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This day in Vancouver history: Sept. 19, 2009

School starts next week

Fish delay entering Fraser River, but warmer water not harming spawning

“Collective impact” — it’s a new term that has emerged in the city’s efforts to tackle Vancouver’s mental health crisis. What does it mean? It’s a concept or framework developed by U.S.

Slam champion Sebastien Wen believes it’s his mother’s Irish blood that makes his prose sing. “I don’t feel Chinese and I don’t feel Belgian,” he says in his spoken word poem “My Mother’s Howl” about his paternal heritage.

Ongoing conflict erodes enthusiasm

Some folks just love that loveable Beezlebub-with-a-Boner. First there was the petition to save the Satan-with-an-Erection statue , and now there’s a Kickstarter campaign to create a brand new one and set it up permanently on public or private land.

It was a dreadful case of déjà vu for West End resident Daryn Didyk when he found out the building he’s lived in since 2011 had been sold.

The first purpose-built market rental highrise to go up in the West End for close to 30 years opened its doors to tenants this month.

Remember Mike Graziano ? He’s the 24-year-old entrepreneur who’s attempting to visit all 195 countries on the planet before the clock strikes midnight on his 30 th birthday.