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New Neon Sign to Bring Vibrant Light to Historic Chinatown
City Hall
Press Release
Mar 12th, 2010
Community representatives of Vancouver’s Chinatown will join Mayor Gregor Robertson to officially switch on a new 45-foot neon sign which has been installed on the exterior of Chinatown Plaza. When:...
Composite and Updated Description Released in February 11th Sexual Assault on Teen
Police Blotter
Press Release
Mar 12th, 2010
Vancouver Police have released a composite sketch of the suspect in a sexual assault dating back to February 11th, 2010. He is described as a Middle Eastern male, 25–30 years, 5’5” tall, medium skin...
City of Vancouver Takes Steps to Provide More Data to the Public, Including When Trash Day Is
City Hall
Press Release
Mar 11th, 2010
Keep forgetting to take out your trash? Vantrash.ca will remind you. By email.
Canada's Reaction to Sarah Palin's Childhood Health Care Anecdote
News
Vanessa Yee
Mar 9th, 2010
Palin's under scrutiny yet again after sharing what she thought to be an enamouring childhood anecdote
International Women’s Day: “We Hold up Half the Sky”
News
Kathie Wallace
Mar 8th, 2010
Kat Norris, Coast Salish, Lyackson First Nation and Nez Perce, founder of Indigenous Action Movement, and survivor of Kuper Island Residential School
Shooting Stars Foundation's Jazzilla as Prelude to the Oscars
IndieVan
John Tanner
Mar 8th, 2010
What does this man's work have to do with the Oscars?
Local Rising Star Jasper Sloan Yip CD Release Party March 6th with Special Guest Right
IndieVan
John Tanner
Feb 26th, 2010
Listen to the sound of Vancouver's rising star: Jasper Sloan Yip.
Stephen Colbert Offers to Re-Seed the "Canadian Swamp"
Parks
Sarah Blyth
Feb 19th, 2010
Vancouver Park Board Chair Aaron Jasper had the opportunity to meet Stephen Colbert after he finished taping his TV show on Thursday. He told Comimissioner Jasper that he is...
On the Second Day of the 2010 Olympic Games, Hundreds Join the March for Missing and Murdered Women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
News
Kathie Wallace
Feb 14th, 2010
It was Valentine’s Day and hundreds spent it in the Women’s Memorial March downtown to honour the memory of the women from the Downtown Eastside who die each year due to violent physical, mental,...
Police Announce Charges in Heart Attack Marcher Arrests and Olympics Resistance Network Member Gives His Account of Being Surrounded by Riot Police
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Linda Solomon
Feb 14th, 2010
Contrary to reports from the police department yesterday, at least one of the "Black Bloc" protesters was local. Twenty-three year old Charlotte Christine Hannah of Vancouver was charged with...