For Immediate Release: January 17, 2012 The Coalition of Progressive Electors is urging Vancouver City Council to expand the scope of the Online Rental Database that passed today at Council because of far too many gaps that leave out a significant segment of rental housing in Vancouver. COPE’s Ellen Woodsworth says that leaving out SROs [...]
Read more →(This post by Ellen Woodsworth originally appeared in the Vancouver Observer) So here we go again, it is 2012, and Vancouver has only four women councillors, six men and another white male Mayor. After 125 years, you would think it would be time for a change in Vancouver. But no, another city election and three [...]
Read more →Vancouver’s Civic Agencies: Volunteers Needed The City of Vancouver is committed to providing opportunities for citizens to get involved throughout the city and is seeking volunteers from the general public for positions on the following civic agencies: Active Transportation Advisory Committee (new) Chinatown Historic Area Planning Committee Development Permit Board Advisory Panel First Shaughnessy Advisory [...]
Read more →I dream of a Council where citizens are eager to come and participate in meetings and initiatives. A respectful Chambers where social, environmental, economic and artistic thoughts are woven together in a whole action to create a city for everyone. I dream of a city in which everyone gives according to their abilities and receives [...]
Read more →By NATASHA BARSOTTI, Xtra! January 09, 2012 The City of Vancouver’s LGBTQ advisory committee, which was among several city bodies required to dissolve after the Nov. 19 civic election, is now looking for volunteers to fill its 12 vacancies. Established in February 2009 to serve a three-year term, the committee is intended to facilitate the [...]
Read more →By JEFF LEE, Vancouver Sun November 29, 2011 Vancouver’s non-secular council still holds to a tradition of offering a prayer at the start of every council meeting. Done on a rotational basis, it’s not so much a prayer as an opportunity for councillors to reflect on issues from Remembrance Day to the need for better [...]
Read more →By SANDRA THOMAS AND ELLEN WOODSWORTH, Vancouver Courier November 30, 2011 The 411 Seniors Centre building on Dunsmuir Street recently sold for $8 million, but what will become of the society that’s been operating the popular facility is unknown. Judith Stark, past president of the 411 Seniors Centre Society’s board of directors, describes the organization [...]
Read more →By YOLANDA COLE, Georgia Straight November 29, 2011 Vancouver city council finalized a rezoning today (November 29) that would allow for the relocation of Edgewater Casino to a site next to B.C. Place. Councillors voted to approve a bylaw that will allow PavCo and Paragon Gaming to proceed with development of a proposed entertainment and [...]
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