SVSACS in the News!

Southeast Vancouver Seniors' Arts & Cultural Society is a group of dedicated individuals working to have a seniors' centre built in southeast Vancouver. The centre would house various arts and cultural activities for seniors, serving as a meeting and gathering place for older adults of all ethnic backgrounds. There is currently no seniors' centre in all of southeast Van!

2017 news coverage about SVSACS:

• Lobbying effort bears fruit for seniors activist Lorna Gibbs: Maybe the only person who didn't believe Lorna Gibbs deserved the Medal of Good Citizenship was the activist legend herself.
  February 26, 2017, Vancouver Sun
• Long-awaited Killarney Seniors Centre breaks ground
  January 11, 2017, Vancouver Courier

2016 news coverage about SVSACS:

• Park Board takes steps towards second seniors' centre in southeast Vancouver
  September 20, 2016, Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation News Release
• New South Van seniors centre coming, Robertson says
  August 9, 2016, The Link
• Advocate heart and soul of Killarney: A memorial service for Keith Jacobson, who died June 24, is set for Sunday
  June 29, 2016, Vancouver Courier
• Another milestone on the path to a new Killarney Seniors Centre achieved
  February 23, 2016, City of Vancouver News
• Another milestone on the path to a new Killarney Seniors Centre achieved
  February 23, 2016, Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation News Release

2015 news coverage about SVSACS:

• Agreement reached for Southeast Vancouver seniors centre
  September 23, 2015, Vancouver Courier
• Lawsuit puts brakes on proposed seniors centre: Funding OK'd for $7.5-million Killarney project, but construction on hold
  August 27, 2015, Vancouver Sun
• Another impasse for new Vancouver seniors centre: Talks between Killarney Community Association and city stalled again
  August 24, 2015, Vancouver Courier

2014 news coverage about SVSACS:

• Extra money for seniors centre could provide safer access: Walk to and from bus stop too far says seniors advocate
  September 26, 2014, Vancouver Courier
• NPA promises restored senior centre funding: Vision Vancouver's Raymond Louie says funding intact
  September 9, 2014, Vancouver Courier
• NPA and Vision dispute funding for delayed Killarney seniors centre
  September 8, 2014, Metro News Vancouver
• Seniors worry city's 'claw back' of funds will hurt South Van seniors centre
  July 31, 2014, Metro News Vancouver
• City of Vancouver claws back funding from seniors centre
  July 31, 2014, Vancouver Courier
• New Killarney Seniors Centre a little closer to reality
  May 19, 2014, CKNW AM980
• Province coughs up cash for seniors centre
  April 25, 2014, Vancouver Courier
• South Van: B.C. funds extra $1.2M for seniors centre
  April 24, 2014, Metro News Vancouver
• B.C. expected to announce extra cash for South Van seniors
  April 22, 2014, Metro News Vancouver
• Killarney Seniors Centre: 15 years later, it's finally looking like reality
  February 17, 2014, Metro News Vancouver
• Showboating Vancouver council finally approves senior centre funding: Political posturing nearly unravels feel-good story
  February 6, 2014, Vancouver Courier
• City of Vancouver promises cash for seniors centre
  January 21, 2014, Vancouver Courier
• Vancouver mayor aims to make up $1.2-million shortfall for seniors centre
  January 20, 2014, The Province
• City to put surplus toward Killarney seniors centre: Councillor hopes to see groundbreaking in 2015
  January 19, 2014, Vancouver Sun
• Vision Vancouver politicians promise more money for Killarney seniors centre
  January 19, 2014, The Georgia Straight
• Funding coming into place for Killarney Seniors' Centre: City of Vancouver will vote on motion to use surplus funds to bridge funding gap
  January 19, 2014, News 1130
• City promises rest of cash for South Vancouver seniors centre
  January 19, 2014, Metro News Vancouver
• Killarney to finally get own seniors centre
  January 19, 2014, 24 Hours Vancouver
• Seniors' Centre!
  January 12, 2014, The Link
• Aaron Jasper and Melissa De Genova spar over Killarney seniors centre
  January 10, 2014, Georgia Straight
• Seniors hopeful about long-awaited centre: One third of city's seniors live in southeast Vancouver
  January 9, 2014, Vancouver Courier
• Killarney seniors centre closer to construction with federal funding
  January 7, 2014, Vancouver Sun
• Feds contributing millions to East Vancouver seniors' centre: They're providing $2.5 million
  January 7, 2014, News 1130
• Feds promise cash for South Vancouver seniors centre
  January 7, 2014, Metro News Vancouver
• South Vancouver to get long-awaited seniors centre
  January 7, 2014, Vancouver Courier

2013 news coverage about SVSACS:

• Seniors fed up with wait for Southeast Vancouver centre
  November 6, 2013, Metro News Vancouver

2011 news coverage about SVSACS:

• Southeast Vancouver Seniors Still Waiting for Centre
  BCIT Broadcast News, May 5, 2011
• New Tory government may get Metro Vancouver projects moving: Robertson
  Vancouver Sun, May 3, 2011
• Central Park: Meals and memories: Sunset celebration a tasty, multicultural treat
  Vancouver Courier, April 13, 2011
• Economy trumps all in culturally diverse Vancouver South
  Globe & Mail, march 31, 2011
• Council coughs up $2.5 million for seniors centre
  Vancouver Courier, February 4, 2011
• Affordable housing, parks to receive budget boosts
  Vancouver Sun, January 31, 2011

2010 press clippings:

• Killarney seniors still without centre: Politicians point fingers at other levels of government
  Vancouver Courier, June 4, 2010

2009 press clippings:

• "On The Coast" – Stories of Southeast Vancouver (Interview with Lorna Gibbs)
  CBC Radio One, December 21, 2009
• New book tells southeast tales: Seniors write about loneliness, finding community
  Vancouver Courier, December 18, 2009
• Group hopes to help feed West Side seniors: Vancouver Coastal Health notes malnutrition in South Granville
  Vancouver Courier, August 12, 2009
• Southeast seniors' centre badly needed
  Vancouver Courier, May 22, 2009
• What I want from the provincial government in the next four years
  Vancouver Courier, May 13, 2009
• Park board chair backs seniors' centre
  Vancouver Courier, May 8, 2009
• NDP action for expanded Killarney Seniors Centre one step closer: Carole James and the NDP will commit $2 million
  BC NDP News Release, May 6, 2009
• Motion: Proposed Seniors' Centre at Killarney, Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation
  Minutes of Meeting (Excerpt), May 4, 2009
• Seniors' centre in southeast Vancouver a political football kicked to the side
  Vancouver Courier, April 22, 2009
• Kash Heed will work toward building a dedicated seniors centre
  BC Liberals News Release, April 22, 2009
• Senior citizens — Hon. Ujjal Dosanjh, Vancouver South (Liberal), 40^th Parliament, 2^nd Session,
  Edited Hansard, Number 008, February 4, 2009

2008 press clippings:

• Pools, parks and capital plans: The 2009-2011 capital plan will set the course of major city spending for infrastructure, parks and community facilities for the next three years. If approved by voters tomorrow, here's what the parks board hopes to do
  Surrey Now, November 14, 2008
• Seniors lobby for southeast centre: Centre advocates note proposed city funding for $13 million animal shelter
  Vancouver Courier, October 22, 2008

2007 press clippings:

• Greys Marshalling Forces: Seniors want a new centre at Killarney
  Vancouver Courier, March ?, 2007