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Commercial Drive Area Still Gritty Despite Gentrification
Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver SunPublished: Sunday, April 06, 2008VANCOUVER - House prices in Vancouver's Commercial Drive area have tripled in the past decade, drawing yuppies to the now-million-dollar homes, yet some of the grittier problems in the city's vibrant urban village remain.Homeless people sleep in alcoves. Crack dealers deal openly on street corners. On the periphery of the area, prostitutes still seek customers.Nonetheless, people who live on The Drive say they love the ambience of the neighbourhood and its cafes, shops and diverse and eclectic art, people and music, according t...
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Latino Love
I've been on something of a Latino kick for the last half year or so; taking a Spanish language community centre course, falling in love with Spain, and going on a pilgrimage through central Mexico to see the overwintering Monarch butterflies have al...
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topics: cheese, coffee, dessert, farm, halibut
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Some speculation on some speculation
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Here's the unedited text of my most recent column in Business in Vancouver:News item: Metro Vancouver's transportation authority is launching a real estate division that could produce up to $1.5 billion in revenue over the next 10 years, modelled on ...
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topics: business, commercial drive, density, developers, downtown
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Michigan Noodle Shop in Richmond
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I can almost swear that this place is new. Well, not new-new but new as in about 4 months new. We had been eating around Alexandra Rd every other weekend but it never quite notice it until recently. You know, with a name like Michigan, we can almo...
58 views | aggregated: 31 weeks 6 days ago
topics: cafe, prawns, restaurant, richmond, seafood
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Gassy Jack
"Gassy Jack" by The Evaporators (SOCAN). Video directed by Jason Margolis from the CD/LP &...
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When Jesse Was Born
Explores the turbulent, sometimes painful, and often humorous lives of one blue-collar family as the...
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A Piece of Glass
With the 2010 Olympics rapidly approaching, many people are concerned about the issue of homelessnes...
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