Become more engaged with the city in the New Year
Resolve to become more engaged in your city in 2017 -- in a political sense, and in other ways too, writes Trish Kelly.
View ArticleVancouver, let’s learn to share nicely in 2017
If we're serious about embracing the sharing economy, we need to try to share well with others, writes Trish Kelly.
View ArticleVancouver Fire Department suffer the worst of salt crisis
The salt fiasco is an issue of belonging; the people jostling to get to the salt do not see themselves as neighbours, writes Trish Kelly.
View ArticleThe struggle to keep Vancouver's creative class in the city
For creative types who didn’t go into the commercially friendly side of the arts, the struggle to stay here is real, writes Trish Kelly.
View ArticleResisting Trump in Vancouver
There has already been enough harm done by Trump to stand against, writes Trish Kelly.
View ArticleCommunity policing centre in Strathcona a wrongheaded approach to fentanyl...
City's decision to fund community policing centre in Strathcona will further stigmatize addicts and could lead to more overdose deaths, argues Trish Kelly.
View ArticleMetro Vancouver's guide to fighting Islamophobia and anti-refugee sentiment
Feeling helpless? Don't stand by, step up. Here are some pointers.
View ArticleVancouver community centre operating agreement won’t help hungry kids
If we ran our libraries the way we run our community centres, your local branch would have to say 'I’m sorry we don’t have it,' or set up a fundraiser to get the money together to buy a copy.
View ArticleReasons why Vancouver still deserves to be your Valentine
It’s also fine to fan the flames of your crush on the dizzying array of microbrews, bicycles, and the lushness of our urban forest canopy, writes Trish Kelly.
View ArticleMake Uber an election issue in B.C.
If you want Uber, tell every party that asks it’s an election issue for you, writes Trish Kelly.
View ArticleRetail 'zones of exclusion' in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside hurting our...
Carnegie Community Action Project mapped 450+ businesses in Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside to show spread of gentrification.
View ArticleA tale of two school boards
While New West school board passes sanctuary city policy, a parent group in Richmond is worried about creating safe spaces for transgendered youth.
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