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The lucrative lives of Van city councillors; Anton’s garden party
It’s not about the money, I’ve been told over the years when I mention I can’t afford a waterfront vacation home in the Okanagan or tickets to follow the Baltimore Orioles for a season or catch Neil...
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Wow! Dave Barrett and Bruno Gerussi in this entry! Read on! Now!
Spot quiz time. Name the city councillor who just wrote a book that will be released in the fall. Some hints: The author is a he and he previously published at least two books about salmon and...
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Why Geoff Meggs skipped his coffee date
Vision Vancouver Coun. Geoff Meggs’ plan to spend part of his Saturday with some folks at a coffee shop at 13th and Main didn’t go so well. In fact, Meggs never showed up. He told Vancouver-Fairview...
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The centres cannot hold: Top Courier stories online, Oct. 4, 2012
The ongoing conflict between several community centre associations and the park board bubbled over this week as the non-profits charged the board with wanting to take control of their finances. Sandra...
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CUPE union boss says show me the money Van-Fairview NDPers!
I happened to catch the Geoff Meggs vs. George Heyman tilt Monday night at the Holiday Inn on West Broadway. As regular readers/my Twitter posse/Courier website fans will know, I wrote about the...
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Update: Union boss Paul Faoro and poli sci prof weigh in on George Heyman’s...
Here’s an update to my earlier story, with comment from union leader/Meggs supporter Paul Faoro and poli sci prof Norman Ruff… Mike Howell Staff writer If there was one person Sunday night who didn’t...
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So what’s Mayor Gregor Robertson think about Meggs losing to Heyman?
So when Vision Vancouver Coun. Geoff Meggs’ dreams of becoming the next NDP MLA for Vancouver-Fairview were crushed earlier this month, I wondered how his buddy Mayor Gregor Robertson took the news....
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Distant Gold: Top Courier stories online, Oct. 30, 2012
Jo Ledingham’s review of Gold Mountain is the top story on our site today. Ledingham praised the play about Chinese immigrants as “undeniably beautiful” but confesses it “failed to stir my heart.” She...
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Back up against the wall, Geoff Meggs gets council onside to end NHL lockout
Missing the NHL? Some people couldn’t care less about the pathetic playground antics of players and owners. Others are truly despondent about not seeing their favourite millionaire collect a paycheque,...
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Mayor Gregor Robertson talks $2.8 billion subway — again
Mayor Gregor Robertson is on a transit tear these days. Last Thursday, he and University of B.C. president Stephen Toope joined together to call for a subway linking the Commercial Drive-Broadway...
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Extra! Extra! A 12th&Cambie long weekend special! Read about bikes! Trains!...
Did you miss Monday’s meeting at city hall? Didn’t have time to catch it on television or via your computer? Well, it’s your lucky day. I’ve dug out a few more comments from councillors on the...
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Star Trek’s ’Sulu’ and 45,000 petitioners urge 2014 Games move to Vancouver
VANCOUVER — Activist and actor George Takei, best known as helmsman Lt. Sulu in the original Star Trek series, is boldly going where tens of thousands have gone before, denouncing Russia’s anti-gay...
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