The Full Show: Tourists leave negative reviews of Vancouver's Gastown & Chinatown on TripAdvisor, NPA mayoral candidate steps down & The Wrap!

06/08/2022 1h 4min
The Full Show: Tourists leave negative reviews of Vancouver's Gastown & Chinatown on TripAdvisor, NPA mayoral candidate steps down & The Wrap!

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Tourists leaving negative reviews of Gastown and Chinatown on TripAdvisor, Downtown BIA responds 
Nolan Marshall, President & CEO, Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association responds to a wide array of negatives reviews left on TripAdvisor by tourists who have visited Vancouver's Gastown and Chinatown neighbourhoods.
Tourists leave poor reviews on TripAdvisor warning others to avoid Vancouver’s Chinatown neighbourhood
We continue our coverage of Chinatown and the many poor reviews left on TripAdvisor by visiting tourists. Our show contributor Jawn Jang checked in with Lorraine Lowe, the Executive Director at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen’s Classical Chinese Garden.. Lorraine says those poor TripAdvisor reviews are just a glimpse at the bigger issue plaguing Vancouver.
Park Board commissioner John Coupar steps down as NPA mayoral candidate 
Here to answer what's next for the NPA and Vancouver's upcoming 2022 municipal election is Frances Bula, Urban Issues and Politics writer for The Globe + Mail
History repeats itself when it comes to the DTES
 Mike Howell, Glacier Media Investigates Team and Writer at Vancouver Is Awesome has covered the neighbourhoods of Vancouver's Chinatown, Gastown and downtown eastside for two decades. He discusses the history of the neighbourhoods, how they've come to be and the past attempts of revitalization.
The Wrap: Why doesn’t anybody want to work?! Is appointment viewing a thing of the past?
This week on The Wrap:

Leah Holiove - TV Reporter and Radio Host

Sarah Daniels - Real Estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster


Topics

Why doesn’t anybody want to work?

Is appointment viewing a thing of the past?


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