When everything is ‘unprecedented,’ it’s tough to choose just a few highlights for an Around Town column after taking a two-month summer break (which was very pleasant). Thus I have just decided to focus on several law-related stories, news of… Read more →
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Tent city at Oppenheimer Park will soon be gone, but church plans to carry on
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Pastor Peter (Jonghuen) Yang has been spending much of his time at Oppenheimer Park in the Downtown Eastside for more than a year, offering Sunday services and providing food, along with masks and sanitizer to protect against coronavirus. Now orders… Read more →
Around Town: Two weeks for $2 million, COVID-19 / Opiod double whammy . . .
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Union Gospel Mission (UGM) and The Salvation Army have joined forces to create a COVID Relief Together initiative – and their goal is to raise $2 million in two weeks. Speaking on CTV News last week, UGM spokesperson Jeremy Hunka… Read more →
Around Town: Bill Chu, Wally Buono, For the Love of God, Handel’s Messiahs . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 1 Comment
Friends and supporters joined Bill Chu last Friday night (November 30) at the Gingeri Restaurant in Richmond’s Lansdowne Centre to celebrate 30 years of activism with Canadians for Reconciliation Society (CFRS) – and his 70th birthday. Enjoying the multi-course meal… Read more →