aggregated from: Oldtown News

Oldtown NewsVancouver BCXTRAWEST and QMUNITY SELLING REAL COMMUNITY OUTI just can't believe how Xtrawest and Qmunity appear willing to sell out their own community for a few crumbs of social service space and with that more povertarian jobs. The late...

topics: coal-harbour, downtown, downtown-eastside, park-board, west-end

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

The Olympics may be mostly about games, revelry and local noise complaints, but for some people they are also about shedding light on serious issues that affect Vancouverites. We've seen evidence of this in the many rallies that have occurred in the ...

topics: downtown, downtown-eastside, olympics

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Walking downtown last night after an outlandish performance piece called Delusion by renowned (and insane) NYC-based artist Laurie Anderson at the Playhouse, after giving directions to yet another lost tourist as people behind me screamed Canada ...

topics: artist, dance, downtown, downtown-eastside, olympics

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

International media distorts the Downtown Eastside community. I mean, local media does too, but international media does now too. What the World is saying about Vancouver: No matter the situation, there's always someone intent on spoiling other peop...

topics: downtown, downtown-eastside, olympic-games, olympics, vanoc

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

International media distorts the Downtown Eastside community. I mean, local media does too, but international media does now too. What the World is saying about Vancouver: No matter the situation, there's always someone intent on spoiling other peop...

topics: downtown, downtown-eastside, olympic-games, olympics, vanoc

aggregated from: Oldtown News

Oldtown NewsVancouver, BCTHE DTES POVERTARIANSWish the DTES Povertarians would stop telling vulnerable, lower income residents that condo owners in the Downtown Eastside are rich people out to get rid of them from their neighborhood. This is simply a...

topics: downtown, downtown-eastside, mla

aggregated from: Vancouver Condo Info

Several people have posted a link to this article on the German news site Bild.com: Some athletes and coaches have complained about accomodations at the Vancouver Olympic Village, which is pertinent for this site since those units are set to be sold ...

topics: condo, downtown, downtown-eastside

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

There are the Vancouver Olympics, and there are the Vancouver Anti-Olympics. In this divided city we have two torches and two sets of mascots running around town. With days to go before the opening of the 2010 Olympic Games, this Saturday Vancouver h...

topics: downtown, downtown-eastside, olympic-games, olympics

aggregated from: Vancouver Condo Info

You know how when company is coming you shove everything into closets and close the door, pretending that the mess doesn t exist? Well some busybodies have been opening up our closed doors instead of just enjoying the fruit punch:VANCOUVER, British...

topics: downtown, downtown-eastside

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Sun, Province to Promote Governments' Homeless Message. CanWest newspapers co-sponsor government-run public relations centre in Downtown Eastside during Olympics . Just in case as there was any doubt of the collusion between government, corporations...

topics: downtown, downtown-eastside, olympics, show, vanoc