Stuart Mackinnon's BetterParks for Vancouver: Co-Management of Vancouver Parklands with the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations

Last night, in a 5-2 vote, the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation voted to “to explore opportunities with the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations (“the three Nations”) for co-management of parklands within their own respective territories that are currently under Park Board jurisdiction per the Vancouver Charter”.  These are my introductory

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Stuart Mackinnon's BetterParks for Vancouver: Time is well past due to address climate change, for our own sake

Recent events only confirm the environmental threat’s real Vancouver Sun 22 Jan 2022 Stuart Mackinnon says.  The recent storms have shown how vulnerable Vancouver’s coastal infrastructure is. The seawall around Stanley Park sustained major damage. Our beaches, coastal parks and pathways were inundated with water and aquatic debris. Piers were

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Stuart Mackinnon's BetterParks for Vancouver: City Council ratifies collective agreement with CUPE Local 1004

 April 20 2021  Vancouver City Council has ratified the terms of a new collective agreement covering outside workers represented by CUPE Local 1004. Union members voted to accept the settlement last week.   The new collective agreement covers 1,650 employees who perform outside labour and trades work in Engineering Services, Vancouver

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Stuart Mackinnon's BetterParks for Vancouver: Green Party of Vancouver welcomes Memorandum of Understanding regarding Strathcona encampment

 MEDIA RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  7 April 2021 VANCOUVER, B.C. – The Green Party of Vancouver welcomes the announcement of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Park Board, city, and province to secure accommodation for people currently living in and around Strathcona Park by April 30, 2021. As

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Stuart Mackinnon's BetterParks for Vancouver: Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation supports community groups with funding for projects that will creatively enhance parks

 January 28 2021   Eleven new projects that creatively enhance parks and build community connections have received funding from the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation. The funding comes from the Neighbourhood Matching Fund (NMF), which supports neighbourhood-based groups that want to creatively enhance parks or other public lands through community

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Stuart Mackinnon's BetterParks for Vancouver: Vancouver Park Board and City committed to ending encampment, providing indoor shelter, for those sleeping in Strathcona Park

 December 14 2020  The Vancouver Park Board, City of Vancouver, and partners are committed to ending the encampment in Strathcona Park as soon as possible. All partners continue to work on long-term solutions, but in the meantime several short-term solutions are underway, including providing temporary indoor spaces. Properties identified We

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Stuart Mackinnon's BetterParks for Vancouver: Green Party of Vancouver Statement on ‘Freedom Rally’ scheduled this weekend

Published Oct 17, 2020 10:26 AM  VANCOUVER, B.C. – The Green Party of Vancouver stands in strong opposition to the dangerous and deceptive two-day ‘freedom rally’ scheduled for this weekend in Vancouver. While we unequivocally support the right to free speech and political protests, the rally and its organizers are

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Stuart Mackinnon's BetterParks for Vancouver: Paul George, Co-Founder of the B.C. Green Party and Co-Founder of the Wilderness Committee, Awarded Order of British Columbia

MEDIA RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – AUGUST 3, 2020 VANCOUVER, B.C. – Paul George, co-founder of  North America’s first Green Party, the Green Party of B.C., and co-founder of the British Columbia-based (Western Canada) Wilderness Committee is being awarded the Order of B.C., the highest recognition that the Province

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