Old Vision Vancouver hands raging over park board mess
By Allen Garr, Columnist Vancourier.com February 14, 2013 Just so you know: a battle has been raging for the past couple of weeks in the back rooms of Vancouver’s governing…
Stuart Mackinnon
‘Have-not’ community has idea to solve Vancouver park board saga
February 13, 2013 By Emily Jackson Metro Vancouver Sure, it’s down at the bottom on Vancouver park board’s “have-not” list, and yes, it’s all for a little more equality between…
What is the ultimate purpose of life?
“What is the ultimate purpose of life? It is to give. Start giving. See the joy of giving.”Narayanan Krishnan
Is it time to phase out Vision’s Penny?
By Allen Garr, Columnist Vancouver Courier February 7, 2013 There is at least one penny a growing number of people in Vancouver would be happy to see taken out of…
Vision pokes hornet’s nest at community centres
By Allen Garr, Vancouver Courier February 1, 2013 It is hard to imagine just how much political trouble Vision Vancouver is in right now. The pushback over its attempt to…
City must quit making enemies of volunteers
By Stuart Mackinnon, The Province February 1, 2013 The rhetoric is heating up. Tempers are flaring. There seems to be a showdown shaping up. How did things go so terribly…
Community centres protest Vancouver park board plan
Public meeting at Killarney turns ugly after commissioner’s rant By Sandra Thomas, Staff writer Vancouver Courier January 30, 2013 Photograph by: Dan Toulgoet, Vancouver Courier Approximately 400 concerned citizens turned…
New city policy puts Vancouver community centre programs at risk
Opinion: Majority on park board wants to radically alter what has been an enduring partnership. By Eric Harms, Special to The Vancouver Sun January 29, 2013 Let’s call her Marietta.…
The Community Strikes Back!
Tonight I witnessed a remarkable event. About 350 citizens from their neighbourhood filled the gymnasium at the Killarney Community Centre to voice their opposition to the Park Board take over…
The Girl Effect
VERY IMPORTANT! Please watch. And DO something about it. Girls + Education = REAL CHANGE.
Killarney Community Centre Association pitches ‘call to action’
By Sandra Thomas, Staff writer January 24, 2013 Provoked by conditions included in the park board’s proposed joint operating agreement, the Killarney Community Centre Association has called an emergency meeting…
Vancouver’s annual lifeguard school begins January 8
January 3, 2013 The Vancouver Park Board’s annual Lifeguard School begins January 8 at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre. The program provides lifeguard certification and recertification to update qualifications. Now in…
Girl Rising: Make 2013 the year every girl can go to school.
Let’s start the New Year off by spreading the message about girls’ education. Join 10×10 and and get excited for Girl Rising. Find out more. Visit 10x10act.org/
Happy Holidays to all my readers
Safe travels. May the light that perpetually shines, light your way this holiday season and throughout the New Year.
The Importance of Gardens: A Letter of Hope from Chicago
Here is a letter the President of the Chicago Botanic Gardens sent to her staff. I thought it was worth sharing: As you know, last Friday we enjoyed a wonderful…
Kerrisdale community centre’s legacy a model threatened by city
City hall’s new ‘efficient’ style will erode parks and recreation system By Terri Clark, Vancouver Courier Contributing writer December 10, 2012 One of Vancouver’s truly interesting characteristics is its 24…
Park board wants control of community centres
By Denise Ryan, Vancouver Sun December 2, 2012 7:02 PM The Vancouver park board is considering a plan would change the 40-year-old service model that alllows each city of Vancouver…
A Park By Any Other Name…
So the Chair of the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation is promoting changing the nameof Guelph Park to Dude Chilling Park. No surprise here. Vision Vancouver, ever afraid of…
Act of Remembrance
They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted, They fell…