Gaia #CommunityCare and #Wellness Society, which previously held fall prevention workshops in #RichmondBC recently launched its weekly service navigation services at Richmond South Centre MLA Henry Yao's office.
Every Tuesday, #seniors who speak #Cantonese and #Mandarin can get help to #translate documents, contact government departments and apply or inquire about welfare and community resources such as dental services and HandyDart.
A 47 yr old #RichmondBC man, who was #convicted of sexual interference of his niece when she was 12 yrs old, was sentenced on Thursday afternoon to almost 2 years of #HouseArrest & 3 yrs of #probation.
A publication ban is in place to protect the victim's identity.
Step up for #nature by joining in our first ever stadium #StairClimb at the iconic #BCPlace on Sunday, May 26.
Join as an individual or with a team of friends, family, colleagues, or fellow students. All ages are welcome to participate in this exciting event. http://wwf.ca/bcplace
Mom was 26 yrs old & I was 8 yrs old. In front of BC legislature. Wearing my fave red ruffle neck sweater vest, wide leg jeans; Mom let me wear her red lipstick that day. I'm unhappy about my mismatched Frankenstein orthotic boot - ppl used to stare at/make fun of them/me. It took years for me to be able to wear regular, matching boots.
#Expo86 in #VancouverBC
Mom was 29 yrs old, brother Jerry was 8 yrs old. In a cyclo, at the #Singapore exhibition. Our very first family holidays trip, a ferry ride over. We stayed in a motel & had fancy dimsum for first times on this short trip. We had lots of fun at Expo86. The monorail rides were my fave.
SAHI volunteers work to ensure the recreational activities are both enjoyable & #CulturallyRelevant for clients & also support the day-to-day activities of the program.
The City of #Vancouver & #VancouverParkBoard staff have announced the second version of a draft plan to clean up parts of #CRABPark, raising concerns from park residents that they will be forced out.
At a news conference Tuesday morning, staff said the decision was made last December to make the area safer and cleaner for residents of the park's #TentCity.
#NewWestminster Animal Services said the #dog was found unattended aboard a train at #Sapperton#Skytrain Station and is believed to have boarded at New Westminster Station.
This reminds us that #policing - in #SettlerColonial societies like Canada - has always been a central force for dispossession, displacement & containment.
#VancouverPolice chief Adam Palmer hosted #Israeli#police Major General Avshalom Peled — then commander of Border Police Unit 33, July 8, 2018. Palmer called him an “insightful leader”. #IndependentJewishVoices#IJV#Vancouver disputed this, saying Peled was “notorious for violent suppression of an entire population through widespread human rights violations including extrajudicial killings”.
3 local #FirstNations within #Vancouver have officially endorsed Mayor Ken Sim’s plan to #abolish the elected body of the Park Board.
In an open letter dated March 1, addressed to the #GovernmentOfBritishColumbia, the #Musqueam Indian Band, #Squamish Nation, and #TsleilWaututh Nation (MST) have jointly expressed their support to eliminate the separately elected body that governs Vancouver’s parks and recreation system.
Thanks to @msquebanh for the idea and example. Here is the rough outline of #gaza (perimeter 110km and area 636sqkm) superimposed on #VancouverIsland, facing the City of #Vancouver#yvr. It runs from Lantzville (North #Nanaimo) to Chemainus. Imagine the people of Vancouver ‘facing' that horror, that deseruction, that genocide, within sight across the Salish Sea.
I don't feel like walking today.. it's going to take some self-discipline. there's holes in mine @MaJ1
that's what happened to all those Christmas cookies.. no friggin' self-discipline .. and now we have to walk.. dammit.
Checks temperature.. -6°C ◄ doable
"Strong winds that may cause damage are expected or occurring. Maximum wind gusts: 90 to 100 km/h. Possibly higher along exposed coastal areas. Location: Nova Scotia.
Dammit again! Tie down the garbage cans..
Brace for heavy seas..
[In photos of the space, prospective tenants can see that a mattress and box spring sit on the floor of an area that appears to be part of an unfinished basement off a laundry room. While it's described as "private" there are no doors visible in the photos.]
I have an 11 hour layover in a couple of days and it looks like it’ll be raining, what should I do to take the most advantage of my time there?! Easiest mode of transportation? tia!
Brown says her mother faced #PoorConditions. As she explains, her mother’s tray in the hallway was often pushed out of the way and out of reach, she was rarely taken out of her stretcher to move around, and she wasn’t cleaned as often as she should have been.
A similar story came from a Stage 4 cancer patient who told CityNews she was on one of more than a dozen stretchers that lined the hall..
Went on a Sunday AM adventure with several of my students. They’re building Metro Vancouver in #Minecraft. It’s an ongoing project. Rapid transit (the SkyTrain) is a big part of it. These kids have a fascination for it, and I’m learning alongside them. But those people who looked sideways at us because … then changed their seats? Sad. #YVR#transit#Education#SilentSunday
Over the year, #MPNeighbours have #DeEscalated at least 113 situations, made 464 service referrals & picked up more than 12,000 needles.
Matthew Smedley is exec director/CEO of the #nonprofit#MissionPossible, which specializes in helping some of the city’s most #vulnerable people reconnect with employment.