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2010 bid book an Etch-A-Sketch. Turns out there was supposed to be an air-conditioned, 8 lane tunnel all the way to Whistler; a kevlar security dome encasing all of the Lower Mainland; social housing in the sky made out of rainbows; and a giant innuk...

topics: burnaby, election, false-creek, kamloops, park

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Was it just me or was that the most patriotic Canada Day ever? Is it the recession or something?The war? Tone it down a little guys. Shelter fuss exposes amateurs. Would that be the people living next to those shelters? Those people suck at living in...

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Was it just me or was that the most patriotic Canada Day ever? Is it the recession or something?The war? Tone it down a little guys. Shelter fuss exposes amateurs. Would that be the people living next to those shelters? Those people suck at living in...

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Who'll trust mayor after shelter freak show? I'm sure there are some Vision Vancouver types who thought it was deliciously subversive to stick a bunch of junkies and crackheads into a smug cocoon of latte-sipping condo-dwellers and watch the ensuing...

topics: mayor, show, vision-vancouver

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On June 25th, I went to the Museum of Vancouver to see the Velo-City bike exhibit, but also to attend one of their free lectures (first one of the summer, I hear, so stay tuned for more free stuff) called Park This. The lecture brought three differe...

topics: bicycle, commercial-drive, museum, park

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Supporters of Iranian protestors gather in downtown Vancouver. They came together on a night when Michael Jackson rules headlines . Supporters of Iranian protestors vie for the attention of the media who only months ago were calling for Iran to be b...

topics: downtown, protestors

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Scared residents still want temporary homeless shelters shut down. Aw, come on, watching the drug dealers and toy-dog walkers vie for bench space at Emery Barnes has made year two of life in Yaletown existentially bearable. To be honest, sticking ho...

topics: abbotsford, activist, yaletown

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Four years of B.C. cabinet e-mails erased. Looks like someone is getting a raise. No but srsly I can't believe this trial is still going on. The following logic went through someone's head: Hmmm, what would we rather have: a First Nations population ...

topics: artist, downtown, olympics

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Another post-election surprise served up. The Liberal spin shop employs an astonishing 223 people (including seven new staffers just this year) to mould and monitor the news, with a budget of $29 million . Totally outrageous! Why do they need to pay...

topics: election, liberal, orpheum, show, shows

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Officers planned to Taser Dziekanski, shocking e-mail suggests. Like when? A couple of weeks before hand?Silent vigil held in Vancouver as crisis in Iran grows. Hey that's great. I wonder how many of those people voted in the provincial election?The ...

topics: election, olympics