Homelessness, the bicycle and social media. The lead-up to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Civic dissent.
All have been past choices for the Vancouver Courier’s Newsmaker of the Year. We’re preparing to make our selection for 2013, and once again the Courier wants to hear from you about your choice.
We’ve identified five top candidates for Newsmaker. These are the stories and issues that most affected Vancouver this year.
They are:
- The Vancouver Park Board’s controversial year.
- The pushback by residents against the city’s community plans.
- The landmark win by the Musqueam over disputed property.
- The surprise results of the provincial election.
- Drug policy, from Insite’s 10th anniversary to marijuana activism.
We’ll be explaining these choices in this and the next two issues before announcing our Newsmaker of the Year Dec. 11. Reporter Sandra Thomas kicks it off with a look back at the Vancouver Park Board’s contentious year in office.
How can you participate? Vote and comment.
You can vote right now by going online to our web poll at vancourier.com and choosing from among the five contenders listed there. (If you don’t have access to the Internet, send us a letter at the address listed below and we’ll include it in the count.)
You can also comment and discuss what you think the Newsmaker should be under this story. You’ll find a Newsmaker discussion on our Facebook page at facebook.com/TheVancouverCourierNewspaper and on Twitter at #VanNewsmaker. And you can email us at letters@vancourier.com.
You can send us an old fashioned letter (yes, we still accept and value them) through traditional mail to Newsmaker, The Vancouver Courier, 1574 West Sixth Ave., Vancouver, V6J 1R2. Include contact information in case we need to confirm your choice.
We’ll run the results of the Reader’s Choice poll in our Newsmaker issue.
We’ll also randomly select one commenter from our online and social media forums and relevant letters to the editor to win four tickets to the Goh Ballet’s The Nutcracker Dec. 20.
Vote and discuss. Win tickets. Tell us what made news in Vancouver in 2013.
blink@vancourier.com
