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CityCaucus Redux: City Manager says $34,000 a "drop in the bucket"

12 Oct 2011

Vancouver's City Manager shrugs off criticism of costs for private staff parties What follows is the next installment in our ongoing CityCaucus.com Redux series whereby we republish some of our more popular stories. Mike Klassen first published this doozie...

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CityCaucus Redux: Mayor Gregor backpedals on pledge to end homelessness by 2015

18 Feb 2011

Homelessness is up by 12% in Vancouver – now the Mayor is backpedaling on a promise Originally posted April 20, 2010, in this CityCaucus Redux post we clear up questions about whether the shifting goal posts of Mayor Gregor's...

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Should Vancouver spend $7 million on another 'par-tay'?

12 Dec 2010

Time for another party, Vancouver? Be prepared to spend - see video Should Vancouver throw another costly party? We're not sure if citizens think that it's the best use of limited tax dollars and during a time of economic uncertainty....

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Vision councillors don't want to wear t-shirt problem

15 Oct 2010

"It's just a t-shirt, Ted," says Vision Vancouver ED Ian Baillie to GlobalTV A t-shirt which was intended to provide Vision Vancouver supporters a chuckle is providing headaches for their elected officials. Yesterday media were responding to Coun. Anton's objections...

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Council's Olympic Village discussion must come out of the shadows

25 Sep 2010

GlobalTV continues its excellent reports on the troubled Olympic Village The “summer from hell” for Gregor Robertson quickly appears to be turning into the fall from grace for his worship. The sun has barely made it passed the equator...

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"Changes are coming" to Olympic Village, including housing protest

24 Sep 2010

Gregor Robertson scrummed about his flip-flop on Olympic Village transparency The pressure continues to build upon as more discussions are taking place at City Hall on what to do about the Olympic Village. Furthermore people are waking up to...

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Vision council caught in apparent in-camera policy about face

22 Sep 2010

GlobalTV News breaks the story of council's in-camera meeting on the Olympic Village Today, GlobalTV reported that Vancouver city council held an in-camera meeting on Tuesday evening to deal with an apparent financial crisis related to the Olympic Village....

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Blogger scandal must trigger big changes in Robertson's administration

14 Sep 2010

GlobalTV's breaking news story features an FD Element employee who dishes the dirt The biggest scandal to hit any Vancouver administration in years unfolded in front of TV audiences on Tuesday night, when GlobalTV reporter Marisa Thomas interviewed a...

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Sunny forecast means PNE a must see this long weekend

3 Sep 2010

The PNE still has what it takes 100 years later Last week I had the chance to visit the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) with my family and we had a wonderful time. I try to go each year, but...

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Proud to be political

30 Jun 2010

Voters in training – is media cynicism undermining our faith in politics? Today, too many of us curse at the thought of politics. During the last Provincial election we saw a precipitous ten percent drop in voter turnout from...

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Arts community silent on the loss of $700,000 in funding

25 Jun 2010

Coun. Anton speaks to GlobalTV's Marisa Thomas this week (video) Earlier this week I wrote about how Vancouver Council decided not to subdivide a property owned by the Rogatnick estate on the West Side. This short-sighted decision by Vision...

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"I'm a civil servant," says Penny Ballem regarding Vancouver House invitees

21 Jun 2010

Penny "I don't know anything about donors" Ballem speaks with GlobalTV Tonight was one of those GlobalTV News Hour programs that show why they're the highest rated local newscast in Canada. First of all, the show opened with exclusive...

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City reacts to Burrard Bridge concerns with netting to catch concrete

2 May 2010

GlobalTV's follow-up report on Burrard Bridge concerns shows the City reacting swiftlyIn what could be interpreted as an admission of a problem, the City of Vancouver snapped into action after GlobalTV's Rumina Daya inquired into the safety of the...

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Gregor Robertson backpedals on pledge to end homelessness by 2015

20 Apr 2010

Homelessness is up by 12% in Vancouver – now the Mayor is backpedaling on a promise During the last civic election, Mayor Gregor Robertson and his Vision Vancouver caucus were elected on a commitment to end homelessness by 2015....

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Bloedel Conservatory revival prospects looking good

7 Apr 2010

Park Board Chair Jasper has another change of heartWe caught this report a couple nights ago by GlobalTV's Marisa Thomas, and it looks like the public may prevail in spite of Vision Vancouver's ham-fisted efforts to close this iconic...

Vancouver 2010 Games' success "measured by free"

21 Mar 2010

We filled the streets in celebration & queued for hours to be a part of Vancouver's party Metro Vancouver, our province and our country can be immeasurably proud of the Games we've hosted. Something in the Canadian mojo made...

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The real Olympic spirit, on the small screen

25 Feb 2010

A neighbourhood in North Vancouver stages its own version of the Games Broadcaster Mike McCardell from GlobalTV BC is arguably the best storyteller on any major newscast in the country. His stories can really pull at your heartstrings sometimes....

The Four Host First Nations pavilion impresses

11 Feb 2010

GlobalTV takes a look at the Four Host First Nations' pavilionWe're big fans of the work of reporter Linda Aylesworth over at GlobalTV. Linda is covering many of the "2010 free" beat for BC's most popular evening newscast, and filing...

Wayne Cox weighs in with his top picks

9 Feb 2010

GlobalTV's weather guy hangs up the Hawaiian shirts for winter Over the last few days we've been featuring some local Vancouver media personalities and their choice for the top free venues they plan to visit during the 2010 Olympic...

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GlobalTV profiles CityCaucus.com 2010 Events Guide creators

7 Feb 2010

Two fans of CityCaucus.com meet Daniel & Mike during GlobalTV's interview Given the countless hours we've devoted to producing our Where 2 Be for Free events guide, it's always good to pause and take a breath. The response has...

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