Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation

Exclusive: Park Board steamrolling ahead with eviction, say dissenting associations

bobmackin 10/17/2013 City of Vancouver, community centre associations, Hastings, Hillcrest, Kensington, Kerrisdale, Killarney, OneCard, Park Board, Riley Park, Sunset, Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, Vision Vancouver

Court documents filed by Vancouver’s six dissenting community centre associations say the Park Board is proceeding to “evict” them before…
Park Ranger keeps mind nimble amid OneCard kerfuffle

bobmackin 09/06/2013 City of Vancouver, Community Centres, Malcolm Bromley, One Card, Park Board, Park Rangers, Sarah Blyth, Vancouver, Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, Vision Vancouver

Below are photographs of a Vancouver Park Ranger passing time with a skill-testing newspaper crossword puzzle. Vancouver Park Rangers are…
Hey, Ray! Waddaya say?

bobmackin 08/16/2013 City of Vancouver, governance, Hastings Park, Pacific National Exhibition, Park Board, PNE Fair, Raymond Louie, Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, Vancouver Charter, Vision Vancouver

Open Letter to Coun. Raymond Louie (Chairman, Pacific National Exhibition): Hope you’re having a fun and relaxing summer. Certainly you’ll…
Time ticking for Nine O’Clock Gun

bobmackin 04/01/2012 April 1, cannon, City of Vancouver, fool's day, LRAD, Nine O'Clock Gun, Stanley Park, Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, Vision Vancouver

The end is nigh for the Nine O’Clock Gun in Vancouver’s Stanley Park.The most famous sound of the city, heard…
Time ticking for Nine O’Clock Gun

bobmackin 04/01/2012 April 1, cannon, City of Vancouver, fool's day, LRAD, Nine O'Clock Gun, Stanley Park, Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, Vision Vancouver

The end is nigh for the Nine O’Clock Gun in Vancouver’s Stanley Park.The most famous sound of the city, heard…