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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...

created by honeymae | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago
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steffanileman

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...

opinion by steffanileman | 38 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago
554 views | 55 recommendations | 10 comments

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Barry Artiste

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...

opinion by Barry Artiste | 50 wks ago | updated 50 wks ago
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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...

created by jr | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Vancouver Folkfest: Up To 100 Cars Arbitrarily Towed Due To Poor Organization.

Lee Lecu

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...

created by Lee Lecu | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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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...

created by jr | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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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...

created by jr | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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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...

created by jr | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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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,...

created by jr | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Uncensored Voices from the Downtown Eastside: Carnegie Member Calls On Councillor for Help

Rachel Davis

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...

created by Rachel Davis | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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alawisious

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...

created by alawisious | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Lana Jones

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...

created by Kaitlin | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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J0anna

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....

created by kate | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
2102 views | 24 recommendations | 8 comments

olivelife

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...

created by kate | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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blueshoe

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...

created by jr | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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