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Canada-Afghanistan Solidarity Committee makes a statement
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This writer is proud to be a founding member of the Canada-Afghanistan Solidarity Committee. What follows is an excerpt from our statement to the Manley Panel on Canada's future role in Afghanistan. We are New Democrats, Liberals, Conservatives...
36 views | aggregated: 49 weeks 4 days ago
topics: business, environment
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Six Metres and Rising: a play in one act
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Six Metres and RisingA play in one act(Generously submitted to Currents by friend and creative genius Mr. Earnest Canuck)CAST.DAVID SUZUKI, an environmentalist.STEPHEN HARPER, a politician.WEN JIABAO, another politician.KING CANUTE, another.GLOBAL CL...
33 views | aggregated: 49 weeks 4 days ago
topics: david suzuki, emissions, environmental, sustainability
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Vancouver's 2010 mascots unveiled unfortunately
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It's a spirit bear! No, it's an orca! No, it's Miga?I may not be the target market for the VANOC plush doll manufacturers, but the 2010 Vancouver Olympic mascots just seem kind of dumb. Incorporating elements that make us think of BC was a no-brai...
28 views | aggregated: 51 weeks 2 days ago
topics: vanoc
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Green collar jobs
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Talking to associated lefties, NDP bigwig Jack Layton says Canada needs more green collar jobs to help move Canada into the new energy economy .Notwithstanding the leftist leader's transparent sloganeering and grandstanding, the theme is d...
21 views | aggregated: 51 weeks 4 days ago
topics: business, climate change, economy, emissions, greenhouse gas
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Raven and Jason
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Raven and Jason is a Globe and Mail documentary about a couple living under horrific conditions in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (Thanks to Beyond Robson for the link).The documentary shows their lives intimately, including scenes of them shooting up...
24 views | aggregated: 51 weeks 5 days ago
topics: downtown, downtown eastside, environment, west end
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Vancouver 2010: it's all downhill from there?
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The latestfrom MetroBlogging Vancouver's group blog has it that the Pacific metropolis' breakneck development will run into a brick wall after the 2010 Olympics.Well, you heard it there first. But I suspect it won't happen. The economic fundamentals ...
34 views | aggregated: 1 year 8 hours ago
topics: economy, olympics, real estate, vancouver 2010
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Vancouverism and sustainability
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Can Vancouver export sustainable urban design to the world?Dubai is as good a test case as one could hope for. Media expert Michael Klassen notes that the future Hong Kong of the Middle East has already snagged five of our city planners. The plan is ...
24 views | aggregated: 1 year 3 days ago
topics: density, design, ecodensity, economy, sustainability
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Remembrance Day
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While heading home from a Remembrance Day ceremony on Commercial Drive in east Vancouver, one radio commentator talked of the sad possibility of Canadians forgetting the sacrifices of the soldiers: But you know, I saw all the families out there an...
46 views | aggregated: 1 year 1 week ago
topics: commercial drive, east vancouver
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Why don't you just shut up?!
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Who knew the king of Spain had it in him? (For that matter, how many of us were even aware that Spain still had a king?) King Juan Carlos at an international conference of Latin leaders from around the world, speaking in front of hundreds of cameras ...
30 views | aggregated: 1 year 1 week ago
topics: east vancouver
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Currents is under construction. Thanks for your patience
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Currents is in the process of transitioning into the Wordpress publishing platform. As the main contributor and designer for this blog is on the verge of technological illiteracy, we appreciate your patience. Blogging about Vancouver, the environment...
20 views | aggregated: 1 year 1 week ago
topics: environment, real estate
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Gassy Jack
"Gassy Jack" by The Evaporators (SOCAN). Video directed by Jason Margolis from the CD/LP &...
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When Jesse Was Born
Explores the turbulent, sometimes painful, and often humorous lives of one blue-collar family as the...
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A Piece of Glass
With the 2010 Olympics rapidly approaching, many people are concerned about the issue of homelessnes...
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active: 1 hour 12 min ago |
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