Stuart Mackinnon
Mayor’s people behind power grab in community centres
November 1, 2012, The Province It will be, arguably, the single biggest change in governance in Vancouver since the decision at the first meeting of the city council in 1888…
City Council’s (1976) Recommendation for Point Grey Foreshore
Point Grey Foreshore advocate Sal Robinson spent a little time in Vancouver Public Library’s Northwest History Room with an old city planning report… POINT GREY WATERFRONT PLANAdopted by City Council…
For the Record: Courier Columnist Clarifies Her Remarks
FOR THE RECORD: A couple of weeks ago I wrote that the Riley Park/Hillcrest Community Association has applied to the park board to replace Vision Vancouver park board vice-chair Aaron…
Cutting Your Nose to Spite Your Face: Maintenance Cuts Hurt the Bottom Line
For those of us who love the Vandusen Botanical Gardens, this was a bit of a disappointing year. The gardens just weren’t as beautiful as they have been in the…
You just can’t fool all of the people all of the time
Poor Park Commissioner Aaron Jasper. It seems he just can’t get a break. In the Vancouver Courier, columnist Sandra Thomas writes that one of his liaison responsibilities wants to jettison…
Another year of reduced maintenance in our parks and public spaces
As autumn approaches and the leaves start to change colour and fall to the ground you might wonder what happened to all the city gardeners this past summer. Parks and…
Live in South Vancouver? Take the Fraserlands Community garden Survey!
A group of neighbours have recently formed the Fraserlands Community Gardening Group with two goals: 1. To work towards establishing a community garden in our neighbourhood; 2. To complete reclaiming…
Vancouver is teeing off over city-owned golf greens
Developers, and the city itself, would like to see affordable housing, rather than affordable golf, on the publicly owned land by Emma Teitel Maclean’s Magazine , Tuesday, July 10, 2012…
Former Vancouver park board commissioner Stuart Mackinnon questions new meeting schedule
By Matthew Burrows, Straight.com Publish Date: July 25, 2012 A former Green park board commissioner by night and a schoolteacher by day, Stuart Mackinnon admits he’s “a bit of a…
One Misstep After Another: Where is Vision taking the Park Board?
First it was housing on the Langara golf course, now paving the last natural foreshore on English Bay. Where are the Vision Vancouver park commissioners going? Do they even know?…
A letter sent to the PB Chair and Mayor of Vancouver from a citizen
The following is a letter sent to the PB Chair and Mayor. Please join us in writing to our elected officials to stop the destruction of one of the last…
KEEP KITS BEACH WILD. Say NO to the Point Grey Foreshore Seawall
Please visit the KEEP KITS BEACH WILD website to sign the petition. The following information is from the website. The Vancouver Parks Board is proposing to extend the seawall from…
Just because we can build a seawall extension doesn’t mean we should
July 12, 2012. 4:00 pm • Section: OpinionThe Province, Vancouver BC There has been some discussion at Vancouver city council about an extension of the seawall. A motion is coming…
Developing Vancouver’s municipal golf courses could be "disastrous for biodiversity"
By Matthew Burrows, July 12, 2012 Straight.com Mayor Gregor Robertson may downplay the value of city-owned golf courses such as Langara for their green space and biodiversity—and dream of housing…
TEDxBelfast — Colleen Hardwick — Authenticating Public Consultation
Vancouver’s Colleen Hardwick is revolutionizing how public consultation takes place. She is trying to reconnect people with their government so that government reflects the will of the people. Here is…
Speaking of fluff: Too good not to share
By Sandra Thomas, Staff Writer July 9, 2012 Duck walkFormer Courier writer Pat Johnson sent us a YouTube video to enjoy and we thought it was too great not to…
More fluff than substance at Park Board meetings
Last night the Commissioners of the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation passed two more fluff resolutions that could have been left to staff directions. The first, concerning a review…
Reality Check: Langara Golf Course
There is a lot of misinformation floating around about Langara Golf Course. Some say it is private–wrong. It is a public course owned and operated by the Vancouver Park Board.…
Stanley Park: An Urban Wilderness Teaser Trailer
The good folks at Beautiful Earth productions are completing a documentary film on the history of Stanley Park. Here is the first of what they promise to be several trailers.…