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Prince Charles Partners with SFU despite "Sexual Harassment Ring"

Today, as part of their Canadian visit, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Dutchess of Cornwall, made an official visit to Simon Fraser University in downtown Vancouver, ignoring SFU's well-publicized failure to address it's alleged history of operating a sexual harassment...

created by jr | 16 hrs ago | updated 15 hrs ago
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Complaint Against Telus Sent to Better Business Bureau (Resolved)

Vancouver: Remember the hippopotamus who used to prance across the tv screen in Telus commercials, the one who eventually ended up dead due to mistreatment? That's my neighbour.I warned her not to order internet from Telus. But she went ahead, saying they were...

created by jr | 15 wks ago | updated 5 wks ago
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"Just Shut Up" Poster Produced by Unions

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RCMP Asked to Investigate Former NDP President & Current Funders

A former secretary to two CUPE Presidents has sent a letter to the RCMP requesting that they investigate tactics to which she was subjected after blowing the whistle about CUPE Local 116 executives staffing their...

created by jr | 25 wks ago | updated 25 wks ago
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Dollar Store No More

When Dollar Giant opened last year on Pender St. at Main in Vancouver's Chinatown, their signs boasted that everything in the store was $1. No more. They've added a ".25" to all the dollar signs in the windows....

created by jr | 33 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago
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A Vancouver Problem: Cops Investigating Cops

Canadians Opposing Political Psychiatry has joined the chorus of voices in Vancouver calling for an end to police investigating themselves. COPP did so in a press release yesterday, shortly after former BC Supreme Court Judge William Davies released his recommendations from...

created by jr | 34 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago
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Man Stabbed Near Carnegie Center This Evening

Vancouver, BC: A man was stabbed in the back on Main St., just a few meters south of Carnegie Center where Chinatown begins, at around 7:30 p.m. today. The victim was pressing his hand against his wound. Smokers sitting on the Carnegie outdoor patio went over to the...

created by jr | 34 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago
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It Snowed Today in Vancouver

It may be March but there was a snowfall in the late afternoon today in Vancouver.

created by jr | 34 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago
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Gang Unit Searches Vehicle near Richards on Richards Night Club

On Friday, Mar. 6, at roughly 2 a.m., the Gang Unit stopped a vehicle (white vehicle in photo) on Richards St. near Nelson in Vancouver, on the same block as Richards on Richards night club. They handcuffed the...

created by jr | 35 wks ago | updated 35 wks ago
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Second Waves Coffee Shop Opening on Downtown Eastside

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Second Waves Coffee Shop to Open on Downtown Eastside

This must be what gentrification looks like. A second Waves coffee shop is opening on the Downtown Eastside, just two blocks from the first one that opened last year at Main & Pender. The new one at Main...

created by jr | 35 wks ago | updated 35 wks ago
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Season to "Sell" Your Tax Refund

"I think I'll sell my taxes," a long time Downtown Eastside resident told me this weekend. Having been on welfare only part of last year and having done casual jobs for a few months, he has a sizeble tax refund...

opinion by jr | 35 wks ago | updated 35 wks ago
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Two Car Collision on Main St. at Georgia Viaduct

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Collision at Main & Georgia Viaduct in Vancouver

There was a two car collision at roughly 5 p.m. today on Main St. at Prior St., across the street from the entrance to the Georgia Viaduct in Vancouver. There appeared to be no serious injuries. More photos at...

created by jr | 36 wks ago | updated 35 wks ago
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Premier Accused of Pink Shirt Hypocrisy on Anti-Bullying Day

Premier Gordon Campbell and CKNW talk show host Christie Clark, may wish they had left their pink shirts in the closet as their own bullying baggage is dragged out along with the shirts. Campbell has declared Feb....

created by jr | 36 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago
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Homeground Pre-Olympics Festival "for Homeless and Underhoused"

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Homeground Pre-Olympics Festival "for Homeless & Underhoused"

For three days, from Friday to Sunday, Feb. 22, Dunlevy St. between Cordova and Powell by Oppenheimer Park was blocked to traffic. That was so the Homeground Winter Festival "for Homeless and Underhoused...

created by jr | 36 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago
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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...

created by jr | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago
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Annual Valentine's Day March Remembers Murdered and Missing Women

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Annual Valentine's Day March Remembers Murdered and Missing Women

The annual Valentine's Day Women's Memorial March to remember missing and murdered women -- including those murdered by serial killer Willie Pickton -- was held on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside this afternoon....

created by jr | 38 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago
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