Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Archbishop Michael Miller will be the keynote speakers at the upcoming Laudato Si’ Symposium, October 21 at the John Paul II Pastoral Centre. Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’s new document addressing the world’s ecological crisis, has…
Riley Park – which for decades has been a highly stable neighborhood of middle class immigrants – is being gentrified as home buyers and business owners look for houses and stores that are more affordable than on the west side…
Hastings-Sunrise is mostly residential, with a lively commercial strip along Hastings Street, but is probably best known as the home of the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE). Historically a working class neighbourhood with a higher-than-average percentage of low income households, the…
Kitsilano is a lively and storied neighbourhood, stretching along the flat lowlands of English Bay and straddling the hill sloping down to Kits Beach – which was already a major summer camping destination for West End residents by the beginning…
Marpole is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Vancouver. Historically a moderate-income neighbourhood, it continues to be a convenient initial landing ground for new immigrants. The SkyTrain Canada Line and three bridges (Arthur Laing, Oak Street, Marpole Railway) make Marpole…
On September 24 at 7 pm, Regent College will host the first ever Q Commons event in Vancouver. The evening will include presentations by local leaders and thinkers on the topic of housing, home, community and belonging in the city of Vancouver. …
Killarney is a relatively low-density neighbourhood that has the third-highest concentration of families in the city. The median income has steadily risen and is now above the city’s average. However, this masks a moderately high concentration of low-income residents living…
Fairview faces Vancouver’s downtown core across False Creek, and is linked to it by the Burrard, Granville and Cambie Street bridges. It is a very densely populated neighbourhood, featuring mostly low-rise apartments and condos. Out of 18,505 occupied private dwellings, only…
There will be a couple of Christian bands mixing it up in the Granville Entertainment District this week – King’s Kaleidoscope at the Vogue Theatre Thursday night (September 10) and P.O.D. (with Islander) at Venue Night Club on Sunday (September…
Over the next several months we will offer profiles of each of Vancouver’s 22 areas (and UBC). Kerrisdale is a very comfortable neighbourhood with many well-treed streets, featuring a mix of newer and older houses as well as a sizeable…