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Translink and Vanoc: Mo’ money mo’ money mo’ money!
2010-02-02 06:37:00 TransLink and Vanoc are urging residents and downtown workers to leave the car at home and take transit, bike or walk during the Games. So while we are all urged to take transit, VANOC has 4,600 courtesy cars and drivers, who will be largely centred at the Olympic Family Hotel at the Westin Bayshore. At the ... More About: Money , Translink
Ron MacLean’s lack of objectivity causes fans to lose respect.
2010-02-01 19:15:00 A couple of weeks ago, Alex Burrows was called for interference in a controversial call that to any eye would clearly deem a phantom call – as in, there was nothing to call when the whistle was blown. That call may have lead to the short handed goal that lost the canucks that game. Burrows commented ... More About: Fans , Respect
BC solicitor general is fed up with RCMP’s mistakes.
2010-01-30 14:30:00 Learning about the latest RCMP scandal on Global TV news, the BC Solicitor General , Kash Heed, was furious that he wasn’t made aware of the latest misstep by RCMP and the sex hungry Brassington, as well as a newer story of another investigator who filed fraudulent overtime claims while working on the surrey six crime ...
Violent offender walks away from half way house again.
2010-01-29 23:45:00 Roy Anderson, a frequent flyer of our local jails, has 10 counts of robbery, many of which involved a knife and previous convictions for serious sex offenses notched on his belt. He was on statutory release to a halfway house, and today he’s walking the streets after having not reported back in on January 27th. ... More About: House , Offender
Horny RCMP Officer is gonna be a daddy with Surrey Six suspect
2010-01-29 18:58:00 In a story that just takes more twists and turns than a 60 minute episode of Grey’s Anatomy, the RCMP are reeling at the news that their horny investigating officer, Sgt. Derek Brassington, managed to impregnate the girlfriend and key witness of the head suspect of the Surrey Six shootings. Bravo. As if he wasn’t ... More About: Daddy
2010 Olympics aren’t so much green as they are loud.
2010-01-29 05:49:00 Vanoc has claimed that the 2010 Olympics will be a green and eco friendly one, after all the third pillar of the olympics after sport and culture is environment. On speaking of the Power options for the games, Paul Toom, Director of Energy for the games says: “Quiet, no odor — just the sounds and ... More About: Green , Loud
Steve Fonyo, does he really deserve the order of Canada?
2010-01-27 20:02:00 Amidst stories that the order of Canada was removed from Steve Fonyo because of criminal charges comes an outpouring of support for the cancer survivor who completed Terry Fox’s run across Canada to raise $14M. His fans cry out that Fonyo is just as human as any one of us and deserves credit for his ...
Horny RCMP officer chooses suspects girlfriend over conviction.
2010-01-27 15:00:00 In a very comical twist of events in the notorious case of the surrey six murders, a senior RCMP officer involved in the case, couldn’t resist the lure of love with the leading suspects girlfriend. While she’s scheduled to testify in the case, the case may be jeopardized if evidence and testimony has been compromised. ... More About: Girlfriend
Micro lofts for not so micro rents in a not so lofty neighbourhood.
2010-01-26 19:40:00 270 sq. ft. loft rentals will be renting for 750/month once the Burns Block building is renovated in March 2011. The open spaces have innovative features for their tight quarters such as murphy beds that have dining tables swing out when the bed is folded up. The bathroom has urinals within the shower. This in ... More About: Micro
Proroguing is for the big boys, K?
2010-01-25 20:19:00 When I was a kid, my dad used to yell at the TV everytime the news came on. He’d yell at the Mayor of Vancouver announcing a new program, or at the Premier of BC, or the Prime Minister of Canada. There was so much cynicism and mistrust that I, as a child, thought my ...
Rain rain, go away.
2009-11-22 10:33:00 I wonder how all the crack heads are coping with the rain washing their cardboard homes down the gutter. Not to sound too callous, but I really hope this rain washes away all the degenerates that loot and pollute our city. I’m not talking about the homeless, I’m talking about the crack heads, their pushers, ... More About: Rain
Wally or Vicki? The Delta Optimist will choose for you.
2009-06-10 09:49:00 One of the closest races in BC History was between the liberal Wally Oppal and independent Vicki Huntington. Vicki squeaked through after two recounts by 32 votes. An amazing slim margin if you consider the record turnout. However, the victory leaves a sour taste in many of South Delta residents as their local paper, the ... More About: Choose
GM Place Strike questions union goals.
2009-03-13 19:19:00 GM Place workers walked off the job yesterday in an attempt to strong arm their employer from hiring volunteers instead of their regular staff for the 2010 games, a point of contention in their contract with their employer, Aramark and Canucks sports and Entertainment. Other details about the negotiations include wage increases, benefits such as dental ... More About: Questions , Union , Goals , Strike
Vancouver?s white christmas, not so nice.
2009-02-23 08:32:00 While we might have had one of the snowiest christmas’ to date, it was also one of the worst for commuters. The city’s engineering services attempted to keep vancouver running smoothly by clearing and salting main routes in and around vancouver. They cleared out cars that were abandoned on the sides of these routes by ... More About: Christmas , Vancouver , White , Nice
Gangland capital of Canada.
2009-02-21 08:23:00 What an honour. We go from most desirable city of residence in the world to crime capital of Canada . No wonder, since we’re no more than a doorstep to those living on Vancouver Island. Go ahead, wipe your dirty boots on us, live it up before you get wiped out by a Tsunami. That is, ... More About: Capital
Two wheelers rule Vancouver.
2007-09-06 08:35:00 Back to school traffic is snarling and transit is busting at the seams. Slow, crowded and irritating - fair assessment of Vancouver ’s work commute? Why not opt for the alternative, a nice breezy bike ride to work or school. Jeff at BR wrote a comical article scolding bikers who press the cross ... More About: Rule , Heel
Thanks for the fruit flies CUPE.
2007-09-05 10:19:00 As trash piles up in our parks, in downtown and residential alleyways, people are fed up with Vancouver’s Civic strike as it spans into it’s eighth week. Public support for CUPE is waning while the city is getting a more favourable nod from the public according to Innovative Research Group who ran a poll from ... More About: Fruit , Flies , Hank
Good morning Vancouver!
2007-09-03 08:10:00 In the past 5 months, I intentionally took a break from CV and enjoyed a wet but beautiful summer in Vancouver with my family and friends. In that time I realized that I needed to adjust the format of Citizen Vancouver and focus on my original goal: to shine a spotlight on all that is ... More About: Morning , Good , Good Morning
Brothers of the Jehovah sisterhood.
2007-06-04 08:50:00 Cult or religion, there’s one word to describe the door to door solicitation of a religion, invasive. How many slices of “not interested, fuck off” can I put it to those people? It’s one thing to be taught a lesson in politics by immature activists, but to be called sinners for not ... More About: Brothers , Jehovah , Brother , Sister , Roth
A walk through Vancouver?s DTES marketplace.
2007-06-03 17:35:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agMwUU7_HV 8 More About: Vancouver , Marketplace , Mark , Walk , Lace
Phlegmy exchange on Bus
2007-06-03 17:22:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoXsgF_Pll k I totally sympathize with Translink when they say that bus drivers are being abused by passengers. I just hope they can prove it one day because really, all I’m seeing is evidence that it’s the passengers that need protection. More About: Exchange , Chang , Chan
Citizen Vancouver flickr group
2007-05-06 08:50:00 Share your citizen photography of street scenes, Transit backups, political protests, on the citizen vancouver flickr group and we’ll post the best captures on this site once a week. Anyone is welcome to join and share their pictures and special kudos goes to those that are accompanied with some background. More About: Vancouver , Flickr , Group , Citizen , Flick
Dead Air
2007-05-04 20:17:00 For both personal and professional reasons, I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus. Nothing serious. However I have been working on a story, one that will hopefully provide an inside glimpse to the mechanics of the drug rings in Vancouver: how the Downtown East side is physically degrading the rest of vancouver using ... More About: Dead
Vancouver Graffiti
2007-04-17 08:30:00 There’s always two sides to every fight: graffiti is art, graffiti is vandalism. I have to admit, coming from an arts background myself, I have to agree that graffiti is indeed a form of art. Tagging is a reflection of our urban culture - the cool, the bad, the ugly. Here’s some styles we ... More About: Vancouver , Graffiti
The noble profession of binning in Vancouver
2007-04-16 09:22:00 Why would the city want to lock up downtown’s dumpsters? Don’t they realize that dumpster divers are saving tonnes of recyclable materials from ending up at the landfills? Don’t they realize that binners put our garbage to use in the community? By locking up dumpsters we’ll be removing the livelihood that ... More About: Vancouver , Profession , The N , Prof , Sion
Transit operators on verge of strike
2007-04-05 10:21:00 Warning: this is another lame rant. The union says drivers and passengers are frustrated by a lack of buses, broken down buses and overcrowding - I’d like to add aggressive, abusive and poorly trained transit operators to that list. Trans link probably says they don’t have enough money so us taxpayers will most likely foot the ... More About: Opera , Operators , Operator , Strike
Translink is driving in reverse.
2007-03-28 09:27:00 Translink customers are STILL cranky and Translink thinks it’s only due to price hikes. Nevermind the crappy customer service, the road raged drivers and the silly rules they apply to the general public: Bus drivers have become noticeably worse in the last few years. We have drivers haranguing passengers via the intercom system, ... More About: Driving , Link , Ever , Translink , Trans
Citizen journalism: the good, the bad, the ugly.
2007-03-22 07:46:00 I’m a big fan of citizen journalism - DUH! How romantic is it that the common man (person really) now has a platform for his first perspective take on his/her world, thanks to the power of the internets. But is Citi zen Journal ism responsible and accountable enough? With personal biases and political ... More About: Good , Ugly
Citizen reporting done online
2007-03-22 07:12:00 Victimized by vandals. Burglarized by one of Vancouver’s east enders. Repo rt it online! Vancouver’s crime stopping goes web 2.0 - well it’s not NEW news cause it came out in 2004. But I never knew about till today: Please use this system if one of the following has happened to you and you do not know ... More About: Port , Citi , Online
Meth labs in Vancouver
More articles from this author:2007-03-19 09:44:00 Saturday’s sun had an interesting section on organized crime. An especially interesting article talked about the global pressures on our drug trade, the technological hikes and the sophisticate business side of crime that is putting ‘beavis and butthead’ meth labs, who make their products out of common household materials, out of business… Most ... More About: Vancouver , Labs 1, 2 |
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