Just kidding, folks, about the last half of that headline — although I’m almost expecting it tomorrow, given the level of hysteria that has erupted over this short stretch of pavement. Good thing no one tried anything really radical or I can’t imagine what would have happened. Anyway, as part of my first full day […]

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In my last post, I wrote about meeting two American artists I met in Paris who are working on a series of installations throughout the city, and wondered whether Vancouver has anything as interesting going on. Just by coincidence, I got a notice in my alerts about Vancouver artists who are mapping the city in […]

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Before I post my last couple of days of observations, I just have to thank everyone who has posted comments while I’ve been gone. It’s been a total pleasure to read people’s comments, additional information, disagreeing posts, lengthy descriptive essays, and just everything. I hope everyone reads all of the comments because some of them […]

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We’re coming to the end of our little marathon here in Europe, where we’ve managed to do what seems like one of everything (Paris, check; chateau in the country, check; little village in Languedoc, check; wonderful beach resort in Cinque Terre, Italy, check; street life in Bologna, check). For the last three days, we’ve been […]

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There’s nothing more tempting when travelling around Europe to look at some beautiful aspect of city life or another and think, “Why can’t Vancouver be more like this?” I had that thought frequently in Bologna, where I recently spent part of a week. It was my first time in Italy and my partner and I […]

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Some of you think that I’m too busy stuffing my face with pasta to pay any attention to what is going on in Vancouver, but that’s simply not true. There is actually a small amount of time between pasta feedings to keep on top of Terminal City news and so I am indeed aware that […]

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All of you will be thrilled to know that an out-of-the-way Italian restaurant in a manufacturing town near Bologna was the scene today of a sentimental rendition of O Canada by 20 Canadians who are here studying co-operatives and economics. (And one of us is studying the studiers.) After a hearty meal of mortadella, cheese, […]

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This just in from the PR company working with Millennium Developments. Millennium Water Construction Quality Vancouver, BC – The Millennium Water consultant group and the general contractors are in the process of evaluating the current commentary regarding the quality of construction on the Olympic and Paralympic Village Project which has to-date been, in the consultant […]

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The murder of Wendy Ladner-Beaudry last April touched so many people in this city. I was one of them. Even though I’ve written about her brother, Peter, for years in his role in civic politics, I never met Wendy. But I felt compelled to try to tell her story in a little more depth, which […]

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Vancouver’s mayor and Housing Minister Rich Coleman did some tough negotiating over the weekend to come up with something they could agree on with respect to the emergency homeless shelters and a future housing plan. You can read my story about it here.

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