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Paralympic silver medalist Josh Dueck high fives for WorkSafe BC Raise Your Hand

This past weekend, Paralympic silver medalist Josh Dueck spent 24 hours with no sleep and his right hand in the air to represent the WorkSafe BC Raise Your Hand. This movement empowers the province's...

All’s fair at the fair

Huey Lewis and The News were just one of the ways I found to have good old fashioned fun at the PNE...

Walk Now to raise money for autism research

Autism is the most common neurological disorder. One in 165 children suffer from it and  epidemiological studies show a progressive trend of autism in Canada---60 per 10,000 people suffer from...

Canada's Homeless World Cup team

Canada’s players in the annual Homeless World Cup take off for Rio de Janeiro in less than a month. The team, made up of 5 players from Portland FC (named after the Portland Hotel) and 3 players...

East Van pilot project: on-street bike racks

Bike corrals are used in Portland, Montreal, Ottawa, Seattle, and other major cities throughout the world – and now we have our first one in Vancouver. It's on the South-East corner of Commercial Drive and East 6th Avenue, outside JJ Bean.

Kris Krug talks about BP oilspill and social media at Remixology

Photo of the BP oilspill by Kris Krug from his TEDx Oil Spill Expedition. Some rights reserved by kk+ ( staticphotography.com )

Once merely condo royalty, Bob Rennie emerges as Vancouver's cool king of modern art

"Risk," Rennie said. "If you don’t take a risk, you don’t get anywhere.”

Incinerating Metro Vancouver's garbage

The lower mainland is no stranger to incinerators. The Waste-to-Energy Facility has been operational (PDF) in South Burnaby since 1988 and has turned approximately 280,000 tonnes of garbage...

Local business aims to exchange hundreds of chemical cleaning products at one day event

Aspen Clean teams up with Capers Whole Foods to host free product swap.

Get inspired at SPOKED! Bicycle Arts Celebration this weekend

SPOKED! is a celebration that uses the bicycle as a catalyst for creativity. Inspired films, art and music.

Combining BC school districts will not benefit communities or students

Let's examine the ongoing discussion about amalgamating school districts, including the notion of a single centralized province wide and province run school district.    Education historian...

Earth Matters

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In the balance, a forest's future hangs. Will it become a clear cut? Brookfield Asset Management chief Bruce Flatt must decide.

School View

A Kelowna teacher argues that early full day kindergarten is a developmental mistake, especially for boys.
The theme of full day kindergarten: more play, fewer worksheets...

Canucks Report

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According to a report late Tuesday, the Canucks have filled one of the last major holes in their roster, signing gritty winger and former Canuck killer Raffi Torres to a one year, $1 million contract...
Five minutes before the Canucks were set to lock horns in an arbitration battle with Mason Raymond the two sides came to an agreement and Raymond signed a two year deal worth $5.1 million.

Just Between Us

From Dubai to Oslo to Jerusalem to Calgary, Juhree Zimmerman is a woman on the move. At home in Kitsilano, she's still in motion.  She takes me into  the kitchen, and from there we move to...

Real Estate

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The athlete’s village Millennium Water project is open for public consumption.  Touted by Rennie Marketing as the greenest neighborhood on the planet and the last waterfront community in...

The Scene

This past weekend, Paralympic silver medalist Josh Dueck spent 24 hours with no sleep and his right hand in the air to represent the WorkSafe BC Raise Your Hand. This movement empowers the province's...

Olympics Retort

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The costs of the Olympics were absurdly higher than VANOC or any level of government was ready to admit. The final number will come in north of $8 billion. How much north we may never know due to a...