Parents of kids at Crosstown Elementary School speak out about their concerns and frustrations
At what point is enough, enough? And why does it seem that parents and families who live adjacent to The Downtown East Side are seemingly expected to be ‘okay’ with the increase in violence, substance abuse, physical assault and the constant detritus left behind by both drug-users and the homeless; at the doorway to the […]
Strathcona Artisan Market
Neighbours, grab your calendars and mark September 7th for Strathcona Artisan Market. With free entry for all, the market will be a a win for everyone who attends and will feature – Locally-made Arts and Goods, artist workshops and live demonstrations, kids’ art activities, delicious homemade food and snacks live music. What a great way […]
Put on your dancing shoes!
Looking for a place to jive this summer? Look no further!
A unique floating artist residency is soon to arrive in False Creek
The Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency is a historic squatters cabin turned into an artist’s studio. Placed on a floating platform, it is being towed to a dock near the Plaza of Nations. By late August, the cabin and deckhouse will be open for tours. By September, it will welcome its first artist, an indigenous […]
City Proposes $18 million dollar effort to plan for Vancouver’s future
What does the future of Vancouver look like? With seemingly endless population growth ahead of us, how do we plan and prepare for the thousands of new residents expected to settle in Vancouver over the next two decades? Or bridge the gap between existing residents who own and those who want to own? The City […]
The fight for a school at Olympic Village continues
Every village needs a school! And that’s precisely what the Olympic Village community are asking for as they petition Vancouver School Board and the Province of BC. Olympic Village and the south side of False Creek are home to hundreds of young families. Local elementary schools are already bursting at the seams with many having […]
Trouble for new St. Paul’s hospital design
It seems it’s one step forward, three back for Providence Health as the design for the new St. Paul’s hospital fails to pass the scrutiny of the City of Vancouver’s Urban Design Panel (UDP), an advisory board comprising of “a dozen members who are largely private sector architects, landscape designers, engineers, and artists — all […]
Parents say without new school in Olympic Village, community is being torn apart
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Some parents in Olympic Village are planning to pack up and move away, saying a new school is desperately needed to deal with the rapidly-growing neighbourhood. A couple dozen parents and their children gathered at Hinge Park in Olympic Village Saturday afternoon, rallying for a school to be built in the community. […]
Rare stacked industrial building planned for Vancouver’s False Creek Flats
A local developer has launched a rare stacked industrial strata building in Vancouver’s False Creek Flats area. PC Urban says IntraUrban Evolution is the first stacked industrial development in False Creek Flats and one of few such projects in Metro Vancouver. The four-storey, 105,000-sq.-ft. building is located at 1055 Vernon Drive, the former site of […]