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		<title>WERA in the News: Courier updates on the Cactus Club story</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 04:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WERA president Christine Ackerman was quoted in the Courier newspaper discussing the Cactus Club exit/bike lane issue (see WERA story here). An excerpt: From opening day on March 2, black vinyl ropes were often set up outside the restaurant directing patrons departing on foot straight into a busy two-way bike lane. But as of the past weekend, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WERA in the news: News 1130 reports on the Cactus Club story</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 21:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WERA president Christine Ackerman was quoted on News 1130 radio discussing the Cactus Club exit/bike lane issue (see WERA story here). According to News 1130, &#8220;As the weather heats up, things could get ugly, according to Christine Ackerman with the West End Residents Association. She thinks Cactus Club patrons spilling out in front is dangerous to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you rent in Vancouver?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 18:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re a group of West End renters interested in building a web site and undertaking related activities to provide information to BC renters. In order to make sure the site meets a wide range of needs, we need input from apartment renters in Vancouver. So we’re holding a series of focus groups to present the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seaside bike route disrupted by new bistro at English Bay</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 05:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congestion and conflict has significantly increased on the Seaside Bike Route since the Cactus Club English Bay Bistro opened. This is disappointing as pedestrians, cyclists and skaters have just endured 16 months of disruption during the construction of the Bistro. The congestion and conflict are a result of a number of factors including: The Cactus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s no place like home: Thurs May 10 at 7pm</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 03:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The West End Community Plan launches with a storytelling event this week at Denman Cinema.]]></description>
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		<title>Cycling 101</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Vancouver Courier cover story this week is about a project that WERA has been supporting. Cover story, Vancouver Courier, April 27, 2012 A second-hand partially disassembled mountain bike hangs off a blue stand at the front of a workshop in King George secondary, a small West End high school. Pedals, a reflector, a headset, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West End planning process to start</title>
		<link>http://wera.bc.ca/?p=2332&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=west-end-planning-process-to-start</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West End Community Plan The West End Planning Team is about to begin a community-wide discussion about the future of the West End. The West End community planning process will be an 18-21 month initiative to bring the community together to shape a new community plan for the West End. The plan will provide clarity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philosophers&#8217; Cafe, April 19: Health Technology &#8212; Is it worth the cost?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SFU’s Philosophers’ Cafe is back for another season at Barclay Manor. The talks take place the third Thursday of each month and the focus this time is on technology and health care. The final talk takes place Thursday, April 19 at 7 p.m. at Barclay Manor, 1447 Barclay Street (between Nicola and Broughton). Admission is free. This month’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local storytellers wanted!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; To launch the West End Community Plan, the City of Vancouver will be hosting a neighbourhood storytelling event in mid-May. This celebration of the West End will explore the richness of the neighbourhood and frame the conversations moving forward. It will be a neighbourhood event filled with local stories by local residents and featuring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West End Community Plan terms of reference approved</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Terms of Reference documents for the three new Community Plans (in Marpole, the West End, and Grandview-Woodland) were approved at City Council’s Planning, Transportation &#38; Environment Meeting on March 28. The staff presentation can be found at http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20120328/documents/ptec2Presentation-NextCommunityPlans-TermsofReference.pdf. The combined staff report (19 pages) and three Terms of Reference documents (27 pages each) can be [...]]]></description>
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