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: North Vancouver Politics.com

Thought it was worthy of a thread for the record to note that with the Provincial Government pulling out of its $30 million contribution for construction of the National Maritime Centre at the foot of Lonsdale the project is, for all intents and purp...

topics: federal-government, mla, north-vancouver, provincial-government

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

With the Vancouver 2010 Games a little over one month away, the office of British Columbia's Premier is abuzz with activity in preparation to welcome the world. Provincial Government employees have been putting in a lot of overtime said Frank Aaro...

topics: bc-rail, election, premier, provincial-government, vancouver-2010

aggregated from: North Vancouver Politics.com

Yesterday afternoon, politicians and sports enthusiasts gathered in the rain for the official announcement of funding for the new $3.2 million Artificial Turf Field at Windsor Secondary School. The project was made possible with funding from Federal...

topics: councillor, federal-government, mayor, mla, north-vancouver

aggregated from: North Vancouver Politics.com

It seems to be the bane of all elected bodies these days - How do we meaningfully engage a broader section of the community? Particularly when it comes to the decisions of the day that have a major impact on the long term shape of the community and ...

topics: councillor, elected, north-vancouver, planning, provincial-government

aggregated from: North Vancouver Politics.com

Sheila Bouman's election as the newest trustee on the North Vancouver Board of Education becomes official tonight. Bouman will be sworn this evening, bringing the Board back to a full compliment of seven trustees (four from the District of North Van...

topics: election, north-vancouver, planning, provincial-government, union

aggregated from: Price Tags

My current Business in Vancouver article:The bets are in. The stakes are high. With billions on the table for the Canada Line and the Gateway project, we have two very different visions for our region.The first, transit-oriented; the second, auto-dep...

topics: business, city-of-vancouver, coal-harbour, density, design

aggregated from: Public Eye Online

Earlier today, we exclusively told you the provincial government might eliminate its $5 million early intensive behavioural intervention program - which provides 70 children with intensive one-to-one therapy at a cost of $70,000 each. That decision...

aggregated from: Public Eye Online

Despite the death of the proposed Recognition and Reconciliation Act, the provincial government is targeting it will sign more treaties and agreements with First Nations in 2010/11 and 2011/12 then it had intended to in February. But it's also antici...

topics: downtown, provincial-government

aggregated from: Legislature Raids

.v. rail road ed, rail road ing, rail roadsv.tr.1. To transport by railroad.2. To supply (an area) with railroads. or obstruction3. Informala. To rush or push (something) through quickly in order to prevent careful consideration and possible cri...

topics: bc-government, bc-rail, election, liberal, liberals