Straight Posts Its Slate
If you want to do minimal homework for the upcoming election you should check out The Straight slate. Too many NDP for my liking.
Cyclists' Gain Is Pedestrians' Loss in Burrard Bridge Decision
Vision Vancouver, the party in power at City Hall, managed to keep its election promise today by voting to introduce a lane reallocation trial on the Burrard Bridge.
However, the party that has claimed that it wants to make Vancouver "the greenest city in the world," chose a one-lane reallocaton option that will ban pedestrians from crossing the Burrard bridge on the east side.
Movie Monthly: Soul Force at Work
In the 2004 feature documentary Scared-Sacred, activist filmmaker Velcrow Ripper went to what he called the “ground zeros' of the planet - post 9/11 New York, Bhopal, Hiroshima – in search of hope in humanity's darkest hours.
UBC Researcher "Shocked" By Number of Accidents on Burrard Bridge
The latest installment in the Burrard Bridge saga took place today at City Hall (watch the City Hall video stream). The decision has been put back to Thursday, so that speakers who were not able to speak today can present to Council.
B.C. Election Day Closing: Which Party's Greenest?
Advance voting for the British Columbia provincial elections starts in three days (Wednesday 6 May). General Election Day is on 12 May, 2009. There's also a referendum on changing to a fairer voting system the BC Single Transferable Vote or BC-STV (vote yes).
Burrard Bridge Bike Lane Trial Decision Imminent
It's 20c outside. Summer is here. But still no decision on the Burrard Bridge bike lane trial, although it looks like it will go ahead in June (bike month).
Picking Out Some Free NFB Films
Back in January, the NFB announced that Canadians can now watch full screen, full length, advertising-free versions of over 700 archived productions, films, and trailers on its site. There's also clips from new films on its site.
Vancouver's house prices "more affordable" but still "exorbitant"
Low interest rates are beginning to have an impact on the cooling housing market. That and the growing threat of unemployment in the plummeting global economy, says a report from Canada's biggest bank, Royal Bank of Canada.
Earth Days slammed
Dororthy Woodend, resident movie critic at The Tyee, is someone whose opinion I value, so it was interesting to see she really didn't like Earth Days, unlike me.
Movie Review: Earth Days
A preview of the closing film, Earth Days, at the Projecting Change Film Festival, Vancouver.
