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Community Calendar: Time to celebrate lawn bowlers, female masculinity
The Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club is celebrating its 101st anniversary with an open house April 27 at the clubhouse located above the rose garden at Queen Elizabeth Park.
Community Calendar: Real Housewife hosts finale fundraiser
Yelling, drinking, psychics, high heels, Texas drawls and tears pretty much sums up most of my trips to Las Vegas. But similar drama took place on the latest episode of The Real Housewives of Vancouver.
Scams targeted
Is there an app?British Columbians are increasingly losing money to text messaging-related scams.
Create flexible, adaptive urban spaces for affordable housing, says author of The Leap
“Keep driving until you see something you can afford.” That’s how Chris Turner describes our approach to affordable market housing in North America. Young families trying to rent or buy a house in Vancouver know exactly what he means.
Dairy Cows Visit Lynn Valley Elementary school
The BC Dairy association brought their traveling road show featuring Dairy Cows to Lynn Valley Elementary school.
Community Calendar: Vancouver wine festival pairs with Bard
Downtown..The Vancouver International Wine Festival, formerly known as the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival..
New school for Vancouver's University Hill secondary delayed to January
Stuffed University Hill secondary enrolled additional students last spring because it was slated to move into a new, larger location this September.
Community Calendar: Ringing in the Year of the Snake
Chinatown A 40-foot long “living” snake has taken over the Jade Water Pavilion at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, located at 578 Carrall St. The snake is alive — as in made up of organic materials including willow branches, which if all goes well will eventually sprout and take on an entirely different look by spring.
Community Calendar: Movies, music, poetry fill Black History Month
Black History Month launched at city hall Feb. 1 with music, poetry and dance in front of a standing-room only crowd gathered in council chambers.
Community Correspondent: Get to know your neighbours
We all have neighbours. But West Enders have more neighbours than almost anyone in Vancouver.
Community Calendar: Shake off winter blues with Winterruption
Granville Island...The eighth annual Winterruption festival takes place at various locations on Granville Island Feb. 22 to 24.
Volunteer urges health authority to continue funding Marion Hospice beds
Jodie Siu has seen firsthand the gratitude of the dying and their loved ones for having hospice care in a central location across the street from Vancouver General Hospital.
Cycling organizations question driver’s test
ICBC needs to rethink its driver training to better protect cyclists and pedestrians, say local cycling organizations in response to recent collisions in Vancouver between cars and their less protected counterparts.
Holiday Photo Gallery
Vancouver Courier readers shared their favourite holiday moments prior to the Christmas festivities.
Person of Interest: Aart Schuurman Hess steps up for food bank
Founded as a temporary measure, food banks have become a permanent fixture in almost every community. Dedicated to providing food and related assistance to those in need, the Greater Vancouver Food Bank moves more than eight million pounds of food annually.
Constance Barnes takes umbrage with group's name
The Vancouver Park Board chair has told a group of Yaletown residents she’s happy to hear their concerns about a winter homeless shelter in their neighbourhood — as long as they stop using her father’s name.
Vancouver Police Board seeks changes for diplomatic immunity rules
Policy changes aimed to tighten up how Vancouver police deal with people claiming diplomatic immunity from arrest were met with more questions than answers from the Vancouver Police Board last week.
Vancouver: the pleasures and problems of a winter wonderland
Vancouverites have a love-hate relationship with snow. It makes for beautiful photographs, but ugly driving conditions.
Police chief Jim Chu concedes Greater Vancouver policing structure not ideal
Police Chief Jim Chu refused to say Tuesday whether the Lower Mainland would be better served under a regional police force to prevent another serial killer like Robert Pickton from preying on women.
