An Economic Strategy for Vancouver?
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Vancouver is a great city with attractive and expensive real estate. How long though until the bubble bursts again? What is Vancouver's long term economic strategy? Is it growing your own tomatoes as Mayor Gregor & Vision Vancouver hopes? The absurdity of local job schemes with no basis in reality is beautifully skewered by the TV series Portlandia in this short opening clip from Season One, Episode Six. |
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Olympic Village green technology nightmare
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GlobalTV BC reports on continuing problems with the Olympic Village in Vancouver. |
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Vision Vancouver - Fiscal Record Online Ad
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Wondering what kind of advertising the opposition parties in Vancouver may want to come out with in advance of the civic election in November? Of course you are! Here is the first in a series of spoof ads generated from our comedic team in the IT dept. Hope you enjoy them. |
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Delta Mayor Jackson not happy with City of Vancouver's garbage dump
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GlobalTV BC's Brian Coxford on a revealing report about a wedge between the City of Delta, BC and the City of Vancouver over leaking greenhouse gases emanating from the Delta landfill. |
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Vision Vancouver: The Record on Social Housing (updated)
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We're introducing something called the "videtorials". They are a combination of editorial, editorial cartoon and video all in one. This one helps to capture our perspective on the current state of social housing in Vancouver. |
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Pandora Street house demolished, questions remain
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Another chapter in the saga of the Pandora Street tragedy, with the house where the incident took place being finally demolished. GlobalTV does a live report from the property on March 30, 2011. Story features an interview with Mike Klassen of CityCaucus.com describing recent revelations about the "third page" submitted by Carlene Robbins. |
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Vision Vancouver: Gambling with Our Future?
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Another vid-e-torial from our CityCaucus creative team. This time the topic is gambling expansion. Something that's been on the minds of a few people in Vancouver lately. |
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NPA and COPE left out of Olympic Village technical briefing
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GlobalTV's Marisa Thomas on last week's controversial technical briefing on the Olympic Athlete's Village, staged without notifying members of city council. |
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Pandora Coroner's Inquest: Why the delay?
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Since the news broke that the City of Vancouver and Mayor Gregor Robertson tried to explain why they chose to move the Pandora Street inquest until AFTER the November 2011 election, questions mount as to whether political interference played a part. |
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Cornered by the Coroner? Gregor Robertson claims Pandora Street inquest timing "not political"
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GlobalTV BC reporter John L. Daly catches up with Mayor Gregor Robertson to ask him why the City of Vancouver chose to postpone the date of the Pandora Street fire coroner's inquest until AFTER the November election. |
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A "New Error" at City Hall
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A quick summary of the problems of staff morale in City Hall under Vision Vancouver. |
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How many buildings in Vancouver are not earthquake ready?
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CBC News Vancouver reports that up to 8000 public and private buildings are not ready for a potential earthquake. |
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BC Place Tour: Interview with David Podmore
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An exclusive interview with PAVCO boss David Podmore as he explains the features of the BC Place Stadium retrofit. |
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Stanley Cup Riot: Was Mayor Gregor Robertson in charge or not?
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Reporter Ted Field of GlobalTV News Vancouver asking the question which was on everyone's mind after the Furlong/Keefe report -- who was in charge on June 15th? |
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Anton makes hay out of wheat front lawns
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GlobalTV's Marisa Thomas reports on Vision Vancouver's newest green scheme to turn front lawns into wheat fields. |
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O Canada before Stanley Cup 2011 Game One
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A passionate crowd of Vancouver Canucks fans bellow out our O Canada national anthem before game one of the NHL Stanley Cup. |
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Heather Deal's lavish taxpayer-funded lobster meal controversy
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While Mayor Gregor Robertson is defending the practice of "lavish" taxpayer-funded meals for conventions, Coun. Heather Deal is apologetic for tweeting out pictures of the meals lavished upon her in Halifax. |
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Homeless by choice: bedbugs, drugs in low barrier shelter keep people out
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CTV reporter Kent Molgat reports on the Hazelwood Hotel, a low barrier shelter operated by a BC Housing authorized agency. The "low barrier" status tolerates drug use, which in turn results in a very poor quality of life for tenants, including the ravages of bedbugs. |
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