Category Archives: Cities

The destiny of sex

(March 21, 1996) At 8 p.m. on a Wednesday evening, the second floor bar at the Imperial Pub is buzzing with expectancy, though as far as I can see, nothing in particular is about to happen. It’s business as usual, my daughter says. Continue reading →

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On the street where you park

(December 21, 1995) Privatizing residential street parking will keep the lilacs blooming, the larks singing and the pavement to a minimum. Continue reading →

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Enabling the disabled

(December 21, 1988) When you look up social entrepreneur in the dictionary, it should read: Al Etmanski, executive director of the Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN) in Vancouver. How else to describe someone who has helped develop a way of saving disabled people such as Peggy and John from the isolation of government institutions? Continue reading →

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