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Canucks pick up Kyle Wellwood from Leafs
The Vancouver Canucks have added some needed depth at centre in claiming Kyle Wellwood off waivers from the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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My Top Story #2 - Commercial Drive
Topics: Corruption, Tibet, Darfur, China, Drugs, Consumption, GM Food, Local Food, Magpie Books, Housing. Location: Commercial Drive...
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This is Vancouver Online with Roxanne Dame
Terrance Evans interviews Roxanne Dame from Rockroom Karaoke, an event hosting company in the lower-mainland that features local music talent. On-show...
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Make Me Laugh. Vancouver's Bursting Comedy Scene.
A look at a few sketch, improv and stand-up comedians trying to make it big on stage and online. Vantage Point talks with Conor Holler and Craig Ande...
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Vantage-Point |
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Rooftop Grow Operation Revealed!
Green Roofs - The new way to keep Vancouver Healthy, beautiful and GREEN!...
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TommyDouglas |
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False Creek Locals Furious Over Concord Garbage Heap
Residents at the east end of False Creek want to know how Concord Pacific can get away with running a presentation centre and storing unsightly constr...
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hippe_gal |
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A ROYAL ROAST A LIVELY AFFAIR
Oldtown NewsVancouver, BCA ROYAL ROAST A LIVELY AFFAIRA Royal Roast held on August 26 was a wonderful and fun time. A full house packed Chapel Arts to...
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Oldtown News |
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3D baby...?
A local Vancouver spa is offering packages for scoping out your unborn embryo whilst enjoying the spa experience. Watch the 3D spectacle unfold on a 4...
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cosmo_girl |
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City Workers Should Pay for Parking Like Everyone Else
City council may scrap free parking for city staff to curb greenhouse gas emissions generated by commuting.
The free-parking perk would be replaced...
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hippe_gal |
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Liquor Licensing and Closing Hours - They Want Wine with Their Cheese
The City of Vancouver held two open house meetings to the public to discuss a new policy for licensed restaurants hours of operation.
Under the new ...
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Gerard |
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Downtown Explosion Gives People the Day Off
A fire under a downtown Vancouver street has cut off power in a five-block radius and forced the partial evacuation of some buildings on Monday.
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hippe_gal |
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Tokyo Police Club Left Fans Happy and Sweaty
Indie-Canadian dance rock favourites Tokyo Police Club played the first of two Vancouver shows at the Plaza Club May 15, with openers Smoosh and Attac...
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cosmo_girl |
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Loser cruiser or an environmentally-conscious commute?
Imagine if you will, a bitter cold and rainy Vancouver day. Hard to visualize, I know (insert sarcasm here). It's 8am on Monday and you're en rout...
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cosmo_girl |
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Let There Be Light
A look at the 2008 Celebration Of Light...
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Garbage, Garbage All Around
This is going to revolve around garbage. Piles and piles of it. So much garbage that by 2010 we are going to run out of places to cram it. Right now i...
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Shane_B |
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ART WINS! Why cocaine lost out last Saturday night.
The creators of the Cheaper Show are sure your dollars are better spent on art than drugs. Find out why almost 3000 people agreed. They braved 3 hour ...
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dan-froidevaux |
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My Top Story #1 - Downtown Vancouver
Topics: China, Global Warming, Homelessness, Merritt Murders, Olympics, Overpopulation, Poverty, Smoking Ban, Tibet, US Elections. Location: Downtown...
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Jeff-Birmingham |
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English Bay fighting. The new trend.
English Bay 100 person brawl. Do we need more police baby-sitting?...
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Vantage-Point |
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Harper, The Safe Injection Site is Provincial, Not Federal, So Hands Off
The safe injection site has always been under threat of closure since almost the day it opened, and yet somehow it is still providing today.
The s...
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Shane_B |
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Nightshift Reunion
A reunion on the rock video show that aired on the community cable in Abbotsford BC from 1988 to 1992. The show is hosted by Greg Tiderington as he in...
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Morning Brew: August 27th (Or do you like it when I do subtitles instead of the date?)
B.C. judge sets goal of crime-free Downtown Eastside. 'Community court system will integrate health, social services; aims to clean up area by 2010 Ol...
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Beyond Robson |
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Erecting Vancouver Buildings Involves a Lot of Caulk.
Local condos under construction: Vancouver I AM reporter Midol Girl follows two local guys as they pack joints and empty their sausages on a construct...
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Midol Girl |
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Build houses we can afford (for the love of God!)
Will some one please tell me just who it is that is buying all of the new condos going up and where they work? For the rest of us there are fewer and...
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MintyPop |
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suckin' down summers first ice cream
oh it's summer and it's sunny and it's manic!
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penguinrobot |
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Straight up with Raymond Louie
With only 48 hours to go until the announcement of VIsion s official Mayoral candidate, I caught up with Councillor Raymond Louie, to talk about ...
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dan-froidevaux |
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"Fixies" - Fixed gear bikes on and off the track.
Fixed gear bikes are being seen more and more on Vancouver streets. What is the appeal of these bikes, and what do track riders think of their growin...
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Karly |
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Once-sizzling B.C. home prices cooling
After years of listening to customers vent about soaring housing prices, says North Vancouver realtor Jackie Reid, it's nice to see a return to days w...
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Want Another Major League Sport in Vancouver?
From the Canadian Press :
MLS commissioner Don Garber says Vancouver is a potential market for expansion but wants more information on renovations...
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Shane_B |
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Saving on condo repairs & maintenance
Everybody like to save money right? When it come to building maintenance one way to save money is to simply not have any work done. Just ignore ...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Bicycles on Transit - Contributor to New Mobility
Jack Becker via the Trans-Action listThis week again provided the pleasure to listen to Gil Pe alosa. (http://walkandbikeforlife.org/walkandbike_a...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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BeautyInk Gallery Launch Party
BeautyInk Gallery held their launch event at the Granville Lofts off West 6th and Granville (just over the bridge from Downtown) on Saturday night.Sha...
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Urban Mixer Blog |
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Summer's Almost Over? Check Out Some Great Patios While You Still Can
On this rainy late August day, I'm sure the thought that summer is almost over is creeping up on many minds in Vancouver. But the rain reminds us ...
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Pussies Not Welcome On Davie Street
Dallas Ross takes a look at the issue of keeping pets in West End apartments....
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VAG Set to 'Sport' a New Locale
Six months after going public with plans to relocate to the former bus-depot site behind the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, the Vancouver Art Gallery has be...
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hippe_gal |
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Motorcycle Show 'n Shine
The 3rd annual Gastown Motorcylce Show 'n Shine -- Murdercycle is the name Kelly, a Downtown Eastside resident uses -- was held on Sunday August 20t...
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Downtown Eastside Enquirer |
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KEVIN POTVIN'S ATTACK on WORLD'S OLDEST PROFESSION DISGUSTING
Oldtown NewsVancouver, BCKEVIN POTVIN'S ATTACK on WORLD'S OLDEST PROFESSION IS DISGUSTINGKevin Potvin, publisher of the Republic of East Vancouver, se...
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Oldtown News |
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Name That City
Last year, 59 percent of new home sales were condos. According to the New York Times, in which city is that statement true?Would you believe Los ...
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Price Tags |
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Washington DC: The National Mall
Today, I want to share with you this park that had witnessed many historic events. The National Mall is located right smack in the middle of the Was...
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Chow Times |
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Negative media attention in reverse
Ha ha. Now it's our turn to taste the bitterness of foreign media having too much interest in our dark sides . Some of us who might not see why the C...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Counterpoint: Woodwards
A recent discussion has developed on the topic of Woodwards, now that it dominates the downtown's easternmost skyline, by the blog Vancity Buzz whom, ...
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Beyond Robson |
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Gridlock or gold medal?
Mike Harcourt in the Globe and MailMike has a long shopping list of projects that he says are needed in time for the 2010 Games. Just one quibble I ...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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Morning Brew: August 15, 2008
The number of major B.C. construction projects keeps growing. Spending some decent time on the streets of downtown Vancouver today, It almost looks li...
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Beyond Robson |
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Wednesday news round-up
I have spent the day at a workshop on Climate Change and Social Justice organised by the CCPA, so the blog entry today is going to be shorter than usu...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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Flying Continental from Vancouver to Washington DC
While our flight tickets cost next to nothing, there is a catch. We are traveling on standby and not just any standby but what the industry call SA5...
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Chow Times |
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Taxes, Brasstronaut, Language Arts, and David Eby: Great Music and Compelling Local Politics
I complain about our largely apolitical populace on a pretty regular basis in the Morning Brew, and recently drew attention to the fact that in the 20...
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Beyond Robson |
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Health Minister Won't Back Harmageddon
Downtown Eastside residents have been known to call it Harmaggedon. Conservative Health Minister Tony Clement calls it, harm addition. Downtown East...
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Downtown Eastside Enquirer |
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On transportation woes: The planning void
An editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle coudl eaily be rewritten and addressed to Gordon Campbell and his greenhouse gas advisers rather than the ...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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The Films of Guy Maddin - 'Archangel' and 'My Winnipeg'
This post is pretty late coming, as tonight may be your final chance to see either of these films... but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to highlig...
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Beyond Robson |
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Trading Places
It certainly helps when people point me to articles that I need to read and link to. The second offering today is from Ron Richings (that's two I owe ...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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Morning Brew: August 6, 2008
Real estate prices are officially down. Nice, now you can afford those extra few square feet to squeeze in Poofie's jogadog.A quick guide to Beijing's...
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