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This day in Vancouver history: Sept. 7, 1907

Education Minister Peter Fassbender stopped short of saying the government wouldn’t agree to binding arbitration with the teachers’ union, Friday afternoon. Instead, he said he and the B.C.

Soon enough, downtown Vancouver will again be overrun with horrible, gore-soaked zombies lurching and moaning past a storefront near you! Yes. The annual Vancouver Zombiewalk! is happening this Saturday (Sept. 6).

The teachers’ union will ask teachers to end the strike if the government and the B.C. Public Schools Employer’s Association agree to binding arbitration.

One of the authors of the Davie Street Revitalization Report is concerned for the future of what’s become known as the Bute Street Plaza, a tiny stretch of road south of Davie Street blocked off last summer to create a pedestrian-only space.

UBC’s new president wants strong relations with Vancouver, an underground subway and more on-campus student housing

Premier Christy Clark wouldn’t say this week how long the government is prepared to let a teachers’ strike drag on in B.C. Speaking at a press conference Wednesda y, Clark said she wouldn’t “speculate about hypotheticals.

Vancouver students want to be in school.

The Courier’s Vancouver Special series has been nominated in the best print feature category at the 2014 Jack Webster Awards.