Vancouver

Krall, Costello, EJ…How cool is that, Vancouver?

February 17, 2009 8:18 am /Vancouver /Comments Off
James Taylor, Sarah McLachlan, Elton John, Diana Krall & Elvis Costello (Vancouver Sun photo) In spite of all the depressing news about gang shootings Metro Vancouver is facing these days, there is some good local ...

Hell hath frozen over: Vancouver gets a decent modern music station

November 28, 2008 9:19 pm /Vancouver /1 Comment
So many good radio stations have come and gone in the Cascadia corridor that I've practically given up the ghost on anything good happening in this tired old medium. Right now it's a Friday evening, ...

Vancouver votes from its heart

November 16, 2008 12:21 am /Vancouver /Comments Off
Gregor Robertson is Vancouver's new mayor. The city, as it usually does, has voted from its heart rather than from its head. Mr. Robertson evoked stronger empathy than his opponent Peter Ladner, who was strong ...

Campaigns that understand Vancouver’s multicultural mix

November 12, 2008 10:09 am /Vancouver /Comments Off
There's something that I really like about this video. It's dead simple…a young Vancouver woman sitting at a table. She's clearly reading from some notes so she can sound coherent in her second language English. ...

When political campaigns go negative…

October 22, 2008 5:35 pm /Vancouver /Comments Off
It looks like the civil political campaign promised by all candidates earlier this summer is off. I received this mail piece today (carefully balanced on a couple of pumpkins from my garden — not yet ...

Vancouver civic candidates court ethnic voters

October 20, 2008 1:39 pm /Vancouver /Comments Off
This video showing NPA Mayoral candidate Peter Ladner touring Victoria Drive alongside City Council candidates David Lee, Kanman Wong and Daljit Sidhu typifies where politics is today in our city. The NPA have always been ...
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