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The parents of Sir John Franklin elementary school have an ambitious plan: restore their school's crumbling playground and create a community hub that will entice their plugged-in children to play outside
Photo-Dan Toulgoet
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The great outdoors
The 3 p.m. bell rings at Sir John Franklin elementary school on Skeena Street in Vancouver Heights on the Vancouver/Burnaby border. The school's greyish-brown
façade and Edwardian architecture blend with the low hanging clouds and cast an almost medieval profile on the rooftops of the surrounding split-entry houses and bungalows.
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Afterglow of sunflower sale felt far away in Africa
The organizer of a small grassroots fundraising project for HIV/AIDS relief in Africa says she had no idea how popular her idea would become.
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On the record: The ice man keepeth smooth flow to game
Steve Caron is chief engineer and head of a five-person maintenance team at GM Place, home of the Vancouver Canucks.
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Coleman's hopes high for mean streets hotels
Ten hotels in the Downtown Eastside purchased by the provincial government will be safe and healthy places to live by the end of the year, or shortly thereafter.
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Ministry 'serious' about welfare scams
The provincial ministry that issues welfare cheques continues to investigate welfare fraud in Downtown Eastside hotels.
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12th & Cambie
Lee owners not in contempt.....The saga over the Lee Building's huge rooftop sign continues.
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New name game all about money
Naming a room in a community centre in the memory of someone who contributed to the community is fine, says Keith Jacobson. But naming that room after a soft drink or sports company is not.
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Plaza not in big picture
Where once thousands of excited fans gathered to see the likes of David Bowie and The Pixies, cracked glass hangs off the Plaza of Nations stage like solid cobwebs.
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Staff ask council to lower parking requirements for new developments
Parking at new residential developments could come at a premium if the city's parking management division gets its way.
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False Creek residents prefer geothermal heat to city's sewer plan
Although fiery opposition from False Creek South residents has cooled with the city's decision not to use biomass energy to provide heat and hot water for the Olympic Village, the city's decision to use sewer heat recovery continues to spark debate.
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Hockey night in Canuck land a hit with overseas audiences
As local fans catch Canucks fever, Dave Olson is connecting with faraway fans around the world who don't want to miss out on this year's playoff run.
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