The timing of the provincial government’s decision not to fund four emergency shelters in Vancouver this winter, just a month before the municipal elections, put effectively yet another housing issue on the ballot. BC Housing, citing the most recent homeless count and a focus on supporting more permanent housing solutions, announced on Oct. 11 that [...]
The Federal budget survived its first round in the House of Commons as Bloc Quebecois sub-amendment was rejected, while Ignatieff wanted to sleep on it and deliver his verdict today. The media portrayed mixed reaction from groups, individuals, economists and businesses. Tories struggled to remain in power by calling it an action plan for “extraordinary” [...]
BC Housing Minister Rich Coleman, reiterated his desire for the homeless to be forced from the streets for their own safety during cold nights, at the Pennsylvania Hotel on the Downtown Eastside last Thursday. His thoughts weren’t those of Mayor Gregor Robertson’s who thinks progress can only be made by improving facilities so the down and out of the city [...]
Who says politics can’t be fun? Vancouver’s civic candidates let loose at the Creative City Cabaret on Saturday evening – singing, dancing, and making their political points. Local arts management group Left Right Minds hosted the event at the Roundhouse Community Centre. They were hoping to address issues in the arts community and collect donations [...]
Community leaders are dreaming of what they could do with $100 million following last week’s revelation that the City of Vancouver had offered a loan guarantee for that amount to developers of the 2010 Olympic Village. A national newspaper revealed last week that Vancouver’s City Council had unanimously agreed in a secret meeting to bail [...]
Vancouver city politicians may be looking to churches to do what they won’t be able to afford in a deep recession: build housing. “A lot of churches and other institutions have parking lots,” says Non-Partisan Association council candidate Michael Geller. “Why not build housing on those parking lots?” Geller might be on to something. With [...]
It may seem like an invisible issue but it is one that cannot be flushed away. Sewage treatment is the million-dollar question for Vancouver’s municipal politicians and environmentalists are not about to let it slide after Saturday’s elections. On Tuesday, Lara Tessaro, a sewage savvy lawyer representing Ecojustice, will hear from the provincial Court of [...]
Organizers of the Vancouver Pride Parade are urging mayoral candidates to back their demand for the city to grant the annual event civic status and underpin its financial survival. The Pride Festival – a celebration of gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender culture – attracted half a million people in 2008. But the 30 year-old parade [...]
Mayoral candidates Peter Ladner (NPA) and Gregor Robertson (Vision Vancouver) both performed musical numbers at the Creative City Cabaret in Vancouver, a week before the civic election. Held at the Roundhouse Community Centre, the event was put on by arts management group Left Right Minds as an attempt to raise awareness for the arts. The [...]
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