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  • Transit Forum 2012
    March 13, 2012
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    rabbleTV
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    Kevin Konnyu of Occupy TTC makes the case for public transit.
  • December 26, 2011
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    Dan Kellar
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    The Smash the State Report takes the @mediacoop's November in review, adds some comments, and talks security.
  • December 9, 2011
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    Vancouver | social housing | environmentaly sustainable housing
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    Scott Bernstein explains why Pivot is representing low-income tenants from Vancouver's Olympic Village housing complex.
  • November 22, 2011
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    Jasmine R. Rezaee
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    Occupy Vancouver complied with a court injunction Monday by moving to a new site: the B.C. Supreme Court lands.
  • Stephen Harper being named honourary chief of the Blood Tribe
    July 21, 2011
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    Ryan Sparrow | Riaz Sayani-Mulji
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    We speak with Dr. Hayden King on Stephen Harper being named honourary chief of the Blood Tribe, Canada's residential school system, the annexation of Six Nations land in Caledonia, and more.
  • June 16, 2011
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    Tristan Markle
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    Vancouver's Stanley Cup riots were not carried out by a few bad apples, but were rather the logical conclusion of weeks of jingoism.
  • June 2, 2011
    | By
    Tristan Markle
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    For the second time in a generation, a Vancouver 'reform' party won a mandate for change, but delivered more of the same.
  • May 29, 2011
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    Maria Wallstam and Nathan Crompton
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    This month more buildings were added to the list of disappearing affordable housing in Vancouver. On May 1 the Colonial and Seaview hotels were privatized, with rents scheduled to increase.
  • May 27, 2011
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    Sean Antrim and Tristan Markle
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    According to Metro Vancouver's Homelessness Count, the number of homeless folks in Vancouver increased over the last three years. But you wouldn't realize it from all the political spin.
  • Redeye
    March 21, 2011
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    Lorraine Chisholm
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    Redeye speaks with one of the activists involved in setting up a tent city in the former Athletes Village on the anniversary of the tent city set up during the 2010 Olympics.
  • February 13, 2011
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    Pina Belperio
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    As Whistler, B.C. prepares to celebrate its one-year Olympic anniversary this weekend, what are the chances that the Olympics come back in 2014?
  • February 9, 2011
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    Chris Shaw
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    The patriotism on parade is that allegedly of Canadians, particularly Vancouverites, in regard to last year's Olympic Games.
  • February 7, 2011
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    Pina Belperio
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    Whistler is used to being in the limelight for skiing and lifestyles of the rich and famous, so allegations of a dog massacre are a hard pill to swallow.
  • February 3, 2011
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    Chris Shaw
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    On Feb. 12, Vancouver and B.C. are planning to have a huge party -- using piles of tax payer money, of course -- to commemorate the giddy, ethanol-fueled Olympic glow of yesteryear.
  • Photo: Stephen Dyrgas
    November 10, 2010
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    Communist Party of British Columbia
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    The Communist Party of British Columbia lists reason after reason why the B.C. Liberals have lost their mandate to lead the province.