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SONGS AT THE SANCTUARY AND POEMS FOR PEACE
September 21, 2013 - 7:40pm A BENEFIT FOR UNICEF’S EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN THE MIDDLE EAST SONGS AT THE SANCTUARY AND POEMS FOR PEACEA BENEFIT FOR UNICEF’S EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN THE MIDDLE EAST Assisting...
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The Paper Hound
Story Publish Date: September 19, 2013tumblr_static_shaded_hound.jpgSummary: The Paper Hound is the newest addition to Vancouver's Book Row on West Pender Street. An eclectic and well-appointed array...
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Why is Big Oil funding Reconciliation Week events in Vancouver?
Thursday, September 19, 2013 It is not widely known or reported that the TRC's B.C. event is sponsored by none other than the American energy company Kinder Morgan. From September 18-21, 2013, the...
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All Bodies Swim
September 21, 2013 - 8:30pm Do you want to get in the water? Or sweat in a sauna? Soak in the hot tub? Find it daunting to wear a bathing suit in public? Thinking of going to the pool but don't want to...
View ArticleDecolonizing Language Revitalization
September 25, 2013 - 7:00pm A public talk FREE Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts How has Eurocentric anthropology and linguistics affected the way we interpret our elders and...
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Vancouver's Insite celebrates 10 years as threat of Conservatives' Bill C-65...
Friday, September 20, 2013 As Insite celebrates its 10th anniversary of successful operation in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, the Conservative government in Ottawa is still railing against Safe...
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Insite safe injection facility celebrates 10 years of operation
Countless rallies over the past 10 years have defended Insite. (Photo: www.undun.org)Vancouver's Insite celebrates 10 years as threat of Conservatives' Bill C-65 looms
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Reconciliation Week a chance for 'critical conversations' on colonialism
Friday, September 20, 2013 Vancouver's week of events surrounding residential school hearings culminates Sunday with a Walk for Reconciliation. As the Truth and Reconciliation Commission wraps up its...
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Reconciliation Week wraps up in Vancouver
Politicians and First Nations leaders took part in the Truth and Reconciliation hearings in Vancouver. Tens of thousands walk for Reconciliation in Vancouver
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Tens of thousands walk for Reconciliation in Vancouver
Monday, September 23, 2013 Tens of thousands participated in the Reconciliation Walk in Vancouver on Sunday, capping a week of events coinciding with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's hearings....
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Book: Red Girl Rat Boy
Author Cynthia Flood has just come out with a new collection of short stories. The stories range from left-wing life in Vancouver in the 1970s to the personal politics that exist within families....
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City of Vancouver apologizes to Japanese community for 1942 displacement and...
Thursday, September 26, 2013 In 1942 the entire Japanese population of Vancouver was forcibly removed to internment camps. The City government of the day urged on the removal of the Japanese "enemy...
View ArticleH'Arts for the Homeless
October 3, 2013 - 5:30pm In the House Productions is proud to present the Lookout Society’s annual gala fundraiser, H’Arts for the Homeless, an event inspired by those helped and supported by the...
View ArticleMetro Vancouver needs to walk its 'zero waste' talk
When delegates attend Metro Vancouver's Zero Waste conference this week, they will hear from innovators and big thinkers about how to radically redesign waste out of our economy. Ideas will be...
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Sexual assaults on campus, sexual harassment on public transit: Women...
A string of sexual assaults were reported recently at UBC. The university has responded by expanding Safewalk services and has issued a number of warnings that women not walk alone at...
View ArticleLabour News Round-up Oct. 22-Nov. 3
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Jack and the Beanstalk: An East Van Panto
Pantomime is a popular Christmas theatre tradition in the U.K. where audiences shout back at the characters and enjoy humour that ranges from bawdy to political to slapstick. A pantomime written by...
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Photo project shares beauty of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Each year, local residents are given a disposable camera and three days to shoot images of their community. The photos they take challenge the stereotypes about the Downtown Eastside. A panel of...
View ArticleTown hall on Vancouver urban transit renewal
Town hall on Vancouver urban transit renewal Given the complexity of transit planning in the region, many activists fear that a referendum is doomed to fail without proper planning and outreach.
View ArticleIn Vancouver, the rent is still too damn high
Yesterday, Vancouverites learned that they have yet another reason to celebrate: for the sixth year in a row, Vancouver was named the second most unaffordable city in the world.It's a stunning...
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