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Jenny Kwan

Two thousand backpacks for Syrian and Canadian children

Syrian refugee children and low-income Canadian children living in the Lower Mainland will be fully equipped for the 2016 school year. At least that’s Jenny Kwan’s holiday wish. The Immigration,...
Harper government, Justin Trudeau, Thomas Mulcair, Elizabeth May

Voter turnout should be as much of a concern as vote splitting in federal election

What if you have a party and nobody shows up?
Stephen Harper, Canadian politics, Green Party, federal election, 2015 election

Time for change in Vancouver East, and in Ottawa

What would make Vancouver East matter more than ever in Ottawa? Voting Green. Here's why.

Enough kitchen-table kvetching: Vancouver event offers strategies for community change

VAN BC's free conference will be held on Sunday, February 13th, at Ray Cam Community Centre, 920 East Hastings, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

MLA Jenny Kwan protests cuts to Broadway Connections, a program to help the disabled to independence

I was walking with my son when he saw a group of people across the street holding signs, many in wheelchairs.  Accustomed to life with a reporter, he asked if I was going to take their picutres...