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November 5, 2009 - 12:46pm
As Vancouver approaches the one-year anniversary of the 2008 municipal election, pundits will inevitably focus their analysis on Vision Vancouver's victory or offer a post-mortem on the NPA's tenure as a political force.
Both of these kinds of postscripts, however, ignore a broader understanding of...
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November 4, 2009 - 10:24am
With 100 days to go before the opening ceremony, CBC is asking whether the 2010 Winter Olympics are good for the community.
Ian Hanomansingh and Rick Cluff are co-hosts for a special forum Wednesday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. to discuss the costs and benefits of the Games.
Panelists include Vancouver...
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November 2, 2009 - 11:03am
With bold steps, Vancouver is poised to become the world’s greenest city by 2020, as outlined in the Greenest City Action Team’s recent report.
In so doing, Vancouver can reap tremendous benefits that will come with leadership in the sustainability transition, including lasting, high-...
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November 2, 2009 - 10:53am
The City of Vancouver is moving ahead with a $594,000 project intended to increase communication between First Nations, urban aboriginal and immigrant residents.
Coun. Geoff Meggs, who is on the Mayor's Task Force on Immigration, said last week the expense is worth it because it will strengthen...
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October 30, 2009 - 9:25am
The Olympic flame for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games touched down at Victoria International Airport more than an hour late on Friday, at around 8:45 a.m. PT. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson carried the flame off the plane and handed it off to two official First Nations fire keepers, who were...
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October 28, 2009 - 9:18am
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson was in another grey, drizzly capital yesterday — London, England — where he met Mayor Boris Johnson as part of his trip to Europe for the lighting of the Olympic torch.
The mayors discussed their greenest city initiatives as well as preparations for...
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October 27, 2009 - 9:08am
Mayor Gregor Robertson’s Greenest City Action Team delivered a tough but realistic 10-year action plan to Vancouver city council last week.
In adopting the GCAT recommendations, council committed the city to a 2020 target of “40 percent reduction in solid waste per-capita going to...
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October 26, 2009 - 9:03am
The countdown is on to the Olympic Flame arriving in Canada. Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson will be in Athens, Greece Thursday for the official handover of the torch. "It's all good. I'm really looking forward to it and I think when we get back with the flame and the torch starts on...
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October 23, 2009 - 9:28am
Αthens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis on Friday received Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson at the Athens City Hall.
Deputy mayor for international relations Sophie Daskalaki-Mytilineou and Hellenic Canadian Congress of British Columbia chairman Demitrios Douzenis also attended the meeting.
The...
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October 22, 2009 - 9:34am
The 2010 Olympic torch was lit today by the rays of a Grecian sun beating down into a mirror during a theatrical and symbolic ceremony attended by dignitaries and tourists. With a farewell and good luck, the torch departed on the historic relay through Greece before it is handed over to...
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October 21, 2009 - 9:38am
Vancouver should plant 150,000 new trees, vastly expand its parks and eliminate its dependence on fossil fuels, the city’s Greenest City Action Team said yesterday.
Mayor Gregor Robertson, who co-chaired the group of 14 politicians, environmentalists and business people, introduced the 10-...
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October 20, 2009 - 12:23pm
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson today released his plan to make Vancouver the world’s greenest city by 2010.
The mayor gave delegates to the Resilient Cities Conference that opened today in the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre a preview of the 10-point action plan that will be...
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October 20, 2009 - 10:10am
On a February day, when crocuses are abloom in Vancouver and snowplows clear yet another dump of snow in Calgary, Calgarians can thumb their noses at Vancouverites and taunt: "We have more top-500 headquarters than you do."
But now, Mayor Gregor Robertson, himself an entrepreneur, says...
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October 19, 2009 - 9:53am
If we are going to save ourselves, we have to stop being so stupid.
It's a blunt message but a necessary one, according to Mike Harcourt. The former Vancouver mayor and former B.C. premier has spent the past 12 years since leaving politics evangelizing about urban sustainability and he knows that...
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October 16, 2009 - 9:12am
On or about Feb. 12, 2010, security personnel preparing for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games will close the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts, shutting down the last elements of what city fathers once believed would be a massive inner-city freeway system.
The freeways were defeated in the 1960s in...
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October 14, 2009 - 1:46pm
VO: You were actually homeless as a teenager, but you managed to get off the streets and take on a successful career. How has your background affected your approach to politics?
Reimer: A lot. But, I think the majority of elected officials are impacted by life experiences. I've realized that...
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October 14, 2009 - 11:28am
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Vancouver today, announcing the federal government will chip in nearly $50 million to help improve road and rail traffic heading in and out of the Port of Vancouver. The $124 million dollar project includes two overpasses to help eliminate bottlenecks created...
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October 13, 2009 - 9:31am
As Homeless Action Week kicked off in B.C. on Monday, as many as 3,000 people lined up outside the Union Gospel Mission on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside for the annual Thanksgiving Day turkey dinner.
In total, the mission was preparing to serve up 130 turkeys, 500 pumpkin pies, and more than 500...
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October 9, 2009 - 9:58am
The city is considering future development projects despite the recent controversy surrounding the Olympic Village, according to Vancouver's deputy mayor. Vision Vancouver councillor Geoff Meggs said that the city has always been involved in real estate development, though never on the scale...
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October 8, 2009 - 12:31pm
Two party plazas in the heart of Vancouver, costing a total of $18 million, will be packed with 13,000 revellers during the 2010 Olympics, say organizers.
And Mayor Gregor Robertson said the fact that alcohol will be served at the smaller LiveCity Site, at Georgia and Cambie, should go a long way...
As Vancouver approaches the one-year anniversary of the 2008 municipal election, pundits will inevitably focus their analysis on Vision Vancouver's victory or offer a post-mortem on the NPA's tenure as a political force. Both of these kinds of postscripts, however, ignore a broader understanding of...
With 100 days to go before the opening ceremony, CBC is asking whether the 2010 Winter Olympics are good for the community. Ian Hanomansingh and Rick Cluff are co-hosts for a special forum Wednesday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. to discuss the costs and benefits of the Games. Panelists include Vancouver...
With bold steps, Vancouver is poised to become the world’s greenest city by 2020, as outlined in the Greenest City Action Team’s recent report. In so doing, Vancouver can reap tremendous benefits that will come with leadership in the sustainability transition, including lasting, high-...
The City of Vancouver is moving ahead with a $594,000 project intended to increase communication between First Nations, urban aboriginal and immigrant residents. Coun. Geoff Meggs, who is on the Mayor's Task Force on Immigration, said last week the expense is worth it because it will strengthen...
The Olympic flame for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games touched down at Victoria International Airport more than an hour late on Friday, at around 8:45 a.m. PT. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson carried the flame off the plane and handed it off to two official First Nations fire keepers, who were...
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson was in another grey, drizzly capital yesterday — London, England — where he met Mayor Boris Johnson as part of his trip to Europe for the lighting of the Olympic torch. The mayors discussed their greenest city initiatives as well as preparations for...
Mayor Gregor Robertson’s Greenest City Action Team delivered a tough but realistic 10-year action plan to Vancouver city council last week. In adopting the GCAT recommendations, council committed the city to a 2020 target of “40 percent reduction in solid waste per-capita going to...
The countdown is on to the Olympic Flame arriving in Canada. Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson will be in Athens, Greece Thursday for the official handover of the torch. "It's all good. I'm really looking forward to it and I think when we get back with the flame and the torch starts on...
Αthens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis on Friday received Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson at the Athens City Hall. Deputy mayor for international relations Sophie Daskalaki-Mytilineou and Hellenic Canadian Congress of British Columbia chairman Demitrios Douzenis also attended the meeting. The...
The 2010 Olympic torch was lit today by the rays of a Grecian sun beating down into a mirror during a theatrical and symbolic ceremony attended by dignitaries and tourists. With a farewell and good luck, the torch departed on the historic relay through Greece before it is handed over to...
Vancouver should plant 150,000 new trees, vastly expand its parks and eliminate its dependence on fossil fuels, the city’s Greenest City Action Team said yesterday. Mayor Gregor Robertson, who co-chaired the group of 14 politicians, environmentalists and business people, introduced the 10-...
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson today released his plan to make Vancouver the world’s greenest city by 2010. The mayor gave delegates to the Resilient Cities Conference that opened today in the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre a preview of the 10-point action plan that will be...
On a February day, when crocuses are abloom in Vancouver and snowplows clear yet another dump of snow in Calgary, Calgarians can thumb their noses at Vancouverites and taunt: "We have more top-500 headquarters than you do." But now, Mayor Gregor Robertson, himself an entrepreneur, says...
If we are going to save ourselves, we have to stop being so stupid. It's a blunt message but a necessary one, according to Mike Harcourt. The former Vancouver mayor and former B.C. premier has spent the past 12 years since leaving politics evangelizing about urban sustainability and he knows that...
On or about Feb. 12, 2010, security personnel preparing for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games will close the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts, shutting down the last elements of what city fathers once believed would be a massive inner-city freeway system. The freeways were defeated in the 1960s in...
VO: You were actually homeless as a teenager, but you managed to get off the streets and take on a successful career. How has your background affected your approach to politics? Reimer: A lot. But, I think the majority of elected officials are impacted by life experiences. I've realized that...
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Vancouver today, announcing the federal government will chip in nearly $50 million to help improve road and rail traffic heading in and out of the Port of Vancouver. The $124 million dollar project includes two overpasses to help eliminate bottlenecks created...
As Homeless Action Week kicked off in B.C. on Monday, as many as 3,000 people lined up outside the Union Gospel Mission on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside for the annual Thanksgiving Day turkey dinner. In total, the mission was preparing to serve up 130 turkeys, 500 pumpkin pies, and more than 500...
The city is considering future development projects despite the recent controversy surrounding the Olympic Village, according to Vancouver's deputy mayor. Vision Vancouver councillor Geoff Meggs said that the city has always been involved in real estate development, though never on the scale...
Two party plazas in the heart of Vancouver, costing a total of $18 million, will be packed with 13,000 revellers during the 2010 Olympics, say organizers. And Mayor Gregor Robertson said the fact that alcohol will be served at the smaller LiveCity Site, at Georgia and Cambie, should go a long way...
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