News just in that former GWAC president Jak King, who’s been very vocal about opposition to city plans for the neighbourhood, is stepping down from a run for the neighbourhood council again in a year where it appears (from his email below) that groups not in entire agreement with his opposition have mobilized to run. […]

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Ten years ago, I spent a couple of months in Kabul stationed at the Canadian base. In those early days, I had what seems now like unthinkable freedom to roam around town. One of my favourite stories I did there was about International Women’s Day, which included going to the local stadium where a lot […]

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There is a lot of meat to pick over in the city’s Downtown Eastside plan, even though lots and lots of details are still missing. Last week, we got the quick overview: $1-billion to go into the area overall over the next 30 years, diversity of housing, protection of community businesses and services aimed at […]

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So I guess this means no run for mayor, for sure 🙂 The Vancouver Police Board is pleased to announce that it has granted a request from Chief Constable Jim Chu to extend his contract until August 2017. Jim Chu became Chief in August 2007 when he signed a five year contract. In 2010, it […]

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Jenables and Kirk — two people I’ve never met except through pixels, so this will be exciting — have called for a get-together of all of us blog lurkers so that we can insult each other to our faces. Or perhaps not. At any rate, we/they have suggested we convene at the Elephant and Castle […]

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Surrey’s efforts to remake itself as an urban place, rather than just a bedroom suburb, are exciting and have generated a lot of media coverage. What that coverage (some of it mine) doesn’t always convey is the reality of what a big job this is. Surrey doesn’t even have a vestigial version of a downtown […]

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Aaaand here we go to another fun public hearing. Council voted to send this on its way to a few nights of meetings. Vancouver gears up for fractious debate over future of Oakridge mall FRANCES BULA VANCOUVER — Special to The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Feb. 18 2014, 8:30 AM EST Last updated Tuesday, Feb. 18 […]

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This is what people who’ve actually argued these kinds of cases in court have to say about it the whole issue of conflict. Those interested in the various law cases referred to in this story can find them, or references to them, here, here (do a search with Control F for King) and here.

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This just out. Statement from the Park Board Chair on the Hadden and Kitsilano Beach Path Park Board Chair Niki Sharma issued the following statement this evening regarding the proposed path in Hadden and Kitsilano Beach parks, and the related lawsuit. “We’ve heard clearly from the public that there is significant concern with any proposed […]

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So here is the actual text of the lawsuit that the Cedar Party’s Glen Chernen and Co have launched against the mayor with respect to the HootSuite lease, which various other media have been reporting on. I have yet to talk to any municipal-law lawyers about this, but my understanding from past coverage on this […]

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