VSO opening concerts to go ahead as planned

The season-opening concerts for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra will go ahead this weekend - probably behind picket lines.The concerts are to take place tomorrow and Monday at the Orpheum Theatre, which is a city-run property. Since the civic strike began in July, all events scheduled for the Orpheum have been cancelled or moved to other venues. But on Wednesday, the Labour Relations Board issued an interim order preventing pickets from going up outside the stage door for these two shows. That effectively allows the VSO's opening weekend concerts to proceed.

Living the swinging condo life

Brothers Mike and Dave Burns look out of the floor-to-ceiling windows of their two-bedroom condo near Vancouver's trendy Yaletown and consider the downtown neighbourhood.They live in an 840-square-foot apartment decorated in the contemporary minimalism of a show suite. There is the leather couch, the teak floor lamp, the 48-inch plasma TV and the polished concrete floor.

Concert death not linked to moshing, coroner says

Vancouver's regional coroner says moshing or crowd surfing likely had no role in the death this week of a 20-year-old man who died at a Smashing Pumpkins concert, but that he will need the results of toxicology tests to figure out what killed Kenny Leung of Richmond.

'Dinosaur experience' could give Vancouver its own Jurassic Park

Stanley Park could soon have a touch of Jurassic Park thanks to a request from the Vancouver Parks Board for companies to submit ideas to install up to 30 life-sized robot dinosaurs as part of a plan to draw thousands of new visitors.

Sixties films offer fresh look back at Vancouver

Some of the images Vancouverites will see of their city at this year's Vancouver International Film Festival were shot more than 40 years ago, but they have a contemporary resonance that is sure to register with audiences.

Writers groups want end to Vancouver city strike

Groups representing Canadian writers and publishers are calling for an end to Vancouver's labour dispute, following word that part of the city's upcoming Word on the Street event will be scrapped because of the strike.

Police urge public to help retrace last steps of slain club promoter

Nightclub promoter Jay Louie was mourned on club forums yesterday as police pleaded for the public to come forward with any information on what he was doing in the hours before he was found slain in an SUV beside a Vancouver high school.

Bomb threat shuts down seaplane firm for hours

An early-morning bomb threat to a Vancouver-based seaplane company stranded hundreds of passengers for hours yesterday, the scare coming as the lack of security at small, unregulated airports in Canada is being called into question.

Premature to tie concert death to moshing, coroner says

Vancouver's regional coroner says it is too early to link the death of a 20-year-old man at a Smashing Pumpkins concert this week to any moshing activity that may have occurred there.

Municipalities to make air pollution cuts

B.C. municipalities have signed a deal with the provincial government that promises big cuts in air pollution over the next five years.Premier Gordon Campbell signed the Climate Action Charter with Brenda Binnie, the president of the Union of B.C. Municipalities, at the organization's annual convention in Vancouver.

Attacks nothing but mudslinging, Canucks suit told

during the final days of a sensational Vancouver Canucks lawsuit are nothing more than mudslinging designed to cover up a weak case, ...

Greetings from Camp Vancouver: Schneider enjoys first pro hockey ...

For Vancouver Canucks goaltending prospect Cory Schneider, that came in an NHL exhibition game last Thursday. The Marblehead native, who was in his first ...

Luongo stands firm over threat to quit

Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo reiterated Wednesday he would walk away from the NHL -- and his $6.75 million-US-a-year contract -- if the league ...

Vancouver kicks off 26th annual film festival

Cinephiles on the West Coast are heading for the box office on Thursday as the Vancouver International Film Festival launches its 26th edition.

has the union caused traffic chaos in vancouver?

Forum: General Discussion Posted By: SpongeG Post Time: 09-28-2007 at 06:07 AM.

Infidels banned from smoking in Vancouver; Muslims get exemption

Vancouver?s hookah-parlour owners are celebrating after winning an exemption Thursday from a proposed new bylaw that will ban smoking on most sidewalks in commercial districts, in bus shelters and even in taxis passing through Vancouver ...

Missing man off meds and possibly dangerous

Coquitlam RCMP are looking for a man they say may become agitated and without medical help.

Music Therapy Ride ready to go

The 6th Annual Music Therapy Ride is set for this weekend, rain or shine.

Where were all the courtious motorists?

The City of Vancouver has called in the police to help figure what caused city traffic lights to malfunction Thursday.

Coleman says James mal-nourished regarding beetle information

Forests Minister Rich Coleman says NDP Leader Carole James is un-informed on the pine beetle battle.

Young girl still missing from Delta

Police in Delta would like your help to find to missing 13 year old girl.

Vancouver Green Group is Active!!

We had our first Vancouver Green Group meeting today and it was a success! Thanks to Renee for trekking up to the Couv and thanks to Tara for joining as well. Since it was our first meeting, we kind of got to know each other a little ...