aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

This is what I ve been fearing all along that this country is heading towards:Conservatives accused of willfully ignoring' contraception researchGlobe and Mail Jack Layton accused Stephen Harper today of adopting a no-condoms-for-Africa strateg...

topics: liberal, liberals, ndp, political

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu, former BC NDP candidate for Vancouver Fraserview To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB]Last weekend, Ribiao Chen, Overseas Chinese Affairs Consul of the People's Republic of Chi...

topics: business, candidate, chinatown, election, federal-government

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu, former BC NDP candidate for Vancouver Fraserview To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB]Last week I watched the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre with NDP Leader Carole James and MLA Bruc...

topics: arts, bc-government, business, candidate, design

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu, former BC NDP candidate for Vancouver Fraserview To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB].During the last provincial election, the BC Liberal Party stated in black and white that ...

topics: bc-government, bc-rail, business, candidate, concert

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Vancouver's Robson Square ice rink to reopen today after nine years. GE so graciously donated some money so that kids could skate in the heart of the city and not because it has a history of misdeeds and want to capitalise on the Olympics. No, they d...

topics: ndp, olympics

aggregated from: North Vancouver Politics.com

While reading the Georgia Straight today I noticed this snippet in an article about the NDP's upcoming convention:Meanwhile, the North Vancouver Seymour constituency association has submitted a resolution calling on the executive and provincial cou...

topics: election, ndp, north-vancouver

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu, former BC NDP candidate for Vancouver Fraserview To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB].The BC Liberals often claimed that economic development and management are their strength...

topics: 2010-winter-games, business, candidate, economy, election

aggregated from: North Vancouver Politics.com

A story this week at theTyee.ca does a little arithmetic and concludes that the economic benefits of the Olympics will be pretty slim.More to the point, about 6.7 billion dollars less than promised by the Campbell Liberals.The government was using th...

topics: liberals, ndp, olympic-games, olympics

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Matt Good upset over Olympics. Me too. Have I told you guys that yet? True story, I'm totally upset. So are the Cowichan First Nation. VANOC has threatened legal action against businesses that use the Olympic logo or even use the word 'Olympic,' sa...

topics: design, ndp, olympics, vanoc, whistler

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

It's our duty to protect the homeless. Should the homeless be allowed to risk their lives by sleeping outside in winter? Should drivers be allowed to risk their lives, should smokers be allowed to risk their lives, should extreme athletes be allowe...

topics: liberal, mayor, ndp