Narayani Devi 85 year’s old Active environmentalist in Uttarakhand

While the environmentalist and the scientist are still figuring out the ways to fight the plastic menace, Narayani Devi 85 year’s old illiterate resident of a village Thureti 10 k.m from Nainbagh and 50 K.M from...

Vancouver Injection Clinics - An Enlightened Alternative to Incarceration ?

According to Miller-McCune magazine, Vancouver, BC, is the only city in North America with the political will to at least study alternative approaches to dealing with the seemingly intractible social issues of...

Bike to Work Week Wraps Up With Party in the Park

Bike to Work Week wrapped up on Friday evening with a party in the park hosted by the Vancouver Area Cyclists Coalition. The party was held from 4-7 p.m. by the bandstand in the park adjacent to Science World. A...

B.C. health care workers' Supreme Court win benefits Ontario farm workers

Last year, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the B.C. Liberal government of Gordon Campbell had violated the constitutional rights of health care workers with its contract-breaking legislation, Bill 29. In...

VANOC Reveals 2010 Olympic Torch Relay Route

Another reminder to Canadians and the rest of the world that the Winter 2010 Olympic Games are fast approaching. This morning's release of a map describes the path that the Olympic Torch will travel including...

London 2012, Vancouver 2010 share similar financial woes

Concerns over the increasing cost of hosting the 2010 games in Vancouver include unknown security costs, a grossly overbudget convention/media centre and a $100 million bailout for the developer of athletes'...

Is B.C. the Best Place on Earth? Not according to new child poverty report

A report released today by First Call: B.C.'s Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition concludes that:In 2006 (latest stats available) B.C. had the highest rate of child poverty  in the country for the 5th year in a...

Canucks First Round Draft Choice Shines

John Tavares may have been named NHL Central Scouting’s top rated Ontario Hockey League centre iceman prior to the June NHL entry draft but Brampton Battalion captain and the OHL all-star teams number two...

Vancouver and the triumph of lameness

Vancouverites have succeeded in keeping Vancouver as mediocre as ever.  Well done everyone.  This is condohype's take."Way to go, condo yuppies. You’ve made your point: Yaletown is no place for a rooftop...

Re-cap of VANOC World Press Briefing and Olympic Resistance Network Press Con...

Following up on our Open Letter to VANOC, here's a quick re-cap of observations and experiences at the Worldwide Press Briefing and the Olympic Resistance Network press conference, November, (Thursday) 20, 2008. ...

Anti-Olympics Activists Hang Huge "Riot 2010" Banner in Chinatown

This afternoon at about 4:20 p.m., I was walking down Main St. near Pender in Chinatown when I noticed this huge "Riot 2010" banner. When I walked back 15 minutes later it was gone.Just a sandwich board remained...

Canada Sleeps Through War to 'Save the Internet'

"Net neutrality. A bland phrase capable of sparking a digital revolt. In the United States it's the hot-button Internet issue of the day, a threat deemed so grave to free expression it gave rise to a stunning...