After a string of arsons in Stanley Park in recent months, one of the businesses in the park says it's stepping up security. James Cronk is the producer of Theatre Under the Stars, which operates Malkin Bowl. He says, over the summer, all the stakeholders stepped up security after the station of the popular miniature train attraction burned … [Read more...]
Fires set in Stanley Park
September 19, 2012 by
Fire has caused 200-thousand dollars damage to a changeroom facility at Brockton Oval. That's one of two arsons in Stanley Park overnight. The first occured at Malkin Bowl, but didn't really get going. Just over an hour later -- at 12:45am -- another garbage fire spread to the Brockton Oval changeroom facility. Park board general manager … [Read more...]
Clinton speaks at Stanley Park concert
September 15, 2012 by
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton's address at a Stanley Park concert was brief, but applauded.Clinton appeared on stage with Sarah McLachlan as a favour to the Vancouver-based songstress, who has now raised more than a million dollars for her 10-year-old school of music.Clinton was the first person to bring the crowd of more than 10,000 to their … [Read more...]
Big names to play Stanley Park
September 14, 2012 by
A Vancouver-based musician is hours from hosting the largest concert ever at Stanley Park. Sarah McLachlan and friends,including Bryan Adams, Jann Arden, Stevie Nicks and former President Bill Clinton have come together to raise money for McLachlan's ten year old school of music. "There's a great deal of excitement about him coming and he's one of … [Read more...]
Homeless man attacked near Stanley Park
September 7, 2012 by
Vancouver Police are trying to find out who attacked a homeless man near Stanley Park. Constable Brian Montague says the 39-year-old had been sleeping under a tree near Lost Lagoon at Alberni and Chilco streets, when he was assaulted. A police officer on patrol yesterday around 4 a.m. spotted the man walking in the 1700 block of West Georgia … [Read more...]
Chan-wook Park Unleashes The “Brigands”
September 2, 2012 by
South Korean filmmaker and "Oldboy" director Chan-wook Park is in talks to direct Craig Zahler's thriller script "The Brigands of Rattleborge" for Red Granite Pictures and Mythology Entertainment says Variety. The story follows a sheriff and a doctor who seek revenge against a group of bandits who use the cover of a torrential thunderstorm to rob … [Read more...]
Higher Vancouver park fees go into effect
September 1, 2012 by
Starting today, it'll cost more to use facilities at Vancouver’s parks Park Board commissioner Aaron Jasper says it's tied to the cost of inflation. "Across all of our recreational programming, most users will see a two percent increase. There have been some minor adjustments across the system, but those who are coming to use any of our … [Read more...]
Hettienne Park Joins NBC’s “Hannibal”
August 27, 2012 by
Hettienne Park ("Young Adult," "The Good Wife") has joined "Hannibal", NBC's upcoming adaptation of the Thomas Harris-penned Hannibal Lecter books. The series essentially serves as a prequel to the events in "Red Dragon" with Mads Mikkelsen in the role of Lecter says The Live Feed. Park will recur as Beverly Katz, a bright-eyed yet weary crime … [Read more...]
Park Board commissioner wants lower user fees for people with disabilities
July 21, 2012 by
An NPA park board commissioner in Vancouver wants people with disabilities to pay less at community centres. "The user fees at our community centres and facilities, including the aquatic centre, are just out of reach for some of them and they're not able to use the facilities,” says Melissa De Genova. “Most are low-income, and they rely … [Read more...]
Missing Hastings Park jockey
July 20, 2012 by
Friends of a well-known jockey at Vancouver's Hastings Hace Track say he has gone missing.They say 48-year-old Robert Skelly was last seen earlier this month at the track.A missing persons report was filed Thursday. "He packed up some belongings on the second, or early, early morning of the third, and just hasn't been seen since. The last that he … [Read more...]
