March 28, 2024

Ridge residents pleased with outcome of meeting

People living near Colebrook Road came away from another meeting with Surrey's Mayor full of confidence crime issues will be addressed. Bob Campbell with the Panorama Ridge Ratepayers Association says Dianne Watts agreed to utilize all city resources to target problem homes. Campbell says those include derelict homes, or homes run by slum … [Read more...]

Outspoken MLA Heed a no-show at caucus meeting

One of the Liberal MLA's who has been among those unhappy with the way the party is going will not be in todays caucus meeting or at tomorrow's budget vote. Kash Heed says he has family matters to deal with this week and won't be in Victoria even though his party faces a confidence vote tomorrow. The second ready of the budget will be voted on and … [Read more...]

Premier calls last-minute cabinet meeting

Premier Christy Clark has agreed to an emergency meeting with her cabinet in Vancouver. The B.C. Liberals are in damage control -- following the ethnic strategy memo scandal that, on Friday, led to a resignation in the premier's office. Clark will sit down with her cabinet at 4:00 p.m. Sunday -- and there's speculation some aren't satisfied with … [Read more...]

A feisty public meeting over water chlorination in Chilliwack

The vast majority of 500 to 600 people left the meeting with the feeling that the fix is in and Fraser Health will just put chlorine in their drinking water. They think that Chief Medical Health Officer Paul Van Buynder has his mind made up. There will be no hearing from Van Buynder after he was whisked out a back door and away from … [Read more...]

Emergency meeting on community centres underway

The battle over control of Vancouver community centres is the topic of what is being billed as an "emergency meeting" going on right now. The new framework approved by commissioners last week, despite massive opposition, will see a pooling of revenue to allow more equal services to be delivered to centers across the city. Ainsley Kwan is president … [Read more...]

Community centres hold special public meeting as they continue to protest revenue sharing

Some Vancouver Community Centres are not giving up their fight against the City's Park Board plan to centralizing surplus funding. Hillcrest Community Association is holding a special community meeting on the decision Monday, and have invited the entire park board. Association Chair Jesse Johl says the plan to spread revenue to community centres in … [Read more...]

Townhall meeting hosts city-wide PAC members

Next year's budget for the school year was the topic of a townhall meeting hosted by the Vancouver District Parent Advisory Council Thursday night. School Board Chair Patti Bacchus says about 35 representatives from Parent Advisory Councils across Vancouver came out to talk about what the budget looks like for 2013/2014. Bacchus says a lot of … [Read more...]

Very noisy, well attended Park Board meeting in West End

The room was packed at the West End Community Centre where the clearly angry crowd and a long line of people overflowing into the lobby. While one or two of the speakers have spoken in favour of the move, everyone else is lined up to rip the Vision Vancouver members of the Board. Here's what Dave Paidon,  "Giving 3 days, moving … [Read more...]

Vancouver Park Board to hold meeting on community centre revenue proposal

The Vancouver Park Board will be holding a special public meeting Monday night on a plan to make community centre revenue across the city more equitable. The plan would see community centres pooling surpluses to help out a handful of centres in less affluent neighbourhoods. Park Board Staff say patrons of those centres can't afford to pay the same … [Read more...]

School security to be discussed at Monday meeting

The Vancouver School Board is considering taking a second look at its policy that keeps school doors from being locked during the day. This after receiving several calls from parents concerned about the safety of their children. Following the recent events in Newtown Conneticut and the lockdown of Thunderbird Elementary in Vancouver, parents are on … [Read more...]