Category: Vancouver

Downtown Eastside council calls for stop to Pidgin restaurant protest

Lev Jackson | June 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

Downtown Eastside Neighborhood Council say Pidgin restaurant protesters ‘served their purpose’ For four months, Pidgin restaurant has been the target of constant protests from anti-gentrification activists in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Members of the Downtown Eastside Neighborhood Council (DNC) and the Carnegie Community Action Project tirelessly stood outside Pidgin restaurant with hopes of putting them out of business. [...]

Boise man dies while mountain biking in North Vancouver

Jo Ann Lawrence | June 12, 2013 | 0 Comments

Boise man dies biking on the Pipeline Trail in North Vancouver A 38-year old Boise Idaho man is dead following a mountain biking accident in North Vancouver on Monday, June 10. Cpl. Richard De Jong of the RCMP says just after noon on Monday, two mountain bikers riding the Pipeline Trail in North Vancouver came [...]

Vancouver syphilis rates rise to epidemic levels, say health officials

Kharl Prado | June 11, 2013 | 0 Comments

Vancouver syphilis infection often associated with HIV infection Vancouver syphilis infection rates have risen to alarming levels and health officials are asking gay and bisexual men to be tested for the disease and to take extra precautions. Officials with Vancouver Coastal Health and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control are advising sexually active gay and bisexual males [...]

Vancouver police warn about GHB after 3 overdose at party

Kharl Prado | June 8, 2013 | 0 Comments

Vancouver police say 2 youths and 1 adult overdosed on GHB Vancouver police are cautioning the public to be careful after two youths and an adult overdosed on Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB), an illegal drug, after attending a dance party at Polish Veterans Hall last weekend. The three, one of them a 20-year-old man, were committed to [...]

Girl 14, 15-year old boy and 20-year old man suffer GHB overdose

Jo Ann Lawrence | June 6, 2013 | 0 Comments

GHB overdose victims hospitalized in ICU Two teens and one adult were rushed to hospital and admitted to the ICU on Friday night following GHB overdoses. The three were all a weekend dance party at the Polish Veterans Hall on Kingsway Ave. Police responded to a disturbance call at the hall just after 10 p.m. [...]

RCMP searching for missing North Van man Thomas Kranz

Jo Ann Lawrence | June 4, 2013 | 0 Comments

Thomas Kranz last seen on May 29 North Vancouver RCMP are hoping the public can assist them in locating Thomas Kranz, a 35-year old man who has not been seen since Wednesday, May 29. Cpl. Richard De Jong of the North Vancouver RCMP says Tom Kranz was last seen at his home in North Vancouver. [...]

VPD Dog Squad looking for places to train police dogs

Jo Ann Lawrence | May 28, 2013 | 0 Comments

VPD Dog Squad offers ongoing training to officers and dogs The Vancouver Police Department Police Dog Squad is hoping local businesses will allow them to use their premises for training purposes. The VPD Dog Squad currently trains in a number of local buildings. The training of a police dog takes several hours and continues even [...]

Vancouver’s social enterprise sector gets a boost with $380K

Beacon Reporter AB | May 25, 2013 | 0 Comments

Vancouver’s social enterprise sector getting support from municipal government Vancouver’s social enterprise sector is getting a boost thanks to grant funding from the city, totalling $380,000 over two years. Operated by non-profit organizations, social enterprise exists not only to generate income but to create positive outcomes for both the social and environmental landscapes. “Vancouver is emerging [...]

Vancouver affordable housing project approved by Council

Kharl Prado | May 22, 2013 | 0 Comments

355 new and innovative Vancouver affordable housing units City Council has approved 355 new units of Vancouver affordable housing on four City-owned sites as part of recommendations from the Task Force on Housing Affordability. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson says a minimum 273 housing units will be built and rented out at significantly lower rates for Vancouver residents and mental [...]

Fatal Lions Gate Bridge motorcycle crash kills one man

Jo Ann Lawrence | May 21, 2013 | 0 Comments

Lions Gate Bridge motorcycle crash involves bike and SUV A 27-year old man is dead following a collision involving a motorcycle and an SUV on the Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver on Monday afternoon. The two-vehicle collision occurred just before 6 p.m. when the southbound motorcycle collided with a northbound SUV. The victim succumbed to [...]