by Kurt Heinrich | Aug 11, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Yesterday afternoon Whitecaps FC players Jeb Brovsky, Shea Salinas, Bilal Duckett and Jonathan Leathers joined dozens of street soccer players at Oppenheimer park for a pick up game and meet and greet. It was an amazing afternoon for many players who’ve faced...
by Kurt Heinrich | Aug 5, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
We’ve all heard a lot about it these days. It really is doom and gloom as critics point out that the cuts just won’t go deep enough to avert an economic Apocalypse. Raise taxes some say. Cut spending others say. Don’t raise the debt ceiling, said a...
by Kurt Heinrich | Aug 3, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
We’ve all heard Vancouver’s bike lanes have caused a bit of “stir” recently. But all the opponents out there should remember it could be a lot worse. Don’t believe me? Check out what Arturas Zoukas, mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania recently...
by Kurt Heinrich | Jul 31, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
This weekend the West End’s streets were jammed with an estimated 600,000 people. Despite a crazy rainstorm hours before (that hit me while I was riding through Strathcona), this year’s Pride Parade enjoyed huge crowds and a beautiful sunny Vancouver day....
by Kurt Heinrich | Jul 28, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
This morning during a walk along Commercial Drive I wandered past Grandview Park. Last year the park had been hotbed of protest from self-appointed “stewards” who saw any development/renos as tantamount to treason to the “alternative” roots of...
