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Apology not accepted

NPA park board commissioner Melissa De Genova is questioning the sincerity of a recent apology she received from the board's chair, Vision Vancouver's Sarah Blyth.

Park board already knew meeting outcome

To the editor: -- Re: "Police called to marathon meeting, Feb. 6.

Central Park

The park board has announced the 30 artists chosen to participate in the artist-in-residence program at seven renovated field houses.

Central Park: WAN award winner

The new visitor's centre at VanDusen Botanical Garden is not only visually appealing, it's also a feat of engineering.

Some trees near West 39th Avenue and Larch

Central Park

I received an email from reader Elizabeth McKee concerned about the health of the large chestnut trees lining the streets near her neighbourhood.

Dog-free at Hadden?

For the first time in eight years, a Kits Point woman says she has hope off-leash dogs will be banned from Hadden Park Beach.

Facebook campaign targets 'anonymous' seawall extension plan

A Kitsilano woman has started a Facebook page and petition dedicated to halting a proposal to extend the seawall from Kits Beach to Spanish Banks.

Park board pushes seawall extension

Both Vision Vancouver and the NPA are separately taking credit for bringing forward a proposal to extend the seawall from Kits Beach to Spanish Banks.

After a soggy start to the summer, B.C. is finally warming up, with temperatures expected to soar close to 30 C this week in Chilliwack and across the Lower Mainland, and even higher in other parts of province.

Sport committee questions 'field house' decision

The chair of the Vancouver Sport Network's facilities committee is surprised at how quickly the park board moved to house artists by allowing them access to field houses.

Suspicious fire torches park board trucks, threatens horses

When Gerry O'Neil received an urgent phone call Tuesday night about another fire at his stable in Stanley Park, he was told the barn holding his horses was in flames.

STORY/PHOTO GALLERY: Artists will occupy field houses

Artist Marina Georgiadis was undeterred by the racks of football equipment filling the field house at Elm Park in Kerrisdale during a tour Wednesday afternoon.

Central Park: New chair

New chair ... Vision Vancouver park board commissioner Sarah Blyth was elected to the position of chair at Monday night's park board meeting.

Central Park

As Vision Vancouver's Constance Barnes steps down to seek an NDP nomination for the next provincial election, the park board will have to select a new chair as one of its first orders of business at its next meeting.

Letters of the week

It is interesting that park board commissioner Sarah Blyth doesn't think that youth have many options for recreation in Vancouver and particularly in Mount Pleasant. They had a wonderful recreational facility in Mount Pleasant called the Mount Pleasant Outdoor Swimming Pool-until the park board removed it. That pool was utilized by every age group, but especially by youth. To add insult to injury, Mount Pleasant residents stated very clearly during public consultations that they wanted to keep the pool, and did not want a skate board park. So the park board took away the pool and replaced it with a skate board park. Why bother having public consultations if you ignore the results? Give us back our pool.