April 19, 2024

Robson Street beside Art Gallery to reopen to traffic

It is official, the now closed 800-block Robson Street will be re-opened to car and bus traffic Saturday.  City Councillor Andrea Reimer says after hearing from thousands of people they voted to re-open the route.  However Reimer says, Robson Street could be closed again in the future, possibly for good, "So we asked staff to continue to … [Read more...]

COPE member upset with proposal for towers beside Rogers Arena

A proposal to build three residential towers beside Rogers Arena is upsetting social housing proponents. David Chudnovsky with the COPE says the Aquilini Investment Group's proposal is counterproductive in the struggle to provide social housing. "This proposal does nothing to deal with that. It does nothing to deal with poor people, it does nothing … [Read more...]