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Name that alley in the name of more fun Christine Lyon clyon@nsnews.com
GASTOWN has Blood Alley, Chinatown has Shanghai Alley and soon Lower Lonsdale could have a uniquely named lane of its very own.
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ROMA Wilson believes alleys can have character and has founded the More Fun Alley Association to name the one between Esplanade and First Street east of Lonsdale Avenue In North Vancouver. Scan with Layar for more photos and information.
Last spring, North Vancouver resident Roma Wilson founded the More Fun Alley Association, which aims to turn alleys into cultural and community spaces. The association is now launching a contest to name the stretch of lane between Esplanade and First Street east of Lonsdale Avenue. “It would be nice to give it a descriptor because sometimes it can be a little bit tough to refer to an alleyway just by street names or by landmarks,” Wilson said. “By naming the alley, we hope to also create a connection between the alley and the residents and small business owners who call the alley home.” See Intent page 3
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Keating made himself the first to declare a bid for the job on Thursday morning. “It was a decision that came over the course of the summer talking to hundreds of members and supporters of the NDP who
were as shocked as I was about the loss we suffered in May and who are as dedicated as I am to making sure we put in the hard work right now that we need to win in 2017 — so we don’t lose a fifth consecutive election and that we can begin to win on a regular basis in the 21st century politics that we have now,” Keating said. Party presidents oversee how the party raises funds and uses its resources, manage the party’s paid staff and work with the leader and caucus to keep everyone on the same page. Specifically, Keating said the NDP needs to be doing a better job
of “articulating bold policies” and seriously revamping the way the party conducts voter identification intel. “We need to get in touch with some of the latest methods of organizing and using data in modern elections. We’ve seen this in the states. The Democratic Party, with low resources, has been able to withstand the onslaught of the hugely funded Republican machine by doing modern forms of organizing, data collection and using it in elections,” Keating said. That will be a long-term project on which the NDP can’t waste any time, added Keating. “It’s only three-and-a-half years until the next election,” he said.
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CITY of North Vancouver councillor and former candidate for North Vancouver-Lonsdale Craig Keating is hoping he can help steer the provincial New Democratic Party to a win in 2017 as party president.
City councillor wants revamped party policy and data collection
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