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According to the fact that hundreds of people lined up to buy the Apple iPhone 4 on Friday in Vancouver, one could say that the product is the apple of shoppers' eyes.Indeed, many customers flocked to downtown Vancouver's Apple store to purchase an i...

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The long weekend in August is one of the best. There is no lack of things to do. Unfortunately, there are some major decisions to be made on exactly what you want to do, though. For me some of the shows are a given and I must attend, while others are...

topics: dj, shows

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I loves me some good yellow journalism. You may recall the damning photos of a certain scantily-clad Georgian economic minister that slipped out. Well, said minister lashed out at the Vancouver Sun itself, which had suggested that she had padded her ...

topics: liberals, politics

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Dreamy Photo of the Day of the crowd at the ever-popular Richmond Night Market thanks to 'd.a.j.k'. from our Flickr photo pool. ...

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The city lost an outdoor pool this year when the Mt. Pleasant community centre was closed and relocated to the new building at Number One Kingsway. The move caused quite a bit of outrage and spawned a Friends of Mount Pleasant Pool group which is lob...

topics: mount-pleasant, park

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Every year, the HSBC Celebration of Light puts on an awe-inspiring display of fireworks, painting the dark sky in a beautiful array of colors. Yet, after every show, all some West End residents see yellow, which is followed by seething red.Indeed, pe...

topics: fireworks, show, west-end

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When it comes to graffiti, there's nothing worse than a racist remark written on a busy mall's wall. As a matter of fact, this adverse scenario, police revealed, materialized in Richmond last week.The RCMP is looking for two male suspects who are bel...

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(Note that this is a follow-up to my previous post about two Vancouver entrepreneurs who recently created four controversial suitcase stickers). Whoa. That was Colin Hart's reaction when he heard of the federal transport minister's office's response ...

topics: show, shows

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More often than not, politics can be boring. But if politicians follow in the footsteps of the Georgian economy minister, one could say the government practice will then be stripped of its label as dull.And if international media attention is any ind...

topics: economy, politics

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Last week, local street artist Vegas stumbled upon the dilapidated Pantages theatre and took some amazing photographs. Viewing them, I was deeply saddened by the decay of such beauty. Digging deeper, I found that the end of the Pantages marks the end...

topics: artist, theatre