The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation will be celebrating International Women’s Day March 8 with a public reception from 7-9pm at Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street.

The reception will honour the women athletes recognized through this year’s Remarkable Women poster series, published by the Park Board. The public are invited to this free celebration to meet some of the women featured and create their own remarkable woman poster.

COPE Commissioner Loretta Woodcock is asking Vision Vancouver to signal their support in keeping Bloedel's geodesic dome intact as a legacy building for Vancouver. Recently the Vancouver Park Board issued a Request for Expressions of Interest to seek business cases or concepts for the future use of the facility, in order to address the Bloedel Conservatory's deficit operating budget.
 

Only days before the Olympic closing ceremonies, Councillor Woodsworth is trying to bring attention to issues of racism and discrimination that affect cities. While the opening ceremonies were considered by many not to be sufficiently culturally inclusive, Woodsworth is hoping the closing ceremonies will be more representative. She is bringing a motion to council next week to endorse a national campaign initiated by the Canadian Coalition of Municipalities Against Racism and Discrimination.

The Vancouver School Board will be looking at adopting a new food policy incorporating school food gardens, at tonight’s board meeting.

According to COPE school trustee, Jane Bouey, "Making it easier for school communities to set up school food gardens has been a priority of mine for years. I've seen first hand how much students get out of gardening."

Immediate Release: February 9, 2010

At a media conference today, COPE launched the “2010 Oppressometer”, an online tool developed to monitor civil liberties during the Olympic period. The site is a tongue-in-cheek take on the US Homeland Security threat levels, documenting civil liberty concerns in the months leading up to the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. The most recent entry (labeled “high”) highlights the recent story of Canadian border officials denying entry into Canada to a Chicago-based journalist critical of the Games.

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