Frances Bula header image 4

Entries from January 2016

Bike share: Coming to Seattle, delayed in San Francisco, doubted in New York — someday in Vancouver?

April 6th, 2014 · 30 Comments

It really takes a full-time national reporter to stay on top of the bike-share thing, with all the various news events. Among them in the past month: – Montreal got four offers for the international arm of Bixi recently, but decided none were good enough. – The City of Montreal will provide enough money ($4.3 […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Uncategorized

Downtown Eastside non-profits feel a chill in the aftermath of PHS implosion

April 2nd, 2014 · 7 Comments

Housing and service groups in Vancouver have been facing a tough question from the public, ever since an audit released three weeks ago showed that PHS Community Services was spending its money in all kinds of unexpected ways. That question: How do we know you are any more trustworthy? After all, many people would think, […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Uncategorized

Greens step up efforts to get seats on Vancouver council, COPE sets new policy

April 1st, 2014 · 188 Comments

All of us who care about politics in the city are waiting to see which of the potential Vision challengers will mount the most effective, publicly appealing option for those wishing to park their votes somewhere besides with the ruling party. The two parties on what some would describe as the left were in action […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Uncategorized