The following are my notes from attorney Cameron Ward’s closing argument today in the compensation trial for Susan Heyes of Hazel & Co., formerly located on Cambie Street. Ward’s opening was terminated when the building was suddenly evacuated due to a bomb...
by Linda SolomonMany lawyers are drinking coffee right now at the Cafe France on Nelson and Hornby after an alarming announcement to "evacuate the building immediately" which interrupted court proceedings ranging from the Pickton appeal and Susan Heyes's compensation claim...
"I was at Davie and Hornby this morning, where a homeless woman accidentally burned to death, trying to stay warm... I contacted the city to see if there was anything I could do to help...this was their response. please read it, and pass it on. it's a hard time out there for...
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...
by Linda SolomonObama, my love. I have such a crush on you. I used to think that you were one of a kind. But you just keep 'em coming. You keep introducing me to guys that seem to be cut from the same cloth,...
Gregor Robertson bounds onto the stage of Vancouver Hotel last night, as Geoff Meggs, Raymond Louie and Jerry Kang, Vision Vancouver city councillors, look on.
Read where they come from, what their childhoods were like, what their parents did for a living, where they went to school, and why the hell they are running for city council. Inform yourself about their...
Democrats have long seen Canada as a haven. With the Obama presidency close at hand, Republicans are talking about decamping to Vancouver. Does Canada represent mecca for the right-wing,...
And if elected, he'll rock, because George Chow grew up on the downtown eastside and he knows it from the inside out. Read the rest of this profile, which is a window into how Chow thinks, on The...
Frances Bula has a new blog. Bula, a former Vancouver Sun reporter, now writes “The State of Vancouver,” a blog that serves up drama, comedy and character, and only occasionally slides into the dryly...