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Vancouver media won't be swayed by Vision's so-called hit list
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Wednesday evening's GlobalTV broadcast on "Vancouver's Embattled Mayor" Is there or isn’t there a Vision Vancouver media hit list? That’s the question everyone has been asking at Vancouver City Hall this week as various media types are trying to...
Posted on September 2, 2010 8:52 AM
NPA awakens mid-summer and prepares for battle with Vision
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The NPA is brought back to life I'm now on the tail end of my holidays which took me out to Manitoba and Ontario this summer to visit family. I had the chance to see Niagara Falls for the...
Posted on August 19, 2010 7:47 AM
Theatre Under the Stars manages to Make 'Em Laugh
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Kerri raves about TUTS production of Singing in the Rain I love musicals. I don’t think I had a choice, because as a kid I was forced to watch them—Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Paint Your Wagon, Oklahoma!, Cat...
Posted on August 6, 2010 8:47 PM
Merkley's "moving expenses" raise questions about Hollyhock hire
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Ryan Merkley did a six-month tour of duty in Vancouver before returning home CityCaucus.com readers will remember the odd story of the last-minute hiring of Toronto's Ryan Merkley as Vancouver's new Director of Communications replacing Laurie Best just prior to...
Posted on July 29, 2010 9:08 AM
NPA mayoral candidate Tung Chan would give Robertson a run for his money
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The race to become the NPA's mayoral candidate is set to begin We're smack dab in the middle of a beautiful summer in Vancouver and as you can appreciate, politics is not on the mind of most people. Although...
Posted on July 28, 2010 7:25 PM
Gregor Robertson issues written apology on red light incident
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Good follow-up coverage from CBC TV on the "Red Light Robertson" story Who would have thought that sitting in my office and shooting a bit of video of countless cyclists breaking the rules of the road could translate into...
Posted on July 28, 2010 1:04 PM
"Red Light Robertson" is not the only careless rider in town
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Whoa! Mind those stop signs! CityCaucus.com's exclusive video of a UBC intersection The media headlines this morning are blaring out about "Red Light Robertson" and yet another situation whereby Mayor Gregor refuses to take responsibility for his own actions....
Posted on July 27, 2010 6:18 AM
Dianne Watts signs on for another run at Mayor's job
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Watts & Bing Thom unveiling plans for a new Surrey library Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts is accused of being more media darling than meat on the bones, but I don't agree. While I do not think her term as...
Posted on July 22, 2010 1:41 PM
Don't like Vision? Then blame COPE
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Doctors have discovered that COPE's backbone has completely deteriorated A lot has been written (and I mean a LOT) regarding Vision Vancouver’s recent verbal tirade against a West End community group pleading with council to listen to its concerns...
Posted on July 14, 2010 2:41 PM
City Hall's street vendor picks get thumbs down from foodies
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According to foodies, City Hall picked some real lemons in their food cart trial The food cart issue brought about by Vancouver city council struck me as a goldmine of populist politics. Who doesn't like food, right? There were...
Posted on July 10, 2010 8:35 AM
City admits to lax procedures in demolition mishap
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See cell phone video of the June 10th crash Our readers will recall last month's CityCaucus.com breaking news story featuring amateur video of a collapsing pair of walls at a demolition site at Hornby & Helmcken Streets in downtown...
Posted on July 8, 2010 2:27 PM
24 Hours: Who's standing up for pedestrian safety?
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An image from Port Coquitlam's pedestrian safety marketing program Good morning, commuters. I draw your attention to page seven of today's 24 Hours newspaper and my latest column titled "Don’t forget about walking safety". I've already received some interesting...
Posted on July 8, 2010 7:06 AM
Happy Canada Day, Vancouver
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60 seconds with Vancouver's Olympic cauldron – video shot on March 19, 2010 I love this video of the cauldron burning. Nothing much happens during this sixty seconds I recorded down at the foot of Thurlow Street next to the...
Posted on July 1, 2010 6:02 AM
Jeff back to City Hall as "Civic Lee"
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Reporter Jeff Lee is moving off the Olympics beat, and back to City Hall For those of us who appreciate good old fashioned reporting of news with no agendas, we can take heart that one of the best reporters...
Posted on June 30, 2010 9:33 AM
NoFunCity Football - why is Vancouver so tough on BC Lions fans?
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Even Coach Wally Buono says, "Lower the &%$#@ parking prices!" – photo: bclions.comIt was supposed to be a joyful kick-off on a new (temporary) venue. What it became is a PR nightmare for the City of Vancouver. Longtime fans...
Posted on June 22, 2010 4:31 PM
Vancouver's artists shortchanged by $700,000
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Council's decision to nix a simple reclassification will cost local artists dearly The late Abraham Rogatnick must be shaking his head in disgust with a recent decision by Vancouver Council to reduce the amount his estate could have donated...
Posted on June 21, 2010 1:08 PM
Saltwater should flow in Vancouver's most prominent artificial lake
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Google's view of Lost Lagoon clearly shows its relationship to the nearby ocean Not long ago I was reading a book about the history of Vancouver and how it has developed over the last 100 years or so. Vancouver's West...
Posted on June 17, 2010 8:53 PM
Let's celebrate Vancouver in song!
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Ligia Oancea sings about the city she loves – and we should love her for it Since the Olympics and the thousands of times we heard the I Believe song, there has been a noticeable deflating of the mood...
Posted on June 15, 2010 12:47 PM
Shocking video shows Hornby Street demolition mishap
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This first video looks down at the worksite and and people running to avoid falling debris One of our CityCaucus.com readers Mark sent us a recently posted video showing a demolition of a building taking place downtown on the...
Posted on June 11, 2010 8:57 AM
Education Minister to VSB: Balanced budget in one week, please
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Bacchus to MacDiarmid: "Part of me wants to dissolve into laughter" Apparently in media circles they're asking themselves how much deeper VSB Chair Patti Bacchus can bury her personal reputation. Bacchus, wife of longtime The Province newspaper columnist Lee...
Posted on June 10, 2010 2:18 PM
Breaking News: DVBIA Wins BC Supreme Court Ruling
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This just in. We thought we'd share the DVBIA's press release...Pivot Legal Society Must Pay Court CostsThe BC Supreme Court has ruled that the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association's Executive Director Charles Gauthier did not breach either a confidentiality agreement...
Posted on June 10, 2010 8:04 AM
Port Moody "sweetheart" labour deal costs taxpayers $450,000
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Port Moody's sweetheart labour deal with CUPE is a bitter pill for taxpayers For many of us that live in Metro Vancouver, the labour dispute that hit both Vancouver and North Vancouver in 2007 is only a memory, albeit...
Posted on May 31, 2010 8:48 PM
Open data might prevent fraud, says Vision board member
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Vision Vancouver board member David Eaves gives that old time open data religion Back in May 2009 Councillor Andrea Reimer brought forward a motion that she had written with the help of Vision Vancouver director David Eaves. The City's...
Posted on May 31, 2010 3:21 PM
Vancouver judged Canada's most walkable city
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up! magazine rates Vancouver best for pedestrians I didn't know there was any kind of contest for this, but I picked up this story on the web today. up! magazine, a publication of Westjet Airlines, has rated Vancouver as the...
Posted on May 30, 2010 10:30 AM
Olympic Village rentals still raising hackles
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GlobalTV went back on Wednesday to see how rentals to police and teachers were going It's a story that still gets a lot of play by local media – handing over waterfront social housing as rental for police, fire...
Posted on May 28, 2010 4:30 PM
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