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Larry Campbell

Vision Vancouver election explainer

A backgrounder on Vision Vancouver - the party, their goals and a few events to look out for.

Destination casino not a lucrative idea for the world's most livable city

Vancouver citizens and city council will soon have an opportunity to table their demands for benefits from the new "destination casino" at BC Place. They had better come prepared, because so far,...

Stevie Cameron, author of "On The Farm," tells a gruesome tale of Robert Pickton's Vancouver

An interview with Stevie Cameron, author of "On The Farm", the bestselling new book about serial killer Robert Pickton. For Part Two, click on headline.

Vancouver to have one last chance to weigh in on proposal for BC's largest casino

The new casino will more than triple the number of slot machines - from 493 to 1, 500 - and include an additional 150 table games. Two hotels, with a total of 620 rooms, are also expected to be includ

Mike Magee then and now

I stumbled across Mike Magee shortly after 2001.  In Vancouver’s non-profit world his reputation as a go-to guy was gold, and his name was whispered among friends in amazement.  The first...