in East Vancouver is part of a larger project to provide locally grown food in . However, it is finding it hard to grow produce at a cost that is affordable to the people in the area. The farm is only able to offer only six jobs to Downtown Eastside residents, and none of its [...]
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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