March 16, 2020 — Another new market rental housing project has been proposed for the Marpole neighbourhood in Vancouver. The redevelopment will replace a 1969-built, three-storey building with 36 units at 1325 West 70th Avenue.
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Housing
March 3, 2020 — Attracting new audiences is the theatre's biggest challenge. The not-for-profit theatre company largely relies on ticket sales. All of the actors and most of the production staff are volunteers.
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Arts & Entertainment
January 13, 2020 —
It was another successful holiday season of Christmas cheer in Marpole during the busy month of December. Businesses and shoppers were delighted by the caroling of Fandango, and the cheery holiday greetings of Santa and Mrs. Claus. Our thanks to … Read more
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November 19, 2019 — A new building proposal promises to be the largest redevelopment for Granville Street in South Vancouver’s Marpole area since the 2015 completion of Westbank’s Granville at 70th, the redevelopment of the Safeway grocery store site.
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Commercial, Housing
October 6, 2019 — The district includes all or major portions of the Marpole, Oakridge, Shaughnessy, South Cambie, Fairview and Riley Park-Little Mountain neighbourhoods.
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Politics
September 18, 2019 — The Marpole neighbourhood kept hitting that snooze button but hey now, wakey, wakey, people. There’s a very good Japanese restaurant in the ‘hood. You choose from a $68 or $98 omakase menu, the latter with extra courses of three appetizers, sashimi and dessert. Both include chawanmushi, miso soup, 12 pieces of sushi and a handroll.
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restaurants
September 14, 2019 — The two-and-a-half-year, $10-million project will see four battery-electric buses running on Route 100, powered by two charging stations at Marpole and 22nd Street stations.
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Environment, Public Transit
August 31, 2019 — The Vancouver Park Board is planning to build another full-size outdoor pool at South Vancouver’s Marpole Community Centre. The park board’s decision to build a new outdoor pool was not based on dollars and cents. Surveys show Vancouverites miss their outdoor pools. Opting to build an outdoor pool at Marpole is a case where citizen demand should trump cost.
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Community, Family, Sports & Recreation
August 5, 2019 — A couple of new social gathering spaces will come along with a condo development in South Vancouver.
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Art
August 5, 2019 — Make less than $20 per hour, or $41,600 per year? To find a place in the City of Vancouver, we need to jump to Marpole. Marpole Remainder (Marpole less Marpole South), requires a wage of $19.25 to afford the average one-bedroom. The gap between income and rent in Greater Vancouver seems to be getting wider every day.
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Housing
