FEAST ON FONDUE CLASSIC SWISS RECIPE MAKES FOR GREAT APPETIZER {page 17}
MMVAs STARS COME OUT TO PLAY SCENE {page 14}
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Monday, June 20, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
Apology wall will live on City is working with the Bay to preserve and display the plywood panels filled with citizens’ messages of hope and support following the Stanley Cup riot PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS/FOR METRO
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Driven by people power Seventh edition of Car-Free Day draws thousands {page 4}
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Vancouver plans to preserve the messages of hope and civic spirit scrawled on plywood panels covering up damaged windows at the Bay following Wednesday’s Stanley Cup riot. Coun. Heather Deal said the Bay has been working closely with the city to save them. The city still has no detailed plans, she added, but is welcoming input from the public on where they would like to see the panels. “It is so important that this becomes part of the public record of how the city has managed this last very difficult week,” Deal said. “It’s part of the celebration of who we really are, and is part of making sure the world knows that we’re not defined by the negative things that happened on Wednesday.” The city’s cultural staff and engineers, Vancouver Museum, and the Bay are working together and looking at where they could publicly display the boards. But Deal said the panels will certainly be kept in the Vancouver Archives in the long term. More than 1,000 people have
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‘I’ll do it for him’ Heather Esau writes “I love Vancouver” on the makeshift apology wall at the Bay yesterday.
already signed a petition asking city hall to preserve the most recognized symbol of support and solidarity after the horrific events of the riot. “This shouldn’t go to waste,” said Heather Esau, who was signing the wall yesterday. “(They can put it)
outside the art gallery because it’s a good place for people to always come see things, and it is art in a sense.” Vancouverite Aaron Lau said the boards need to stay in the downtown core, where they can be put up as a monument because the pan-
els serve as a “beacon of hope” and symbolize what Vancouver is really about. “(It’s meant) to remind ourselves that, as Vancouverites, we as a whole are stronger than the few.” More on riot fallout {pages 3 & 12}
Fox may renew vows with husband {page 15}
2 pot bears destroyed Animals repeatedly approached residential properties: Official {page 3}