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The daily number of trips into downtown by walking, cycling or transit more than doubled during the 2010 Olympics to 357,000, up from 175,000 pre-Games, Dale Bracewell, Vancouver’s director of Olympic transportation, said Thursday.
Millennium Development Corp., developer of Vancouver’s Olympic village, announced an incentive plan is in the works to boost sluggish condo sales and ensure the company fulfils its loan payments to the city. More than 400 units at the waterfront site have yet to be sold. Only 250 units have been purchased since they went up for sale in May.
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Self-expression through art gives students with disabilities a voice, sense of community with classmates Disability arts can transform perceptions of ability KRISTEN THOMPSON
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TransLink presented Metro Vancouver mayors Thursday with two supplemental options to raise cash for the Evergreen Line. Option B calls for a $68.2million property tax increase. It would mean an additional $54 per year in taxes for the average household.
8,000 B.C.’s first Bloodmobile is scheduled to hit Vancouver streets Friday to tap into new donors. The 45-foot
Cindy Saul shows off one of her paintings at the Developmental Disabilities Association studio on Main Street on Thursday.
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Kim Almond says she’s often blown away by the talent and insight her students — who are developmentally disabled — express through their art. “People are often surprised that they have important things to say and that their paintings are about something,” said Almond. Her students put their artwork on display at the sixth annual Art Show For B.C. Artists With Developmental Disabilities at Heritage Hall on Thursday night.
Almond said art allows her students to express thoughts and work through issues they can’t articulate verbally. Wendy Cook created a blue painting depicting images of her cat along with birds and butterflies — her idea of cat heaven — after her pet died. “It can be very cathartic,” Almond said. Beverly Jean Semenick, whose painting Summer Flowers was on display, said being in art shows makes her feel proud. Gerome Couiseau, whose painting Spring In Montreal was in the exhibit, said creating art is relaxing.
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A variety of media was represented, including painting, pottery, glasswork and photography. The show was put on by PosAbilities, an organization that empowers people with developmental disabilities. To see more of the artwork visit posabilities.ca.
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More than 100 artists exhibited roughly 300 works at the show.
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A guide dog dragged by a SkyTrain last Thursday has received about $10,000 in donations for her veterinary care. Palm’s final bill is expected to be around $15,000.
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