by Kurt Heinrich | Sep 13, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
It’s amazing sometimes to see how a community can rally around an great individual who happens to embody many of the great principles so many of us hold dearly today. Dr. Peter Jepson-Young is a great example of this. Last week the City of Vancouver (and actor...
by Kurt Heinrich | Sep 6, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
It’s been an exciting time for a number of young men who herald from the Downtown Eastside. After over a year of practice, eight young men (six of whom are from First Nations around BC) will be heading to Rio on September 15 to represent Canada in the Homeless...
by Kurt Heinrich | Aug 25, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
City Chase is coming up and we here at the Gumboot are all pretty excited. I’m excited for a few reasons. First, I said “yes” to join in on this little competition before having a full grasp of what I’ll be required to do. Run around the city?...
by Kurt Heinrich | Aug 20, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
As some of you may know correspondent Theo Lamb and I are an item. Many of you might also know that we try our best to keep Friday night as date night. It’s a time for the two of us to spend time together, go out for a nice meal, movie or walk and generally...
by Kurt Heinrich | Aug 18, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
MusicFest brings out the best in people (Editor’s Note: this article was recently posted by communications consultant and writer Jody Paterson. It was originally published in the Times Colonist newspaper. However, because it was so topical and co-editor John Horn and...
