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Supporters laud him, critics villify him. For Gordon Campbell and the election race in Vancouver-Point Grey, it's politics as usual. Photo illustration-Dan Toulgoet


Love him, hate him
The message is only partially visible on the small handmade poster plastered on a telephone booth on Fourth Avenue near Cypress Street.

Grant refusal 'a slap in face' to Greeks
Vancouver's Greek community is feeling an Olympic-sized slight after council rejected a $5,000 grant application to help cover costs for Greek Day. The once popular event is being revived after a 17-year absence in the city.

RAVCO accuses coalition of scaremongering
RAVCO is accusing a coalition formed to fight cut and cover tunneling on Cambie Street during the construction of a rapid transit line of spreading "inaccurate and misleading information."

Cat with attitude had long, happy nine lives
A much-beloved member of the Dunbar Street community who hated and chased dogs has died.

Freedom of press on agenda at reading
When Charles Montgomery met with journalist Robert Iroga in 2002, he was "expecting to get the dirt on corruption and ethnic violence in the Solomon Islands."

Residents trying to save old Dickens focus on development permit process
Ed Levinson hopes persistence pays off.

Sex event organizers find Labour accommodating
Organizers of an upcoming conference on fetish and alternative sexuality say they've had a difficult time finding venues to hold their events.

All dressed up and nowhere to go
Walking through Dunbar Costume Rentals in Marpole last Thursday morning, one was struck by the sheer volume of inventory filling the three-storey building.

Greens searching for Campbell clone
Liberal government foes might think one Gordon Campbell is more than enough for B.C., but the Green Party disagrees.

Green's Reimer blogs Cheng
You don't need to go to a school board meeting to find out what Green Party trustee Andrea Reimer thinks about board decisions-or her colleagues at the table.

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