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A new nine-bed unit for people suffering from mental health emergencies has been established at St. Paul’s Hospital. B.C.

Arvind Gupta will succeed Stephen Toope as the 13th president and vice chancellor of the University of B.C., July 1.

The president of the Kerrisdale Community Centre Association says a recent update on negotiations between the park board and 12 other associations over a joint-operating agreement makes it appear those talks have hit a wall.

Despite hearing from speakers across the spectrum who predicted it wouldn’t solve the twin scourges of poverty and homelessness, Vancouver City Council rubber-stamped the 30-year Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan on March 15.

The making of a menswear icon

Re: “Letter: All is silent on the West Side road,” March 12. Lucky for Daphne Hardwood that she loves walking in traffic. Instead of walking on Pt.

Re: “ Rowers watch hopes sink in False Creek ,” March 12. I read your article with interest as our small group participated in the False Creek Regatta this past weekend. I am the para-rowing coach at the Vancouver Rowing Club.

A change to the Park Act was introduced last month to provide increased clarity and certainty about certain uses of B.C. parks. Sounds benign.

Should you vote? Is voting important to a democracy? Should young people, new Canadians, and the elderly be encouraged to vote? If you said yes to any of these questions, you disagree with the Conservative government’s new Fair Elections Act.