Remembrance Day

Join us at the City's annual Remembrance Day service on Wednesday, November 11 at 10:30 am at the Cenotaph in Victory Square.

This year, you can now find street signs featuring a poppy around Victory Square.

This is also the third year that Council has allowed parking exemptions for vehicles displaying BC veteran licence plates from on-street parking meter fees on streets and in parks from November 4 to 11. Park Board operated parking lots and parkades will also provide free parking to vehicles with veteran licence plates, as will Easy Park, which manages and operates lots on behalf of the City.

Please note: City Hall will be closed Wednesday, November 11 for Remembrance Day and will reopen Thursday, November 12 at 8:30 am.

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Have your say

New postings added to "Have your say":

What Does the Future Hold for the Cambie Corridor?
November 7

Renting during the 2010 Winter Games?
November 18

Green renovations
November 18

Planning renovations or a redevelopment?
November 14 and 21

Help shape the future of Mount Pleasant’s residential areas
November 18 and 25, December 9

Discuss the 2010 Operating Budget and take the survey

Downtown Capacity and View Corridors Study

Share your thoughts about Vancouver's first open data catalogue

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City hands over Olympic Village to VANOC

Officially marking the 100-day countdown to the Games on November 4, Mayor Robertson handed over the keys to the Olympic Village to VANOC (Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Winter Games).

"Today’s handover of the Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Village – with its green buildings, energy and water use reduction, sustainable transportation and remarkable public spaces – is an incredibly proud moment for our City,” said Robertson.

In February and March 2010, more than 3,000 athletes and team officials will make the village their home. The village will be handed back to the City and Millennium on April 7, 2010.

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Learn more about the village

Torch of Life Relay

Four Vancouver students from St. John’s School presented the Torch of Life to the City on Monday, November 2 to kick off the Canadian leg of the Seventh SOS THE AMERICAS, a campaign aimed at promoting organ and tissue donations.

SOS THE AMERICAS is an initiative by the non-profit charitable organization Step By Step. The campaign’s two-year journey began recently in Alaska and will continue through 277 cities in 36 countries of the Americas.

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The Olympic Flame has arrived

The Olympic Flame arrived in Canada on Friday, October 30 with Mayor Robertson carrying the flame off the plane in Victoria to be the first to bring it onto Canadian soil.

October 30 marked the first day of the 106-day Olympic torch relay. This the largest ever national relay involving 12,000 torchbearers representing every province and territory of the country.

The torch will arrive in Vancouver on February 11, 2010. The Olympic cauldron will be lit on February 12.

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Learn more about the Olympic Torch Relay

Vancouver 2020: A Bright Green Future

The Greenest City Action Team released its long-term action plan for Vancouver to becoming the greenest city in the world: Vancouver 2020: A Bright Green Future.

In the report, you will find the the broad long-term vision for the City, as well as ten specific goals that need to be achieved by 2020 in order to become the global leader in progress toward an environmentally sustainable future: green economy, green jobs; greener communities; and human health.

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