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Entries from January 2016

Vancouver deputy city manager David McLellan to retire

October 2nd, 2012 · 44 Comments

Mayor Gregor Robertson made an announcement this morning at council about Dave’s retirement (and the whole room stood up to applaud Dave in the middle of the meeting) and the following note also went out from city manager Penny Ballem. (As an aside, I think there’s a sense that it’s safe for Dave to retire […]

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Vancouver’s farms: More of them than any other city in Canada, more under threat than anywhere else

October 2nd, 2012 · 6 Comments

I’m fascinated by farms and farmers, maybe because I come from farmers on both sides on my family — French-Canadian and Ukrainian from different parts of Saskatchewan. (I’ve always treasured the story about how my Uncle Peter (Ukrainian side) made my cousin’s future wife come and pick rocks out of the field in Dysart, so […]

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In which the author goes on a tour of Los Angeles in order to eat her way through the regions of Mexico

October 1st, 2012 · 18 Comments

Time for a change of pace here, kids. So this is the result of a trip to Los Angeles in the spring, where I had possibly the best journalism assignment OF MY LIFE. Eat Mexican food til it comes out your ears and write about it. (For those who care, I paid my own way […]

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