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January 28, 2010 - 1:51pm
Strathcona needs a community policing centre to help reduce escalating crime in the neighbourhood, says Vision Vancouver Coun. George Chow.
Chow successfully introduced a motion to city council Jan. 19 to have senior city staff study the feasibility of opening a policing centre in Strathcona....
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January 23, 2010 - 11:03pm
It's an easy 10-minute pedal to the day's first appointment. On an overcast morning, on a warm January day, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson tucks his grey suit pants into his blue dress socks, dons a helmet and sets off from his two-storey home near City Hall. The 45-year-old co-founder of the...
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January 22, 2010 - 12:47am
Vancouver and Surrey are among 22 of Canada's biggest cities that will band together in a display of national solidarity and donate local resources to Haiti's reconstruction.
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities' Big City Mayors Caucus unanimously approved a proposal in Ottawa Thursday...
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January 21, 2010 - 11:49am
Vancouver parks officials will look at ways to get butts off our beaches.
The Vancouver park board is set to discuss the issue of banning cigarette smoking on Vancouver beaches and in parks at a meeting Feb. 1.
Staff will then prepare a report with a recommendation on which way to proceed....
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January 20, 2010 - 2:16pm
Threatened layoffs of teachers in Vancouver and the possibility of school closings in Prince George could spread across the province unless the Liberal government, already promising a tough budget due to a $2.8-billion deficit, comes to the rescue with more money, education officials warn.
“I...
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January 19, 2010 - 8:09pm
When the Winter Games kick off this February, a number of new artworks will be on display in Vancouver.
Mayor Gregor Robertson has unveiled 25 pieces of art, and says 14 artists will have their pieces become permanent fixtures.
"Across the city, more than 20 permanent and temporary works...
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January 15, 2010 - 11:35am
As Mayor Gregor Robertson unveiled the False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility today (January 14), he declared its model should be replicated elsewhere. All levels of government contributed to what is being called Vancouver’s first renewable district heating system, which is recovering heat...
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January 14, 2010 - 10:36am
Mayor Gregor Robertson has directed the finance department to look for ideas to help save the Bloedel Floral Conservatory, say sources at Vancouver City Hall – a change in direction after park board commissioners from the mayor's party voted in November to close the unique garden.
That comes...
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January 12, 2010 - 11:45am
A group of Vancouver business leaders tackling homelessness say they will aim to provide 2,000 units over the next 10 years, which they say is enough permanent housing to get everyone off the streets.
The Streetohome Foundation, whose high-powered board includes people such as mining magnate Frank...
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January 11, 2010 - 10:40am
Two of four temporary winter shelters for the homeless are already full and turning people away, Vancouver officials say.
The first shelter opened at Broadway and Fraser just before Christmas. The second, under the Granville Street bridge, reopened last Wednesday. Each provides a bed and two meals...
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January 8, 2010 - 11:28am
As many as 40 people will be offered a chance to get off the street for the night and into the city's second emergency winter shelter when it opens Wednesday.
But the rundown old building under the Granville Street Bridge that houses the shelter isn't exactly the Hotel Vancouver — despite a...
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January 7, 2010 - 10:21am
The City of Vancouver has started to dress up for the Olympics, with work crews this week installing the first of more than 6,000 decorative banners that will hang from light posts until the end of the Games.
Depicting images of hockey players, skaters, skiers and curlers in the blue and green...
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January 6, 2010 - 1:01pm
Vancouver city hall is resurrecting one of the controversial homeless shelters shut down last summer after complaints by neighbours.
Mayor Gregor Robertson pledges the 1435 Granville St. facility under the Granville Bridge's north end will be better when it reopens Wednesday.
A booking system for...
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January 5, 2010 - 9:59am
Heritage conservation is only one of many considerations city staff reflect on when dealing with development applications, according to Coun. Andrea Reimer.
The Vision Vancouver councillor was commenting on the Vancouver Heritage Commission's recent rejection of a Vancouver School Board proposal,...
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January 4, 2010 - 11:16am
As 2009 draws to a close, Vision Vancouver politicians are probably feeling fairly smug about the past year.
The Burrard Bridge lane reallocation trial has been a success by the most important political yardsticks: neither the drivers nor the cyclists are upset, and the media have moved on to other...
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January 4, 2010 - 11:09am
For a moment let's take a break from the bad news and look at something positive. One of the undeniable successes of this past year was the implementation of the five HEAT shelters. These came from Mayor Gregor Robertson's Homeless Emergency Action Team, which recommended reducing street...
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December 23, 2009 - 11:43am
Vancouver has opened the first of its new emergency shelters for the winter in residential Mount Pleasant, south of the city's downtown.
To head off the kind of neighbourhood backlash that erupted last winter when newly elected Mayor Gregor Robertson opened several shelters as part of his campaign...
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December 21, 2009 - 12:02pm
After pleas from residents at a packed public meeting this week, Vancouver City Council yesterday passed an operating budget that boosts property taxes by 2.6 per cent, slightly above an expected 2-per-cent hike.
That will allow the city to back away from some unpopular cuts to library hours and...
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December 18, 2009 - 2:43pm
The City of Vancouver today approved a controversial 2010 operating budget that will see the loss of 158 jobs and cuts to parks and community programs but protects the city's "most vulnerable." The budget, which calls for a tax increase of 2.26 per cent, was revised to increase...
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December 18, 2009 - 10:51am
Kudos to Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and city council for continuing the one-per-cent tax shift in the 2010 operating budget. It takes strong leadership and political courage to do the right thing for the city's residents and employers.
It's a myth that the one per cent tax shift is a tax...
Strathcona needs a community policing centre to help reduce escalating crime in the neighbourhood, says Vision Vancouver Coun. George Chow. Chow successfully introduced a motion to city council Jan. 19 to have senior city staff study the feasibility of opening a policing centre in Strathcona....
It's an easy 10-minute pedal to the day's first appointment. On an overcast morning, on a warm January day, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson tucks his grey suit pants into his blue dress socks, dons a helmet and sets off from his two-storey home near City Hall. The 45-year-old co-founder of the...
Vancouver and Surrey are among 22 of Canada's biggest cities that will band together in a display of national solidarity and donate local resources to Haiti's reconstruction. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities' Big City Mayors Caucus unanimously approved a proposal in Ottawa Thursday...
Vancouver parks officials will look at ways to get butts off our beaches. The Vancouver park board is set to discuss the issue of banning cigarette smoking on Vancouver beaches and in parks at a meeting Feb. 1. Staff will then prepare a report with a recommendation on which way to proceed....
Threatened layoffs of teachers in Vancouver and the possibility of school closings in Prince George could spread across the province unless the Liberal government, already promising a tough budget due to a $2.8-billion deficit, comes to the rescue with more money, education officials warn. “I...
When the Winter Games kick off this February, a number of new artworks will be on display in Vancouver. Mayor Gregor Robertson has unveiled 25 pieces of art, and says 14 artists will have their pieces become permanent fixtures. "Across the city, more than 20 permanent and temporary works...
As Mayor Gregor Robertson unveiled the False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility today (January 14), he declared its model should be replicated elsewhere. All levels of government contributed to what is being called Vancouver’s first renewable district heating system, which is recovering heat...
Mayor Gregor Robertson has directed the finance department to look for ideas to help save the Bloedel Floral Conservatory, say sources at Vancouver City Hall – a change in direction after park board commissioners from the mayor's party voted in November to close the unique garden. That comes...
A group of Vancouver business leaders tackling homelessness say they will aim to provide 2,000 units over the next 10 years, which they say is enough permanent housing to get everyone off the streets. The Streetohome Foundation, whose high-powered board includes people such as mining magnate Frank...
Two of four temporary winter shelters for the homeless are already full and turning people away, Vancouver officials say. The first shelter opened at Broadway and Fraser just before Christmas. The second, under the Granville Street bridge, reopened last Wednesday. Each provides a bed and two meals...
As many as 40 people will be offered a chance to get off the street for the night and into the city's second emergency winter shelter when it opens Wednesday. But the rundown old building under the Granville Street Bridge that houses the shelter isn't exactly the Hotel Vancouver — despite a...
The City of Vancouver has started to dress up for the Olympics, with work crews this week installing the first of more than 6,000 decorative banners that will hang from light posts until the end of the Games. Depicting images of hockey players, skaters, skiers and curlers in the blue and green...
Vancouver city hall is resurrecting one of the controversial homeless shelters shut down last summer after complaints by neighbours. Mayor Gregor Robertson pledges the 1435 Granville St. facility under the Granville Bridge's north end will be better when it reopens Wednesday. A booking system for...
Heritage conservation is only one of many considerations city staff reflect on when dealing with development applications, according to Coun. Andrea Reimer. The Vision Vancouver councillor was commenting on the Vancouver Heritage Commission's recent rejection of a Vancouver School Board proposal,...
As 2009 draws to a close, Vision Vancouver politicians are probably feeling fairly smug about the past year. The Burrard Bridge lane reallocation trial has been a success by the most important political yardsticks: neither the drivers nor the cyclists are upset, and the media have moved on to other...
For a moment let's take a break from the bad news and look at something positive. One of the undeniable successes of this past year was the implementation of the five HEAT shelters. These came from Mayor Gregor Robertson's Homeless Emergency Action Team, which recommended reducing street...
Vancouver has opened the first of its new emergency shelters for the winter in residential Mount Pleasant, south of the city's downtown. To head off the kind of neighbourhood backlash that erupted last winter when newly elected Mayor Gregor Robertson opened several shelters as part of his campaign...
After pleas from residents at a packed public meeting this week, Vancouver City Council yesterday passed an operating budget that boosts property taxes by 2.6 per cent, slightly above an expected 2-per-cent hike. That will allow the city to back away from some unpopular cuts to library hours and...
The City of Vancouver today approved a controversial 2010 operating budget that will see the loss of 158 jobs and cuts to parks and community programs but protects the city's "most vulnerable." The budget, which calls for a tax increase of 2.26 per cent, was revised to increase...
Kudos to Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and city council for continuing the one-per-cent tax shift in the 2010 operating budget. It takes strong leadership and political courage to do the right thing for the city's residents and employers. It's a myth that the one per cent tax shift is a tax...
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