HIZZONER & his iPad

Myles Miller in the Blue Room at City Hall- WHAT CAN BLOW a 68 year old billionaire's mind? Those fine folks at Shazam Entertainment Ltd which created the "Shazam" iPad app sure can. Bloomberg gave the application...

Windsor, Ontario Going to Waste

July 30, 2009 The Transformation Has BegunMowing, or should I say, threshing and baling of the tall grass in city parks, as well as garbage and recycling pick up has begun. It will likely take a couple of weeks...

Community garden coming to Vancouver city hall

This is a great message to send to Vancouverites and those who visit the city.  " VANCOUVER — Mayor Gregor Robertson wants the city to join the “grow food locally” movement. Really locally, in fact. ...

City Mgr. Predicts 11% Tax Increase

Penny Ballem, Vancouver City manager, sent an email to all staff late Friday afternoon announcing that there was now a freeze on hiring for all staff positions.Ballem explained that City revenues over the past...

New Mayor Robertson Hits The Ground Running, Announces Homeless Emergency Act...

by Linda Solomon Mayor Gregor Robertson hit the ground running on his first day as mayor of Vancouver with a press conference at City Hall this morning where he announced the creation of a “Homeless Emergency...

The Year I Spent A Decade On The Carnegie Board

A report of my time as a Board Member for the “Living Room” of the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., "Canada's poorest postal code" By Rachel Davis, Member of the CCA Board of Directors, but not...

Rob Ford apologized for "Oriental" remark

It been an eventful month for Toronto city councilor Rob Ford, after his comments of Asian Canadian as “oriental people they work like dog…they sleep by their machines and going to take over”...

Vancouver's hookah parlours lose smoking exemption

Vancouver city councillors faced a boisterous audience on Thursday as they debated a bylaw from last September that exempts hookah parlours and cigar lounges from Vancouver’s indoor smoking prohibitions....