Champlain Heights in the News

Newspaper articles featuring the Champlain Heights community.

“Planners Get Okay on 500-Acre Site.” The Province, 1 June 1968, p. 29, http://champlainheights.info/omeka-2.7.1/items/show/44.
“Vancouver Police Make Arrest in 2011 Murder Case.” Vancouver Courier, 5 July 2017, https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/news/vancouver-police-make-arrest-in-2011-murder-case-3054802.
“Vancouver Police Investigate Attempted Abduction of Child - Vancouver Is Awesome.” Vancouver Courier, 3 Feb. 2017, https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/news/vancouver-police-investigate-attempted-abduction-of-child-3046387.
“Young Woman Injured in Early Morning Stabbing in Vancouver.” Vancouver Courier, 14 Oct. 2018, https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/vancouver-news/woman-stabbing-vancouver-champlain-heights-1940388.
“Royal Arch Masonic Home Becomes 12th B.C. Seniors Facility to Record COVID-19 Case.” The Georgia Straight, 30 Mar. 2020, https://www.straight.com/covid-19-pandemic/march-30-coronavirus-updates-vancouver-bc-royal-arch-masonic-home-becomes-12th-bc-seniors-facility.
“Vancouver Parent Groups Reimbursed by Province for School Playgrounds.” Vancouver Courier, 7 Dec. 2011, https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/news/vancouver-parent-groups-reimbursed-by-province-for-school-playgrounds-2928959.
“Bus Service Cut Worries Champlain Seniors.” Vancouver Courier, 25 Feb. 2014, https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/news/bus-service-cut-worries-champlain-seniors-2969226.
“Women Warned.” The Province, 22 Mar. 1998, p. A6.
“Traffic Light Sought at Arbor, Boundary.” The Vancouver Sun, 13 July 1998, p. B2.
“Schools Meeting Quake Standards.” The Vancouver Sun, 18 Nov. 1989, p. A8.
“Neighbors Rattled by Shot Fired from Drug-Bust Home.” The Province, 7 June 1998, p. A7.
“Let’s Not Quibble on Quake Measures.” The Vancouver Sun, 3 July 1990, p. A6.
“Police Seek Arsonist.” The Vancouver Sun, 16 Nov. 1987, p. A9.
“Community Centres: Artworks Added under Parks Board Project.” The Vancouver Sun, 8 Feb. 2000, p. B1 / FRONT.
“Champlain Heights: Assistance Sought in Search for Woman.” The Vancouver Sun, 25 Feb. 1998, p. B1 / FRONT.
“Champlain Heights: Seniors Seek Space for Centre in Mall.” The Vancouver Sun, 15 July 1999, p. B1 / FRONT.
“Abductor Scare Prompts Mother’s Alert.” The Vancouver Sun, 22 June 1991, p. A8.
Zacharias, Yvonne. “Driver Killed by Rock Was to Pick up Friend: Fatality on Southwest Marine Leaves Residents Angry about Truck Traffic.” The Vancouver Sun, 6 Feb. 2001, p. B1 / FRONT.
Whiting, Cheryl. “Fire Hall Demolition Causes Rat Problem for Champlain Heights Resident.” The Langara Voice, 18 Nov. 2016, https://www.langaravoice.ca/fire-hall-demolition-causes-rat-problem-for-champlain-heights-resident/.
Verenca, Tereza. “Champlain Video to Close.” Vancouver Courier, 16 Dec. 2014, https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/news/champlain-video-to-close-2990933.
Trask, Katrina. “Lupii Café Serves up Lesson in Zero Waste.” Vancouver Courier, 2 Mar. 2016, https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/news/lupii-cafe-serves-up-lesson-in-zero-waste-3028379.
Thomas, Sandra. “Killarney: Video Clerk Is Internet Star.” Vancouver Courier, 28 Mar. 2013, https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/community/killarney-video-clerk-is-internet-star-2927747.
Thomas, Sandra. “Godzilla Invades Vancouver’s East Fraserlands.” Vancouver Courier, 28 June 2013, https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/news/godzilla-invades-vancouvers-east-fraserlands-2922881.
Thomas, Sandra. “Park Crime Riles Vancouver Neighbourhood Residents.” Vancouver Courier, 10 Nov. 2011, https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/news/park-crime-riles-vancouver-neighbourhood-residents-2922673.
Thomas, Sandra. “Video Store Manager Enjoys Cult Following.” Vancouver Courier, 29 Mar. 2013, https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/community/video-store-manager-enjoys-cult-following-2927991.
Sylvester, Shauna. “Renewing Leases on Co-Ops Will Aid Affordability; Council Can Make It Happen, Shauna Sylvester Writes.” The Vancouver Sun, 1 June 2018, p. A.17.
Stusiak, Marilyn. “Get Fit and Behold Mother Nature’s Wonders.” The Vancouver Sun, 23 May 1991, p. H6.
Stusiak, Marilyn. “Old Garbage Dump Now a Thing of Beauty.” The Vancouver Sun, 28 Apr. 1989, p. B7.
Sarti, Robert. “Fraser Lands Remain Isolated, Far from Major Shopping Centres Series: Urban Trails.” The Vancouver Sun, 5 Feb. 1993, p. B5.
Sankar, Celia. “Seniors Want Space in Champlain Mall: But Their Demands Have Pitted Them against Some Merchants Who Wonder Who Will Bear the Cost of Staffing and Maintaining Such a Facility.” The Vancouver Sun, 23 July 1999, p. B3.
Sagi, Douglas. “A Landfill Site to Lighten One’s Life: Douglas Sagi Reflects on a ‘clean’ Method of Garbage Disposal and the Glories of Nature Reclaimed on a Stroll through Everett Crowley Park.” The Vancouver Sun, 12 May 1990, p. R2.
Rossi, Cheryl. “Vancouver Mom Says Closing Schools Bad Form.” Vancouver Courier, 11 June 2015, https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/news/vancouver-mom-says-closing-schools-bad-form-3012970.
Rinehart, Dianne. “Renters on City Leases Face Review in New Year: The City Bases Its Rents on a Formula Similar to That Used by the Musqueam Band.” The Vancouver Sun, 31 Dec. 1998, p. A1 / FRONT.
Rinehart, Dianne. “Condos on City Land Avoid Rent Shocker: They Will Face Increases, but Far Less than Faced by Musqueam Park Residents.” The Vancouver Sun, 8 Jan. 1999, p. B1 / FRONT.
Munro, Margaret. “Amidst Vancouver’s Paving Spree, a Corner ‘Rewilds.’” The Tyee, 1 June 2016, http://thetyee.ca/News/2016/06/01/Vancouver-Paving-Spree-Rewild/.
Mcquade, Barbara. “Diligent Hunt Turns up Affordable Housing: AFFORDABLE: Design Features, Security, Add to Sierra’s Popularity.” The Vancouver Sun, 5 Aug. 1995, p. E.1.
Kurucz, John. “East Vancouver Home Care Facility Is in Need of $75,000 for New Van.” Vancouver Courier, 15 June 2018, https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/news/east-vancouver-home-care-facility-is-in-need-of-75000-for-new-van-3077597.
Kissinger, Michael. “Killarney: Village Pub Meat-for-All Draws a Colourful Crowd.” Vancouver Courier, 1 Apr. 2013, https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/community/killarney-village-pub-meat-for-all-draws-a-colourful-crowd-video-2928500.
Kines, Lindsay. “Women Warned of Violent Offender in Champlain Heights.” The Vancouver Sun, 23 Mar. 1998, p. B1 / FRONT.
Kines, Lindsay. “Police Warn Women after Violent Assault in Dark Woods: A Woman Walking Home from a Champlain Heights Pub Was Pushed to the Ground and Knocked Out.” The Vancouver Sun, 23 Mar. 1998, p. B5.
Heakes, Greg. “Irate Dad Says Thief Did Worse than Steal a Van.” The Province, 21 Feb. 1999, p. A2.
Hardwick, Walter, and Arthur Fallick. “Growing Pains: New Problems Require New Solutions as the Lower Mainland Continues to Grow.” The Vancouver Sun, 17 Mar. 1993, p. A11.
Hanson, Phill, and George Diack. “Come to Terms with Your Therms.” Vancouver Sun, May 1980, http://champlainheights.info/omeka-2.7.1/items/show/21.
Hanson, Phil. “The Unknown Community.” Vancouver Sun, 12 July 1979, http://champlainheights.info/omeka-2.7.1/items/show/20.
Goodman, Mark. “Southview Gardens Residential Community Sold for $72.1 Million.” Western Investor, 17 Oct. 2017, http://www.westerninvestor.com/done-deals/southview-gardens-residential-community-sold-for-72-1-million-1.23066817.
Godley, Elizabeth. “High Density Series: Housing: Our Crowded Future.” The Vancouver Sun, 12 Jan. 1990, p. B1.
Glover, Randy. “Council Faces ‘Low’ Land Bids.” Vancouver Sun, 11 June 1977, http://champlainheights.info/omeka-2.7.1/items/show/24.
Fraser, Keith. “Hearts Turn to Family in Time of Utter Loss.” The Province, 3 July 1998, p. A2.
Eberts, Tony. “Dump to Delight in 25 Years.” The Province, 1 Dec. 1989, p. 74, http://champlainheights.info/omeka-2.7.1/items/show/43.
Dory, Danauca, and Kristian Trevena. “South Van Park Thrives over Landfill.” The Langara Voice, 27 Mar. 2020, https://www.langaravoice.ca/south-van-park-thrives-over-landfill/.