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Details of celebration of life for Mike

you can have neighbourhood of multimillion-dollar single family homes or you can have a vibrant, walkable neighbourhood of shops and restaurants but babe, you cannot have both in one place

the reason you do see more life in Kerrisdale is because the shopping centre is surrounded by high-rise and low-rise apartments, many built decades ago — mixed density!!! — which means there is actual foot traffic.

two days after Vancouver city council voted down their own Villages Plan, west side residents who opposed the plan en masse are complaining that Dunbar (!!) doesn’t have any wine bars, boutiques or gyms — the kind of amenities that require neighbourhood density to support

A warm congratulations to our faculty members Dr. Alan Richardson, Dr. Ori Simchen, Dr. Dominic Alford-Duguid, and Dr. Michael Griffin, whose research projects were awarded SSHRC project funding. 🎉 Read more about the successful projects: buff.ly/PZ9dK9M

A little Vancouver history. Back when creative spaces like the Western Front contributed to a pretty incredible music scene.

If the plan that Ken Sim personally promoted for years "disrespected Vancouverites and the process itself" then I wonder who Ken Sim is going to hold accountable for such a disrespectful action

A funny thing about Vancouver's Villages rejection happening so close to the election is Ken Sim's office posting a statement being like "we listen to the wisdom of the people" and ABC Vancouver sending supporters an email being like "we're protecting you from city bureaucrats who are garbage"

Great tribute to Michael Coyle (@oplopanax.ca) up at CBC. Surely just a start. He'll be sorely missed. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

B.C. man who devoted nearly three decades to rescuing strangers dies in Squamish | CBC NewsMichael Coyle had worked with Coquitlam SAR for years and helped many other teams in B.C.www.cbc.ca

"Condolences poured in on Monday, remembering Coyle for his kindness, leadership, and dedication to helping others. "He gave countless hours to supporting families, raising awareness, advocating for change, and improving the response for vulnerable missing adults" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

One of my first follows. Hyperopinionated, backed up by a wide-ranging pragmatic intelligence & a clear moral compass. A real loss for his friends (many), this site, & what will now appear only as a long break in the TL, a caesura. We walked & hiked in many of the same places, somehow never met.

Canadian Blood Services says it is facing a shortage as blood donations have plummeted over the last several weeks.  https://cheknews.ca/canadian-blood-services-calling-for-donors-amid-serious-drop-in-supply-1338591/

Canadian Blood Services calling for donors amid serious drop in supplyCanadian Blood Services says it is facing a shortage as blood donations have plummeted over the last several weeks. cheknews.ca

As many of us have been saying for so long, demolition of history and historical context, mixed with rampant speculation driving arts and cultural activity out of town... Well, who wants to visit that? Let alone live in it. #vanpoli vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

Douglas Todd: Low on 'culture and history,' world's tourists rank Vancouver a surprising 70thA respected organization that measures how global tourists feel about a destination rated Vancouver much lower than Seattle.vancouversun.com

maggie cheung and tony leung chiu wai in the mood for love

You there, blood boy, what day is this?

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Ok, I was up, here are my speaking notes, I'll post the video later on. Just got home and this opponent is saying she is literally panicking over the Villages Plan, even though she doesn't live in an affected area. Sigh. "If this was happening to one lot, I would be upset."

Wow... a speaker at the Villages hearing says the plan is fine for the East side... but the West side is far too classy and exclusive, and West side children need to be protected from things that are just fine on the East side.

In theory, the moral clarity and steadfastness demonstrated in this statement condemning Israel’s war crimes should be the bare minimum. But in the meantime, Mamdani is a giant among cowardly politicians.