Have Your Say on the 2012-14 Capital Plan
The proposed 2012-14 Capital Plan for the City of Vancouver has gone out for public consultation. You can join in the conversation here - but only until August 31st. This…
Stuart Mackinnon
Green Parks Commissioner Stuart Mackinnon To Seek 2nd Term
PRESS RELEASE: 2nd August 2011Stuart Mackinnon, Green Party of Vancouver (GPv) Park Board Commissioner, announced today that he will seek a second term on Vancouver’s Board of Parks and Recreation.…
The Silly Season
Summer is often called the silly season in politics. Not enough news so news has to be manufactured. The summer before a fall election seems to be the silliest. Here…
A Martini with your putter?
The Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation is considering serving alcohol on the greens and fairways of the public golf courses. I am very much looking forward to the staff…
Meadows in our parks?
There has been a spin attempted on the lack on maintenance in some of our parks and public spaces. It is being called the 'meadow' look. Well just for the…
City council’s budget cuts create ‘meadow look’
By Stuart Mackinnon, Vancouver Courier July 20, 2011 8:02 AM To the editor: Re: "Central Park: Thigh high," July 13. The "meadow look" is just a euphemism for budget cuts…
A letter to the editor I sent to the Courier
Re: Central Park: Thigh high The ‘meadow look’ is just a euphemism for budget cuts at the Park Board. Parks and boulevards look unkempt because the money needed to keep…
Neighbourhood Flower Gardens: UPDATE
The Park Board passed unanimously my motion to allow neighbourhood groups to plant flowers in unused public spaces. With a slight tweak to the costing sources, all commissioners spoke in…
Rooting for a plan to reclaim the land
Commissioner aiming to convert unused parts of the city into useful gardens By Frank Luba, The Province June 23, 2011Small, unused and neglected bits of the Vancouver landscape could get…
What Are the Bees Telling Us?
Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? A documentary on the global honeybee crisis coming to Vancouver June 24-30@ Denman Cinema: 1779 Comox Street - find out…
A Splash of Colour for Every Neighbourhood
In my neighbourhood the Park Board used to cut the verge along the railroad tracks 4-5 times a year. This has been reduced over the past few years to the…
A Walkable City
One of the great pleasures in my life is walking with my dog along the Fraser River, at Riverfront Park. There is a path that starts just east of the…
Summer’s coming: beaches and beachside pools open, park rangers on duty beginning this weekend
Park Board NewsMay 17, 2011 | No. 20Vancouver’s official start of summer is Saturday, May 21. That’s when beachside pools open, lifeguards are on duty at city beaches and park…
Vancouver park board resurrects summer camps
By Sandra Thomas, Staff writer May 5, 2011Seven Vancouver parks will see the return of summer day camp programs this year, albeit part time. Vision Vancouver park board chair Aaron…
Canucks win game 7 in OT
'nuff said. On to Nashville!
Getting results means being interested
Before being elected, it always puzzled me what commissioners and councilors did around the table. Some looked interested, some looked bored and some looked like they were busy doing other…
Working cooperatively for better parks
Some pundits in the blogosphere have taken me to task in the past for working with the NPA on certain issues--Jericho wharf for instance--yet never for working with COPE or…
“Please remember the animal victims in Japan“
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “Please remember the animal victims in Japan“, (Vancouver), Park Board Commissioner Stuart Mackinnon is asking Vancouver residents to remember the animal victims of the Japanese tragedy. “Along…
helping our animal friends in Japan
Further to my previous Blog about Ultimate Loyalty, anyone wishing to help our four-legged companions in Japan can contact any of the following volunteer agencies. They too need our help…