“vision vancouver”
Vancouver City Clerk Marg Coulson stepping down
Departure of "consummate public servant" the end of an era It came as an unceremonious email on a Friday afternoon before a long weekend. Marg Coulson, Vancouver's City Clerk and a 34-year veteran of the civil service, is leaving. From: ... Read More »
BC’s mandatory helmet law may be doing more harm than good (New Info)
Can a bike share program work when helmets are mandatory? UPDATE: Join Daniel Fontaine for a live discussion on the issue of BC's helmet laws and the bike share initiative. The event is sponsored by 24 Hours Vancouver and starts ... Read More »
Vancouver and the rise of Sullivanism
"EcoDensity" is so 2006—make way for Sullivanism What is "Sullivanism" and why should it matter to Vancouver urbanists? A quick Google search comes up with a Facebook fan page for a drummer, followed by Georgia Straight's recent cover feature penned ... Read More »
Blogs are not the new journalism
Can modern journalism withstand the rapid shift in the media landscape? The blurring lines between mainstream and social media resulted in an unfortunate gaffe last week by the Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF). They awarded a Vancouver-based partisan blog with its ... Read More »
Questions raised by top journalism award
Website used "to attack the opponents" of editor's brother deemed worthy by CJF An organization which devotes itself to rewarding "accountability, accuracy and independence" in journalism is coming under fire from members of the Vancouver journalism community after issuing their ... Read More »
Mrs. Cars and Mr. Parking
Hey Vancouver, can you spare some change for the meter? Thought of The Day "Love and Marriage, Love and Marriage, They go together, Like a Horse and Carriage, This, I tell you brother, You can't have one, Without the other…" ... Read More »
Political parties need to pay for short terms
City taxpayers left holding the bag as Vision politicians look for greener pastures Just over six months ago, Park Commissioner Constance Barnes was re-elected by Vancouver voters for another three-year term. This week we found out that, in addition to ... Read More »
Barnes’ MLA nomination bid bashed by De Genova
Park Commissioner Melissa De Genova puts colleague on notice: resign if you become an NDP candidate Vancouver Park Board Chair Constance Barnes became the first of what is expected to be at least three Vision Vancouver elected officials seeking NDP ... Read More »
Vision’s homelessness numbers game (Updated)
Politicians point the finger of blame as Vancouver's homelessness numbers double Seeing the statistics coming out from the recent city-sponsored homelessness count is enough to make your head spin. Hearing the excuses by Vision Vancouver as to why they are ... Read More »
Media ramp up ‘fair questions’ about Vision Vancouver funding
Tides Canada connections to Vision Vancouver and associates now under scrutiny by Revenue Canada Was money from charitable sources funneled into Vision Vancouver's coffers to pay down their debt and to mount their 2008 election bid? That's a question we've ... Read More »
