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Vancouver's sweetest winter festival returns this weekend as Yaletown is be transformed into CandyTown for the third year in a row.

This day in Vancouver history: Nov.19, 2006

One of the first duties of the newly elected Vancouver School Board could be to deal with a lawsuit from parents over the board’s sexual orientation and gender identities policy passed in June.

Specific communities bucked overall results

Fern Jeffries, a spokesperson for the Coalition of Vancouver Neighbourhoods, hopes Vision Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson’s last-minute pre-election apology translates into an improved relationship with resident associations.

Despite what some media is reporting, working to repeal the July decision to ban whale and dolphin breeding at the Vancouver Aquarium is not the first item on the newly-elected, NPA-dominated park board ’s to-do list, says NPA incumbent John Coupar.

Having secured his re-election bid Saturday night, Mayor Gregor Robertson is now putting energy into his campaign to urge Metro Vancouver voters to cast a ballot for one of his biggest priorities: a Broadway subway.

Janet Fraser didn’t anticipate securing such a powerful position on the Vancouver School Board when she ran to be trustee. “It’s not quite what I expected…” she said. “This is the situation it is and I’m going to make the best of it I can.

If you’ve been pining away for a 10-foot Buddha statue, a comically oversized hamburger sculpture and/or that spaceship from Cats and Dogs 2 , this is your dream come true! CanAm Importique, one of Vancouver’s largest prop houses, is closing its door