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    10:55 am, Jun 18, 2013
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    Vancouver School Board decides to add student trustee

    VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The Vancouver School Board will have a decidedly younger look next fall.
     
    The board has voted unanimously to allow a student trustee, elected from the Vancouver District School Council.
     
    Board chair Patti Bacchus hopes the Grade 11 or 12 trustee will be able to contribute something new. “The goal is to have students have more direct input into decision making priorities.”
     
    She thinks reaction will be positive. “Once people see this in action, see that it can work, that it really only adds more input, more perspective into our discussion.”
     
    The new trustee will also get school credits for the role. Bacchus says the board has been considering the move for about a year.

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    Vision Vancouver
    9:45 am, Jun 11, 2013
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    Park Board reaches agreement with Community Centres for new universal pass

    The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation has ratified an interim agreement reached with the Community Centre Association Presidents’ Group (APG) to create a single, system-wide card that will provide all Vancouverites with universal access to the pools, rinks and fitness centres across the Park Board network and, if also ratified by the Community Centre Association Boards, universal access to the city’s 22 community centres.

    The new OneCard will be available for access to Park Board operated pools, rinks and fitness centres starting July 8, and is intended to be launched across the Community Centre network on September 1, this year pending approval by the Associations.

    The OneCard is intended to replace the current patchwork of over 20 cards, some of which include Association membership fees, that are currently required to access recreation and community centre facilities and to register for programs. The OneCard includes a built-in 50 percent subsidy, for those who qualify, as part of the Park Board’s Leisure Access program for people with financial barriers. The multi-visit Flexipass will also be built into the OneCard and, with approval by Community Centre Associations, will allow residents to use it across Community Centres, fitness centres, rinks and pools across the city. The OneCard makes it easier for people to participate in recreation programs and services regardless of income or where they live in the city.

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    12:02 pm, Jun 4, 2013
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    Selling cycling’s benefits: It’s good for B.C. business and health

    By. Peter Ladner, Business in Vancouver

    The problem with rage against bikes is that it blocks the view beyond the car windshield.

    Having just come through Bike to Work Week in Metro Vancouver – backed by municipalities throughout the region, incidentally, not just the “bike crazed” Vancouver council – and heading into decision time on another bike lane/road closure in Vancouver (Cornwall-Point Grey Road), the “bikes versus cars” hornet’s nest has been freshly poked.

    “The idea of rerouting all [Point Grey Road] traffic to 4th Avenue is a nightmare. Behind this is (sic) Peter Ladner and others who want the street for their own use,” wails a letter to the editor featured in the Province, winning it 59 thumbs up with only four thumbs down.

    The most cogent windshield-deep argument against bike lanes comes from an anonymous commenter at the Kitsilano Chamber of Commerce website: “According to the city’s own stats, 9% of the commuters in the Alma to McDonald [route] are cyclists while 52% are vehicle commuters.

    “Why are the needs of a few dictating the needs of the majority?”

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    10:46 am, May 30, 2013
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    Vancouver Pride parade gets civic status

    By. Nathaniel Christopher, Xtra West
     
    Vancouver city council voted unanimously to approve civic designation for the Pride parade May 29, along with the Vaisakhi and Chinatown Spring Festival parades.
    The designation means the Vancouver Pride Society (VPS) could save up to $50,000 in city fees for this year’s parade.
     
    “It’s about time,” says former VPS president and current volunteer Shawn Ewing.
     
    “Ten years ago I came here as president and our society was in debt,” Ewing says. “We came here and had to ask the city for an extension, and Tim [Stevenson] was there for us then. But the organization became stronger, and here we are today providing a world-class event.”
     
    Vision Vancouver Councillor Tim Stevenson — who introduced the motion for civic designation last September — sees it as a huge step forward for gay rights.

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