Gregor Robertson

At least 80 people who used the city's five temporary homeless shelters since December 2008 have been placed in downtown single-room occupancy hotels, according to a city housing director...

It was great to see so many people at Vancouver's Car Free Days. As many of you know, Councillor Andrea Reimer brought forward a motion to support Summer Spaces in five neighbourhoods across the city, including in Gastown and Collingwood. The new program is set to begin in July. read more

B.C. Minister of Housing and Social Development, Rich Coleman announced today that three of the five controversial HEAT shelters will remain open, with one more to be assessed. read more

Emergency homeless shelters, including two that irked condo owners near the Granville Street Bridge, will close July 1 if the city does not get funding from the province, Mayor Gregor Robertson told a news conference Thursday...

Vancouver-area tenants who are afraid of being kicked out by landlords out to make a quick buck from visitors during the 2010 Olympics may have a reason to fear some more.The B.C. read more

Mayor Gregor Robertson has set an agenda for Vancouver to become "the greenest city on Earth." With the recent decision to dedicate a lane on the Burrard Bridge for cyclists' use, we have taken a step in the right direction. read more

 Eager gardeners were given the green light to dig into a number of plots in a community garden on city hall land on Saturday...

 Terry Pratt says she pays $550 a month for a tiny room with a toilet, sink and hot plate. It also comes with two roommates: a pair of rats that refuse to move out. “It’s gross. It stinks,” Pratt, 53, said outside the Balmoral Hotel in the Downtown Eastside. re

Vancouver city hall will get an ethics commissioner to look into issues like leaked, confidential documents. The move follows a report by lawyer Richard Peck into the leak last October of a key document on the Olympic Village project. read more

Join Vision's Mayor, Councillors, Commissioners, Trustees, members and supporters for a movie under the stars. Bring your blanket and an appetite and enjoy fresh Trout Lake concession snacks.  This event is free and open to everyone. read mor

Vancouver will be offering developers everything from a fee holiday to permission to build super-small suites to bonus space if they build affordable rental units, as part of a mini-stimulus program meant to get construction going again in the city. read more

Early on a Friday morning, people who've spent the night in two downtown shelters - located across a back alley from each other, in the shadows of the Granville Bridge - are on the move, rubbing sleep from their eyes and shouldering backpacks or pushing shopping carts as they move on from buildings...

Last week, Vision Vancouver Councillor Geoff Meggs sat down with Brandi Cowen to discuss his first six months in office. Here’s the skinny on how his election to city council has changed Councillor Meggs’ life, and how he sees the Olympics impacting Vancouver through 2010 and beyond...

As organizers gear up for Car-Free Vancouver Day, scheduled for June 14, folks in a couple of the areas hosting the event, as well as residents in Collingwood and Gastown are revving up plans for additional car-free Sundays. read more

I have made a serious mistake. On May 23, 2009 I was charged with driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol.I was returning home from an afternoon at Iona Beach in Richmond and was arrested and charged by the Vancouver Police Department around 11pm. I do not intend to challenge this charge...

Vancouver’s two gay city councillors are urging The Centre to explore the now-vacant St John’s United Church site in the West End as a possible future location for the gay community centre. read

Vision Vancouver’s Park Board is doing its part to support the construction of a new senior’s centre in southeast Vancouver. The new centre will be roughly 10,000 square feet and will be connected to Killarney Community Centre. read

Bicycling advocates in Vancouver got a double dose of good news on Tuesday from city councillors...

Vancouver City Council is still pushing for a second Amtrak train to roll through Vancouver from Seattle.  Council approved a motion to bring in a second train but it's little more than lobbying the federal government.  Amtrak would need to cough up $1,500 a day to cover extra Canada Border...

City Hall will soon become more accessible to the public.  Vision Vancouver Councillor Andrea Reimer, put forward a motion that would see the use of new open-source software by all departments.  “We want to make sure that City Hall is as accessible to the public as possible,” said ...

The 25th World Partnership Walk in Stanley Park raised roughly $2 million yesterday to fight poverty in some of the world’s most isolated and impoverish places...

The mayors of Vancouver and Portland have signed an agreement supporting high-speed rail, to enhance the existing train service between Vancouver and the Pacific Northwest. read more

A lot of people, including Vancouver's mayor, seem to be getting on board an idea for highspeed rail connecting Portland, Seattle and Vancouver. Gregor Robertson says a lot of people south of the border like the idea, including the Obama administration. read mor

There's a new battle front opening up in Vancouver's decades-old war between cars and bicycles. Its aim? Fewer casualties for the two-wheelers...

Hosted by Vision Councillor Geoff Meggs and Fairview Neighbourhood Supporters read more

The Mayor, Vision Councillors, and other electeds will be talking to Grandview Woodlands Community Members about their civic concerns. We are inviting you to email your questions for the Mayor to grandview@votevision.ca. read more

The new Vancouver board of education has fulfilled an election promise to release - uncensored - a controversial report on school facilities. The report was distributed to the previous board in 2007 but was kept confidential until now. read more

Mayor Gregor Robertson says he would support the provincial government constructing a large pre-trial centre in Vancouver for prisoners. Robertson and 21 other mayors are tasked with choosing a site in the Lower Mainland by Sept. 1 for what will be called the Lower Mainland Pre-trial Centre...

The Event is hosted by the Grandview Woodlands Neighbourhood Committee. This event features a question and answer period. Please send your questions to Grandview@votevision.ca and make sure to come out to the event. Gregor will try to answer as many questions a possible. read more

Last week, Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vision City Councillors followed through on their campaign promise to approve the opening of a bike lane on the Burrard Bridge.In addition, the east side sidewalk will be dedicated exclusively for northbound cyclists with the west side sidewalk reserved for...

Vancouver’s new web-friendly council wants the city to be more see-through and online. A motion to be introduced today calls for the city’s information-technology department to distribute as much data as possible on the Internet for free. read

On Monday the Vancouver Canucks gifted the Chicago Blackhawks seven goals and a pass into the next round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The other puck dropped Thursday with Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson dispatching a gift package to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. read more

Vision Vancouver park board commissioner Raj Hundal relinquished his position as chair of the board this week, but only long enough to move a motion at Monday night's park board meeting for action on a new seniors' centre in southeast Vancouver. read more

Condo buyers at Concord Pacific’s new Cosmo building in downtown Vancouver will have the capacity to plug in and charge their electric vehicles. “This is about sustainability,” Concord senior vice-president Peter Webb said in an interview after Wednesday’s announcement. r

Vancouver has come out with a 44-point plan to make you a better person and save the planet. In an effort to make Vancouver "the greenest city" in a crowded field of municipal competitors, the plan will give you more encouragement to ride your bicycle with more routes and a public bike-share system...

  Vision Vancouver is quickly approaching the one year anniversary of our nomination meeting - a time when many of you signed up to join the party in support of one of our candidates. Your membership has made Vision Vancouver one of Canada’s largest municipal political parties. read m

Nearly five years and counting. That’s how long I’ve been waiting for my patch of communal garden in Metro Vancouver...

Vancouver Canucks fans are keeping their cool after a close call last night. "It was a good game but we fell off at the third [period]," said Graeme Webb, who was watching the Canucks-Chicago Blackhawks matchup at Malone's Bar in downtown Vancouver. "We've got to keep our energy up...