Okay, just felt I had to say that in advance of a great film festival that my pal Rod Mickleburgh and a couple others have organized at the Vancity Theatre starting Friday. You can see the full schedule here. Come on down, all news junkies! Or anyone! And, in honour of the occasion, I feel […]

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Thanks all for the previous comments on the billboard, which I’ll incorporate into a story in the future. Now I’m looking for people who have feelings about our new glowing spaceship downtown, BC Place the building as a whole. Anyone? Email me or call please — see About for the contacts.

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Metro Van chair Greg Moore definitely seems to be trying to set a new course for the region. For one, the directors are all heading out of the regional district to have a retreat in Chilliwack Jan 26 and 27 — the first I’ve heard of Metro ever doing something like this. Second, it appears […]

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There’s been much buzz in the development world about the news that Peter and Shahram Malek recently bought the property at 1550 East Hastings for almost $5 million, with what would appear to be a plan to develop it for condos. As my Globe story notes, this is just a little more than a year […]

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Residents around BC Place started complaining about the exceptionally bright, big digital sign that went up on the building last fall. I thought maybe the unhappiness would eventually fade away, but the residents have formed an informal lobby group and Councillor Geoff Meggs got a motion passed unanimously at council this week asking PavCo to […]

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The last time Vancouver changed its council schedule was back in the 80s, when Gordon Campbell decided that evening council meetings were a blight, keeping everyone around until beyond midnight. He moved council meetings to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and introduced a new rule that only allowed speakers at committee meetings (held on Thursdays during the […]

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This just out. Dear Friends- I’ve always believed that politics and public service is a worthy endeavour. It’s was this belief that lead me nearly 2 years ago to accept the job as the first Executive Director of Vision Vancouver. I must admit a few close friends questioned my sanity and why I would want […]

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And the agendas are posted for the first meetings, with new and old players jostling to score a hit. – New NPA councillor George Affleck is going after water meters because: “Whereas …  It would appear that the net result of universal metering is that all households will pay an extra $80 a year for […]

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The city that Vision Vancouver has tried to make as bike-friendly as possible has been trying to get a bike-share system here for two years (remember when there was talk of a trial during the Olympics, using Montreal’s Bixi’s on loan during the winter?) but still doesn’t have one. This is going to be the […]

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The numbers for 2011 just came in and it’s official: parking was down at both city and private lots downtown, while street parking (though still bring in more millions every year) didn’t keep growing quite as fast as expected. Some are cheering at the news; others are blaming Mayor Moonbeam and Vancouver’s anti-car policies. (Check […]

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