Category Archives: Entertainment
Carts of Darkness
Due to popular demand, the trailer from the documentary Carts of Darkness, which follows the binners of North Vancouver as they ride down mountain roads in grocery carts and scour the streets for recyclables.
Filed under Commuting, Entertainment, Environment, Industry, Neighbourhoods, Transportation, Vancouver
Vancouver Province column: Resourceful dumpster divers are important part of our city’s fabric
October 29, 2008 Richard Florida, the high-profile University of Toronto professor, recently spoke to a receptive crowd at a Vancouver Board of Trade cities conference. Florida, author of the best-selling book The Rise of Creative Class, postulates that cities with … Continue reading
Filed under Academia, Crime, Entertainment, Environment, Industry, Law and Order, Vancouver, Vancouver Province Columns
Province column: Government must do more to speed travel between Vancouver and Seattle
The Province Monday, March 31, 2008 Road trips to Seattle, Portland and other Pacific Northwest destinations have long been popular with British Columbians hankering for some fun and recreation south of the 49th parallel. But given the dreadfully long lineups … Continue reading
Filed under Academia, British Columbia, Cascadia, Commuting, Entertainment, Politics, Portland, Seattle, Tourism, Trade, Transportation, Vancouver Province Columns
Vancouver Province column: Please, will someone find a new home for popular night market?
The Province Monday, October 1, 2007 Load up on the dumplings, DVDs and designer knock-offs while you can. The Richmond night market closes out its 2007 season next Monday night. Vendors will be folding up their tables and turning off … Continue reading
Vancouver Province column: PNE gives us a taste of the fun we could use more of — all year long
The Province Monday, August 27, 2007 You’ve got to love the Pacific National Exhibition, which got underway last weekend. The annual lineups at The Fair, as it’s known, prove that West Coasters have an enduring passion for old-fashioned, Coney Island-like … Continue reading
Vancouver Province column: Let’s stop measuring progress by by the number of condo projects
The Province Tuesday, August 7, 2007 Vancouver is a great city with a pathetic bar scene. Don’t take my word for it. Just ask those Canadians who took part in an opinion poll released last week by Angus Reid. In … Continue reading
Vancouver Province Column: It’s time to hit the Granville rowdies where it hurts most — in the wallet
The Province Monday, May 14, 2007 The Granville strip, Greater Vancouver’s avenue of good times, needs a fix — and fast — for escalating rowdiness and public disorder. This is especially true as the coming summer tourist season and events … Continue reading
