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Victory for W2 Café
City Council today approved the W2 Social Enterprise Café on the ground level of the Woodwards redevelopment. This is a historic victory for W2 Community Media Arts Society who has been in a four year RFP... Property Rights Not Guaranteed In Canada : A Real Courtroom Drama
Seated across from me next to the Judge at the Settlement Conference table were the three lawyers for the City, GVRD, and the Sewage Authority. They eyed me like sharks circling their bait. “All right... 550 views | 55 recommendations | 10 comments
Vancouver city staff seek new lenders for Olympic Village
Barry Artiste Op/EdThe City of Vancouver is actively seeking lenders in it's Billion Dollar Plus Olympic Albatross, called the Olympic Village, as Fortress Investments in New York have stated, they won't be... Mayor Sullivan Asked for Criminal Investigation into Ethel Whitty's Alleged F...
Vancouver’s Mayor Sam Sullivan announced that he had picked up the phone this pre-election week to ask police to investigate a leak from a meeting about a planned City bailout of the Olympic Village developer. So a Vancouver woman figures Sullivan can pick up the... Vancouver Folkfest: Up To 100 Cars Arbitrarily Towed Due To Poor Organization.
July 19- 20th,Westside, Jericho Beach, 31st Annual Vancouver Folkfest,The Vancouver Folkfest, an established 3 day weekend event that attracts many out of province visitors, and known to attract spectacular... Distrust at Carnegie Center Results in Request for Recount of Election Results
Carnegie members don't trust the results of the June 5th election for Board of Directors at the Carnegie Center operated by the City of Vancouver on the Downtown Eastside. James A. announced at the...Lawyer Accuses City GM of "dictatorial" conduct "contrary to the rule of law"
Vancouver lawyer Gregory Bruce has accused Jacquie Forbes-Roberts, City of Vancouver General Manager of Community Services, of acting in a “dictatorial” manner “contrary to the rule of law”. Bruce made the accusations in a March 11, 2008 letter about...City Admits Screwing Up on Condo Project for Downtown Eastside
The City of Vancouver admits it screwed up. And on Tuesday groups opposing accelerated gentrification in Vancouver in the lead up to the 2010 Winter Olympics fought back.The Carnegie Community Action Project and...The Meeting the Carnegie Board Didn't Want You to Attend
The absence of posters announcing the Special Meeting at Carnegie Community Center last Thursday evening suggested to members that the Board would rather they not show up. But over 50 people did show up,...Uncensored Voices from the Downtown Eastside: Carnegie Member Calls On Counc...
The members of the Carnegie Centre elected me to give them a voice to their concerns. I have found that to be really difficult.Many times members have told me that they feel there is a lack of accountability in...The Carnegie - Just Like Other Community Centres? Or Not?
The Carnegie Centre is owned and staffed by the City of Vancouver. Ethel Whitty is the Director, and she manages the Carnegie as a community centre for the residents of the Downtown Eastside, taking...Vancouver's civil strike: Update
As Vancouver's civil strike looms large, it's clear that Vancouver's abuzz, anticipating the potential for disaster in the weeks to come. We're a very clean city by nature; the strike is to many the equivalent of... Graffiti Artists Need Not Apply
A new initiative to commission Vancouver graffiti artists to design a mural for a city-owned warehouse on Central Street in Vancouver has included an interesting caveat: "No active taggers" need apply.... Please Vancouver, More Patios
This is from the Vancouver Public Space Network mailout. The VPSN is a relatively new organization that is doing some really fantastic work in town. I love patios. I think outdoor patios are the height of...Carnegie supervisor has sex with clientele, Part 1
A female supervisor at Carnegie Centre has exhibited a pattern of having sex with male clientele.Her conduct has been raising eyebrows since one of her boyfriends ended up dangling by his neck from a bridge after...
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