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Who’s the Baby Seal?

This weekend one of my best friend’s, Jenny, invited me to go with her on a by-donation tour of Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Center.  Jenny is a member of the Nature Vancouver and they arranged this by-donation unique tour opportunity.
The Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Center is located at the Main Street Docks, which [...]

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Woodwards Building Condos Up for Sale

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An Unknown Author expressing local resistance by writing on a Woodward’s Sign prior to it’s Deconstruction in 2006 – Photo by Eyeye

On the heels of my last post, Gentrification of Vancouver’s DTES and the impact on our local Hospitals, I wanted to quickly mention the recent completion of Woodward’s first of two towers this [...]

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Blogservations – The Impact of Gentrification in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side on our Local Hospitals

In my many observations of Vancouver, one controversial and relevant to me, is the Gentrification of Vancouver’s Downtown East Side (DTES).  Wikipedia defines Gentrification as, ‘the socio-economic, commercial, and demographic change in an urban area resulting from wealthier people buying housing property in a poor community.’  Gentrification of our city’s DTES has lead to higher [...]

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Burrard Bridge Bicycle Lanes

I have been wanted to talk about this topic for quite some time as I am directly affected by it on my commute to work; the City of Vancouver’s trail run of the Burrard Bridge Bike Lane that started July 13th, 2009.  The City has been given the Bicycle Lane up to 6 months for [...]

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