Vancouver's famed hollow tree for the chop

The fate of Stanley Park's hollow tree has finally been decided - and it's getting the axe. It's going to be placed on its side and split in two to make a "tree tunnel". "One of Vancouver's oldest treasures will soon...

Debate over fate of Vancouver's famous hollow tree

After withstanding lightning, storms and countless people posing inside it, it sounds like the famous hollow tree of Vancouver's Stanley Park may finally be for the chop. The 2006 winter storms took a serious toll on...

Conservationists -- Are they becoming a "species-at-risk" in an urbanized env...

The "super natural" North Shore forests (North and West Vancouver) are becoming heavily "urbanized". I look at the North Shore as three "urban" municipalities…perhaps urban parks are the best we can do here now....

Ancient cedar falls in Vancouver's Stanley Park

"A red cedar tree believed to be almost 1,000 years old and reputedly the largest of its kind in the world uprooted and toppled from natural causes in Vancouver's Stanley Park.Before it fell, the mighty tree near...

Vancouver's Storm of the Century

""A tree falls in Stanley Park. One tree. Trees are falling all over North America in a storm. But there is no fallen tree we venture to say, which caused more aggravation, more wasted time, more fury, than the one...

Stanley Park squatters being evicted

"Vancouver park and fire officials are trying to evict the remaining handful of squatters who call Stanley Park their home, citing wildfire concerns. There were about two dozen people living in the woods last summer. "

BBQ in February: It's Just Crazy Enough to Work

When the organizers of Northern Voice told me that they were putting a Bar BQ on the first night of their conference I told them that they were certifiable.  Who in their right mind walks for half an hour to the...

Monsters in the Meadow

Monsters in the Meadow Free Outdoor Movies Return to Stanley Park! Click poster to view monster-sized! The Vancouver Park Board will again offer free outdoor movies in the park starting the last Friday in July. Monsters in the Meadow will feature two horror films on Friday...

Downtown stolen car chase details clearer

A stolen car chase that ended in Vancouver's Stanley Park was so confusing, even police do not know exactly where or how it started. Investigators believe at least three vehicles were stolen by the same man before the suspect was finally caught.
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Vancouver's famed hollow tree for the chop

The fate of Stanley Park's hollow tree has finally been decided - and it's getting the axe. It's going to be placed on its side and split in two to make a "tree tunnel". "One of Vancouver's oldest treasures will soon...

Debate over fate of Vancouver's famous hollow tree

After withstanding lightning, storms and countless people posing inside it, it sounds like the famous hollow tree of Vancouver's Stanley Park may finally be for the chop. The 2006 winter storms took a serious toll on...

Conservationists -- Are they becoming a "species-at-risk" in an urbanized env...

The "super natural" North Shore forests (North and West Vancouver) are becoming heavily "urbanized". I look at the North Shore as three "urban" municipalities…perhaps urban parks are the best we can do here now....

Ancient cedar falls in Vancouver's Stanley Park

"A red cedar tree believed to be almost 1,000 years old and reputedly the largest of its kind in the world uprooted and toppled from natural causes in Vancouver's Stanley Park.Before it fell, the mighty tree near...

Vancouver's Storm of the Century

""A tree falls in Stanley Park. One tree. Trees are falling all over North America in a storm. But there is no fallen tree we venture to say, which caused more aggravation, more wasted time, more fury, than the one...

Stanley Park squatters being evicted

"Vancouver park and fire officials are trying to evict the remaining handful of squatters who call Stanley Park their home, citing wildfire concerns. There were about two dozen people living in the woods last summer. "

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