Very comprehensive, very revealing.

 

The full 100 page report is attached in PDF format. 

 

 

Start: Jun 27 2008 - 5:00pm End: Jun 27 2008 - 9:00pm This Friday June 27th
Ride with us (skate, walk, roll...)
Take public to the streets, by all means except the motor
We are the world that we imagine, and our vision can be made real
The Age of the Bicycle will be upon us!
as we move Towards Carfree Cities.
The choice is Live Free or Drive,
We choose to ride en mass!

    Meet 5-5:30pm
    Depart 6pm ish
    from Vancouver Art Gallery fountain
    this Friday June 27, 2008
    The traditional June Bike Month
    Massive Critical Mass

you are invited to come with us and enjoy the safety and comfort that we create by simply riding together. families too! dress us, bring sidewalk chalk, bring musical instruments, or just be part of the fun.

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VPD veteran says province must renovate 18 single-room occupancy hotels

Mike Howell
Vancouver Courier

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

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SUN

Start: Jun 4 2008 - 7:00pm End: Jun 4 2008 - 9:00pm In 620 days, the 2010 Olympic Games will come to town, but what impact will this two-week sports festival have on our city?

The Impact on Communities Coalition (IOCC) and Think City are co-hosting a free public forum on how the 2010 Olympics are doing in terms of meeting inner-city employment commitments and its impacts on labour in the city.

Expert panelists including BC and Yukon Building Trades' Wayne Peppard, Bladerunners' Gary Jobin and Atira Women's Housing Society's Janice Abbott will compare the Vancouver 2010 Olympics with approaches in other Olympic cities past and present, such as London's 2012 Olympics and the 2000 Sydney Games.

Where: SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings St.
When: Wed., June 4, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Details: Attendance is free. No registration is required.

Here are Scott and Irwin making a presentation about Fearless City. I got this from jean djinni's photostream on Flickr and am posting it to show how to post images.

Start: May 31 2008 - 12:00pm

Come on out for a gathering of InSite supporters this Saturday, May 31st!

Meet at Victory Square Park at 12:00 noon for live entertainment, a BBQ, and a chance to remember lives lost to drug addiction and to celebrate those saved by InSite.

The weather report says it will be "hot and sunny" so don't forget your sunscreen - a more widely supported form of harm reduction.

However, on the off chance that the weather report is wrong (which never happens) this event will be happening rain or shine.

Thanks everyone! See you there!

 

Hosted by Friends of InSite.

Band's use of security cameras shows how much people are routinely monitored   David Akin Canwest News Service
Friday, May 23, 2008

OTTAWA -- Up-and-coming British rock band The Get Out Clause had a problem. The group's members -- students struggling to make ends meet -- wanted a music video, but did not have the money to hire camera crews to film it.

So the band came up with a clever idea. They'd use the ubiquitous security cameras positioned on busy streets, at transit stops, outside ATMs, and even on city buses to record their video. And so, over a few weeks, they recorded nearly 100 takes of their single Paper in front of dozens of these cameras, even setting up their guitars and drum kit in the middle of a busy intersection so that it could be taped by the ever-present city surveillance cameras.

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THIS FARESAVER IS $ LEGAL TENDER...

Louis Vuitton electric chair. Order yours today!

From here.

Start: May 24 2008 - 8:00pm End: Jun 1 2008 - 6:00pm

Hot One Inch Action is a unique one-night only show of original art, music and social interaction. We take 50 artists, Vancouver's hottest live music and the most discerning art audience and gather them under one roof. During the show, we present the original work of fifty different artists on one inch buttons. These one inch buttons are displayed on the gallery wall and the audience is offered the opportunity to buy randomly selected buttons. If your purchase does not have a desired button, you are invited to trade

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Start: May 27 2008 - 2:00pm End: May 27 2008 - 4:00pm VANDU hosts the next open community DTES housing action meeting.

Tuesday, May 27, 2-4pm
(day before Cheque Day)
380 East Hastings Street
(between Gore and Dunlevy)

Start: May 9 2008 - 6:00pm End: May 9 2008 - 9:00pm The Code Sprint!

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