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Developing Story: Laneway tour focuses on retaining older homes

Developing Story: Laneway tour focuses on retaining older homes

The two-storey home owned by Mike Roberts is just over a century old. “It originally sat here on a larger piece of property and was one of the original south Granville farmhouses built in 1912.
Central Park: Trout Lake park master plan is in the works

Central Park: Trout Lake park master plan is in the works

Many Courier readers recently told me they felt caught off guard by the 12-foot wide, separated bike path approved for Kits Beach and Hadden parks last week. So here’s a heads up.
B.C. Youth Parliament seeks members

B.C. Youth Parliament seeks members

Ambrose Yung is not your average 20-year-old. He loves watching Parliament’s question period on TV.
LBGT youth make up chunk of ‘invisible’ homeless numbers

LBGT youth make up chunk of ‘invisible’ homeless numbers

Kicked out of his family home at 17 for being transgendered, Eireann Day struggled to find a stable place to live and dropped out of high school. He spent time homeless and battling schizophrenia on the streets of Vancouver.
12th & Cambie: Old complaint about buses surfaces on VPD website

12th & Cambie: Old complaint about buses surfaces on VPD website

How has your experience been with bus drivers? Mine has been pretty good. Most are good with directions, courteous and skilled behind the wheel. But the Vancouver Police Department apparently has an issue with some Coast Mountain Bus Company drivers.
Welfare Food Challenge starts Wednesday

Welfare Food Challenge starts Wednesday

Coalition asks BCers to survive on $26 of food for a week
Community Calendar: Playland Fright Nights ready to spook visitors

Community Calendar: Playland Fright Nights ready to spook visitors

Playland You know an event is going to be scary when the press release includes a warning that the occasion is absolutely not for children under the age of 12 and seniors 65 and older, as well as anyone with a sensitivity to strobe lights, high blood
Class Notes: New aboriginal school pleases mother

Class Notes: New aboriginal school pleases mother

Naomi Walser enrolled her five-year-old daughter Elora Waardenburg in the Vancouver School Board’s new aboriginal focus school last year when they moved from Burnaby to Vancouver. “The first week last year I wasn’t exactly sure what to think.
Downtown Eastside men’s group enjoys early Thanksgiving

Downtown Eastside men’s group enjoys early Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is coming early this year for struggling men in the Downtown Eastside.
BC pioneers residential care for eating disorders

BC pioneers residential care for eating disorders

You wouldnt expect laughter in the living room of a family affected by eating disorder, yet its bouncing loudly off the pale walls.
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