself as a drinking hole for niche sports fans in an effort to drum up new business. Over the past few weeks, the Sin Bin Sports Grill in Southeast False Creek has been drawing in many new customers by showing live matches from the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New [...]
A decrepit, unsafe dam and hydroelectric facility is in line to receive more than $800 million in upgrades, but the plan to shore up the facility doesn’t sit well with residents downstream. The 80 year-old Ruskin dam and powerhouse in Mission, B.C., requires a laundry list of renovations just to keep it running. Residents living [...]
Satish Patel and his family are selling their home and leaving everything behind to return to India. He waited five years for his parents to join him in Canada and he’s giving up. “I am the only son and I believe we have waited for much longer than normal,” Patel said. “I should have considered [...]
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