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1 29%
CityHallWatch
May 23 Survey deadline today – 30-year Regional Context Statement Official Development Plan: Today is the deadline for online comments on Vancouver’s Regional Context Statement – Official Development Plan. Anyone who missed the Open House last week can still add comments today. Note that a Public Hearing will be held on June 11. Official background info:http://vancouver.ca/home-property-...
May 22 Mayor announces results of Engaged City Task Force: Today Mayor Gregor Robertson announced the initial outputs of his Engaged City Task Force. CityHallWatch looks forward to a good public discussion about not only the outputs presented, but also the context and core issues surrounding the Mayor’s creation of this task force, how it was selected, h...
May 17 Report of open house on Regional Context Statement – Official Development Plan May 16: This brief report is for future reference. It covers the City’s Open House on Vancouver’s Regional Context Statement – Official Development Plan, held 4 pm to 8 pm on Thursday, May 16. The RCS-ODP supposedly has a time window of about thirty years, which would bring Vancouver to 2043. That’s a lo...
2 25%
The Tyee
May 23 The Jubilant Shawn Mrazek Lives! (in Arts and Culture): And the local musician gives us a perfect moment while he's at it.  Related Stories 1-2-3-4 Get Movieland (in Arts and Culture) The Strange and Private World of Aaron Read (in Arts and Culture) Dealin' with Ben Rogers (in Arts and Culture)
May 23 How Rob Ford's Meltdown Could Save Toronto (in Opinion): Mayor's latest outrageous behavior may be catalyst city needs to open de-amalgamation debate.  
May 23 Bitumen Doesn't Float (in News): Study debunks Enbridge claims that oil sands crude spill is standard clean-up.  Related Stories Difficult Truths about 'Difficult Oil' (in News) VIDEO: Vancouver's Dilbit Dilemma (in News) Using Bitumen to Fuel Green Energy (in News)
3 17%
The Vancouver Observer
May 24 Citizens outraged over lack of public consultation on coal export expansions: A large delegation of concerned citizens and activists rallied in front of the offices of the Vancouver Port Authority today to express dissent over plans to expand coal exports from the Fraser...read more
May 23 Journalism in the time of heroes: Vancouver Observer publisher Linda Solomon recounts the job that defined her as a journalist and future publisher.read more
4 8%
Frances Bula - Vancouver city life and politics
May 24 No, the black helicopters are nothing to worry about. Really.: This just out from the city’s communications people: The City of Vancouver wishes to advise residents near the lower Fraser River that on Friday, May 24 there will be several planned and authorized helicopter low altitude fly overs. The flights are all part of two filming projects underway around...
May 22 Changes to popular bike route provoke anxiety among small, indie, green businesses: I post this story with trepidation, having observed already on a few Twitter exchanges that the cycling crowd immediately jumped into trashing these businesses for not being progressive enough while the predictable anti-bike crowd weighed in. Can I just reiterate one more time. These businesses A...
5 7%
Stephen Rees's blog
May 9 One picture worth a thousand words: This image comes from the South Delta Leader – and their credit simply reads “via Twitter” Filed under: politics Tagged: BC Election 2013, BC Liberal Party, current-events, George Massey Tunnel, Massey Tunnel, politics, Transportation
May 8 Velopalooza: More info, including the event calendar, at www.velopalooza.ca Filed under: Transportation Tagged: bike
6 7%
Geoff Meggs - Vancouver City Councillor
May 23 $2.5b Toronto transit funding strategy would rely on range of taxes, not tolls, congestion charges: Metro Toronto’s upcoming $2.5 billion transit investment program could be financed by a range of funding sources, says a new CCPA study, and generate a huge benefit to lower-income families in the process. Public transit is such a boon to lower income commuters that regressive funding measures, l...
May 22 Heather Place redevelopment will replace 86 social housing units, add 144 rental units: The Metro Vancouver Housing Corp. has confirmed that the Heather Place redevelopment in Vancouver, which will see the replacement of 86 units of social housing and the addition of 144 units of additional rental housing at 14th and Heather, will remain an asset of the corporation. The May 17 decis...
7 7%
The Mainlander
May 23 REVIEW | Žižek’s Version: The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology: The Pervert's Guide to Ideology Dir: Sophie Fiennes May 5 at the DOXA Film Festival Sophie Fiennes' new film, The Pervert's Guide to Ideology, follows Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek on a Virgilian tour through the labyrinths of popular culture. As in many of his seventy or so books, Žižek ...
May 22 Trickle-down affordability and the city’s ‘Rental 100’ program: This week the city approved a subsidy exceeding 1 million dollars to a real estate corporation for a market housing development. The project, located in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighborhood, will not be affordable but has been put forward by city council under the false guise that an unregulated ...
8 0%
Alex G. Tsakumis - Rebel With A Clause
May 23 @tc_shaw @adriandix on Tsakumis show on Monday. Libs all scared shitless to go on. Afraid of real questions. #bcpoli: @tc_shaw @adriandix on Tsakumis show on Monday. Libs all scared shitless to go on. Afraid of real questions. #bcpoli
9 0%
David Eby - Blog
2012 Nov Blog reno: Hello faithful (and patient) readers. I am updating my blog and website over the next couple of months. Stay tuned. Apologies for the loss of the archived content, it'll be back before you know it. Feel free to e-mail if you require any specific information that was in an old posting. D.
10 0%
Price Tags
May 14 Netherlands Diary – 1: What I’m wondering about: This is not about tulips.  Nor wooden shoes or windmills.  Not even about bicycles. Well, maybe a bit about bicycles. I’m in the Netherlands, at the invitation of the Dutch government, and I’m curious about three things:  What is one of the most successful trading cultures on the planet up to the...
11 0%
Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt
May 23 Theatre Thursday: Solo Collective: © 2004-2013 Rebecca Bollwitt - Miss604. I am proud to once again be the Social Media Sponsor of the Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards (the Jessies) and as such, I will be featuring a local theatre company every Thursday. These profiles contain basic information about each company, as supplied by...
12 0%
Vancity Buzz
May 23 Golf, Charity and a $10,000 prize!: Swing into spring! The Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation Charity Golf Classic is back in just a few short days. Don’t miss your chance! More than just golf, the Charity Golf Classic features the excitement and drama of the annual Golf Ball Drop spectacle. You’ll want to see this. A crane will make ...
13 0%
CityCaucus.com - Vancouver Politics Blog
2012 Jul City Caucus blog ceases after 3 1/2 years: photo by Clinton Hussey Co-founders Daniel Fontaine and Mike Klassen agree to retire City Caucus blog Vancouver, BC (July 3, 2012) – After 1,304 days as a go-to source of political news and commentary for British Columbians, the City Caucus blog (also knows as CityCaucus.com) will no longer be up...
14 0%
fraseropolis
May 23 British Columbia’s election: and so we continue: Walmart under construction, Abbotsford, April 2012 In December 2012, Fraseropolis presented a seat-by-seat projection from threehundredeight.com showing a massive New Democratic Party lead in British Columbia opinion polls. Surveys continued to give the ND up to a 10-point lead on the weekend b...
15 0%
OpenFile Vancouver
2012 Sep MorningFile: Pipeline premiers, No.1 riot suspect caught, and marijuana at the municipal level: Blog Post by Michael Aynsley Alberta Premier Alison Redford says she's willing to talk to B.C. Premier Christy Clark again about the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, but nothing's changed when it comes to royalties. Clark sent Redford an invitation letter for a meeting in Calgary next week. ...
16 0%
Hummingbird604.com
May 20 My life with braces: Reporting back at the 6 months mark: If you follow me on Twitter, you will know that on a regular basis, I tweet about how painful it is to live with braces. I got braces six months ago, in a demonstration (to myself) that I care about my own well-being so much that I am willing not only to pay for the rather expensive treatment, bu...
17 0%
Vancouver interviews on Filibuster cartoons
2011 Nov Interview with Gregor Robertson: A corporate CEO turned NDP member of the provincial legislature turned mayor, Gregor Robertson won his first term at city hall in the municipal election of 2008. Since then, his administration has been best known for implementing a number of high-profile initiatives relating to homelessness, tran...
18 0%
New Media
May 22 Flickr is Still Awesome. Pinterest, Not So Much: A couple of weeks ago, I noticed one of the Pinterest photos on this blog had been replaced with a blank image. No problem — I went back into Pinterest, found a new photo to embed, done and done. And now all the Pinterest images I’ve embedded on all of my blogs are toast. Taken down for copyright...
19 0%
Spacing Vancouver
May 23 Release: Contagion Consulting conducts first independent study to reveal experiences of panhandlers with controversial token based meal program: Contagion Consulting is announcing the results of the first independent study looking into the behaviour and opinions of panhandlers towards the Save On Meats meal token program. The program offers an alternative to donating cash to panhandlers. Tokens are purchased at Save On Meats, given to som...
20 0%
VanRamblings
May 15 BC Election 2013: BC Liberals Win a Massive Majority: VanRamblings is recovering from the New Democrats' devastating loss to the B.C. Liberals' incalculably unexpected (and undeserved) win at the polls on Tuesday evening, and their relentlessly negative, fear-based campaign. Over the course of the next 48 hours, we'll give some thought t...

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