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Vancouver Police Move Toward Installing Video Surveillance in Jailnew
After initially resisting the plan, the Vancouver Police Department is moving ahead with the installation of a video surveillance system in its jail.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
12-07-2009 |
Crime & Justice
British Columbia Municipal Cops Call for Federal Police Accountabilitynew
Municipal police officers in British Columbia want Royal Canadian Mounted Police forces doing contract police work in the province to be accountable to the same civilian-oversight process for public complaints as the municipal police are.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
01-26-2009 |
Policy Issues
Investment Adviser: Bailout Plan Won't Helpnew
Vancouver-based Ian Gordon, a proponent of early 20th-century Russian economist Nikolai Kondratieff's wave theory of the cycles of capitalist systems, doesn't have much confidence that a bailout would make things much better.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
10-03-2008 |
Economy
Logging Companies Look to Flip Forests in British Columbianew
Despite the province's climate-change policy and a social contract with the public to maintain properties as forests, more and more logging corporations are hoping to convert private forestlands into real estate.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
07-28-2008 |
Environment
Smart Tips for First-Time Home Sellersnew
From tips on how to go about purchasing a house to materials proclaiming the advantages of owning a property, new buyers don't have a shortage of print and online references. But how about people selling their homes for the first time?
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
06-02-2008 |
Housing & Development
Oil Costs Reshaping the Suburbsnew
Current property values in the U.S., where the subprime-mortgage crisis has unleashed a sea of foreclosures, demonstrate how surging oil prices can affect the real-estate market. Cities with more suburban sprawl are suffering more in terms of depressed prices than denser areas that are less dependent on cars.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
05-19-2008 |
Housing & Development
Homes Face Possible Smoking Ban in Canadanew
The Greater Vancouver Housing Corporation is moving cautiously to designate nonsmoking rental accommodations in its properties in the absence of a law against smoking in multi-unit residential buildings.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
03-07-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Subprime Mess Spreadsnew
The subprime lending crisis in the U.S. is far from over, and its impact on financial markets may continue to affect the cost of Canadian mortgages.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
01-04-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Gangland Recruits: Why Vancouver Kids Fall Preynew
Jagdeep Mangat, a former gang member, says policymakers must address positive inducements that lead young people to join criminal organizations.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
12-17-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
No Vacancy in Vancouvernew
The city is bedeviled by rising rents and low vacancy rates, which take a disproportionate toll on young people.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith and Carlito Pablo |
10-15-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Is It Time for British Columbia to Raise its Minimum Wage?new
B.C. hasn't raised its $8/hour minimum wage since 2001, which has created plenty of grief for Keona Wiley and thousands of others.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
10-09-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Commemorating a Race Riotnew
On Sept. 7, representatives from five communities -- Chinese, Japanese, South Asian, aboriginal, and labor -- will commemorate Vancouver's anti-Asian riot of 1907.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
08-31-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
In Canada, Pap Tests Are Free: Why Must the Prostate Pay?new
When men like Laurence Armstrong get a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test to screen for cancer, they have to pay -- and Armstrong says this smacks of sexual discrimination.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
08-24-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Bacteria Love Garbage Strikes Toonew
While flies and cockroaches are the pests that will be most obvious when Vancouver's garbage starts to pile up because of the civic strike, it's the growth of microscopic bacteria like salmonella and shigella that should be of concern to authorities.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
07-26-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Will This Be Firestorm 2007?new
The risk of another major fire season in British Columbia is high.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
07-13-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
