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57092richmondPhoto8Knitting for a great cause at Gateway Theatre (April 24, 2013, The Richmond Review): The hard work of the participants of Gateway Theatre’s first ever Knit and Purl fundraiser was stitched together by volunteers spread across five large tables in the theatre’s lobby Monday.“We can actually see the community effort,” said Lulu Shen, the Gateway Theatre board member who came up with the idea for the fundraiser. The initiative, which benefits SOS Children’s Village, Touchstone Family Association, and the Salvation Army’s Rotary Hospice House and Richmond House as well as Gateway …

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The illusion of objective journalism

April 25, 2013
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The illusion of objective journalism

  Wendy McLeod was recently fired for volunteering for a political candidate and while also holding a job as a journalist. Her firing can be seen as an unfortunate consequence of living in a society that values how things appear over the reality of...

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Volunteers Are Stars

April 24, 2013
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Volunteers Are Stars

Volunteers Are Stars! This past Monday evening, fittingly at the beginning of National Volunteer Week, Volunteer Richmond held their annual Volunteers Are Stars Awards at the River Rock Show Theatre. There were 52 individuals and groups nominated to receive awards for their contributions to...

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Top interventions: The final edition

April 17, 2013
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Top interventions: The final edition

I am FINALLY finished reading all of the 4,526 interventions (the English ones anyways) submitted to the CRTC for the CBC licence renewal. Here are some of the best...

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The best of the interventions- round three

April 9, 2013
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The best of the interventions- round three

The intervener from Hasmilton , Ontario who believes the CBC is just as much a Canadian icon as Zellers: “It is vital that CBC renews its licence for CBC...

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The best of the interventions- round two

April 4, 2013
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The best of the interventions- round two

The following are quotes from interventions submitted to the CRTC for the CBC’s licence renewal. If you missed it, be sure to check out round one. The intervener from...

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