Vancouver City Manager Rogers Dismissed

Judy Rogers, the city manager is no longer at City Hall.  This is probably good for the city's new leadership as it lets them bring in new people and usher in new ideas. "VANCOUVER - Less than a week after...

Rogers Gone, Former Deputy Health Minister Is New City Manager

Big moves at Cambie and 12th. Judy Rogers is gone and the new city manager for Vancouver is B.C.'s former deputy health minister Dr. Penny Ballem. Ballem resigned suddenly from her provincial government post in...

What's happening in City Hall?

Did she jump or was she pushed?  Questions surrounding the circumstances of Estelle Lo's departure from City Hall during a contraversial period remain unanswered."VANCOUVER -- Estelle Lo, who City of Vancouver officials say resigned voluntarily as chief financial officer...

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...

City Mgr. Gets $48,000 Vacation Payout

City Manager Judy Rogers has "recently received a vacation payout of $48,000". That's according to the "Counterspin" page on the Fairness for Civic Workers website, funded by the Canadian Union of Public Employees.  It is also reported that last year Rogers earned...

Is City Hall Spying on Bloggers?

Suspicions that City Hall staff are spying on bloggers who criticize City managers were supported by statements made at a Carnegie Center Board meeting on Thursday evening in Vancouver. One such statement was made by Margaret Prevost, Carnegie Center Association President,...

City Changes Story in Barring of Elected Blogger

The City of Vancouver is now on it’s third version of why a homeless man, Bill Simpson, has been barred from the Carnegie Center. Simpson, an elected Carnegie Board member, is not allowed into the building...

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