aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Hey remember when I said that Vancouver wasn't a cool city? Thanks for proving me right. Best Bar: Roxy. Best band: Nickelback. This is me, resting my case. Giant billboards a blight on region's landscape. But draping every building, bridge, and sign...

topics: bar, beach, downtown, olympic-venues, tax

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Guest blogger: Lawrence Wong, Barrister & Solicitor To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB].If so then please for heaven's sake don't miss the 2010 winter Olympics in Vancouver.Here is a blogger's Canuckleh...

topics: delta, design, downtown, false-creek, lions

aggregated from: Public Eye Online

Dan Doyle, the executive responsible for building Vancouver's 2010 Winter Olympic venues, is being prompted as a special guest at a provincial Liberal fundraiser. Tonight, the party's Skeena candidate Donny van Dyk is hosting a $100 per plate event. ...

topics: candidate, liberal, olympic-venues

aggregated from: Langley Politics Dotcom

On October 17, 2008, I attended the BC Chamber of Commerce's 2008 Transportation Summit in Vancouver. The event was also attended by Colin Wright, and Ed Kolla and Wayne Kuypers of the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce. As is my custom, I have prov...

topics: langley, olympic-venues, planning, transit, translink

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

BC Liberals cancel fall sitting of Legislature. Dude needs to fly around on some private jets giving raises to his staff back home, and avoid any costly 'debate' during an election season. Give him a break. He's saving the planet. Vancouver on the Ri...

topics: election, john-furlong, liberals, olympic-venues, vanoc

aggregated from: Price Tags

The Sun reports that, yes indeed, we do have someone in Vancouver who will be in charge of the Look of the Games.' Steve Lange's job will be to make our city look snazzy in 2010 - apparently using cloth, miles and miles of it. We're planning f...

topics: environment, false-creek, olympic-venues, planning

aggregated from: Stephen Rees's blog

Transport 2000 OttawaJon Calon, the Editor of the Western Newsletter of Transport 2000 has written Stockwell Day, the Minister responsible for the Canadian Border Security Agency to protest the delay to the startup of the second Seattle to Vancouver ...

topics: olympic-venues, olympics, transportation, whistler