aggregated from: GungHaggisFatChoy

Idon't think Furlong gets it . Reflecting multicultural diversity isn'tabout presenting stereotypes to the world or having token heads ofstate - It's about how we as generations of so-called visibleminorities live our lives and make ourselves in...

topics: 2010-winter-games, activist, federal-government, investigation, john-furlong

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

As I have already mentioned, I have some pretty bipolar feelings about Vancouver. When it comes down to it though, the city has been pretty great to me. In appreciation of that fact, I decided to have a pro-Vancouver day and check out a few community...

topics: activist, downtown, olympics, political

aggregated from: GungHaggisFatChoy

Bringing back a bit of Scotland for everyone was how Toddish McWong described the 2010 Gung Haggis Fat Choy Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner. Throughout the evening, Todd Wong, creator of Gung Haggis Fat Choy, shared ...

topics: activist, arts, author, opera, poet

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Tis the season for top-ten lists, head colds and craft fairs. Don't let the God dandruff stop you from going out this weekend because there's a ton of stuff happening. For the more comfy, crafty crowd check out the Scout List. Or for a more low-brow...

topics: activist, author, cafe, commercial-drive, concert

aggregated from: VanRamblings

With just three days to the end of the 28th annual Vancouver International Film Festival, Mr. Know-It-All and 'Showbiz' Shayne are hard at it, catching as many of the remaining VIFF films as is humanly possible. Your dynamic duo managed to...

topics: activist, documentary, environment, environmental, film-festival

aggregated from: DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds

adfero-logo.jpg Adfero and Bonner's actions are planned and deliberateYou can't convict someone of a crime unless you can prove that the accused was acting with intent - that they did what they did o...

topics: activist, business, crime, elected, politician

aggregated from: Bill Tieleman

What a sneaky, underhanded and rotten this BC Liberal government is!What a rotten, unexpected and unfair decision came down on the Friday afternoon of a long weekend - intentionally to avoid negative media reports.And what a negative and potentially ...

topics: activist, business, election, liberal, liberals

aggregated from: Stephen Rees's blog

Allan Hunt Badiner, AlterNetWhen you read any press story abut things you know about, you always realise how limited the view of the journalist is. I get two news alerts a day from Alternet, which promises a different view from the mainstream media. ...

topics: activist, city-of-vancouver, environment, investment, planning

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

City staff want to blast homeless out of parking lots. In a new budget to be heard by City Council on Tuesday, city staff are apparently proposing blasting homeless with noise at city owned parking lots . And here I was thinking that we elected some...

topics: activist, beach, city-council, downtown, downtown-eastside

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

I don t understand& why is it OK for Canada to prohibit Chinese companies from buying Canadian natural resources corporations and why is it OK for the US to stock up strategic reserves but it s not OK for China to protect its own natural resources?Ke...

topics: activist, economy, union