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Best of the City: West End is voted Best Neighbourhood!
The West End is a diverse and vibrant community and we are proud of the multitude of businesses within our area. All of the local residents, businesses, and community organizations contribute to making this neighbourhood truly amazing. Riding the wave …
Vancouver’s West End wins best neighbourhood in Canadian contest
By TIFFANY CRAWFORD, VANCOUVER SUN November 4, 2015 People are caught in rays of sunlight as they run and walk along the Stanley Park seawall near Siwash Rock in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday August 25, 2013. Vancouver’s West End has …
West End tenants cry foul over high rent hikes
Fixed-term leases give Vancouver landlords the option of unlimited rent increases By Bethany Lindsay, Vancouver Sun August 22, 2015 Adam Saint in front of his home in the West End. Faced with a 20-per-cent rent increase, Adam and his girlfriend …
NDP MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert, who represents the West End, said a provincewide strategy is needed to combat noisy vehicles.
Vancouver police target loud cars and motorbikes Number of complaints up in downtown and the West EndBy Yvonne Zacharias, Vancouver Sun July 10, 2015 Photograph by: Arlen Redekop , Vancouver Sun VANCOUVER — Drivers of motorcycles or cars with ear-splitting …
Estimate of bunker fuel spilled in Vancouver bay was ‘conservative’: officials
By: The Canadian Press Posted: 04/13/2015 Bunker fuel drifts on the surface of Burrard Inlet after leaking from the bulk carrier cargo ship Marathassa, not seen, in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday April 9, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck VANCOUVER – …
Toxic fuel spill fouls Vancouver’s English Bay and area beaches
By Laura Kane, Canadian Press | April 10, 2015 1:53 PM ET Darryl Dyck Spill response boat monitors a boom placed around the bulk carrier cargo ship Marathassa after a bunker fuel spill on Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, B.C., …
English Bay Oil Spill A huge wake-up call
B.C. NDP MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert, Official Opposition environment critic, says “Citizens were unaware of the dangers posed by the oil spill in English Bay. What may seem like a small spill to an offshore mariner is very, very …
Vancouver tanker fuel spill shows city, province not prepared for major disaster: MLA
April 9, 2015, 2:05 p.m. Environment & Sustainability Oil found on the beach at Vancouver’s popular English Bay. The City of Vancouver has warned people not to touch the oil, which is toxic | Jen St. Denis Vancouver’s beaches are …
Kinder Morgan would profit from oil spills. Really?
By Tyson Kelsall rabble news | April 7, 2015 Kinder Morgan subsidiary Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMP) owns 50.9 per cent of the corporation that would respond to a marine oil spill in British Columbia, according to TMP’s response to an …