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Sun, Province to Promote Governments' Homeless Message. CanWest newspapers co-sponsor government-run public relations centre in Downtown Eastside during Olympics . Just in case as there was any doubt of the collusion between government, corporations...

topics: downtown, downtown-eastside, olympics, show, vanoc

aggregated from: Metroblogging Vancouver

It s a little self-indulgent, but then, the filming of the CW show, Life Unexpected, is literally across the street from my place; I don t know if a post about it is indulgent or unavoidable.The people across the way basically got their house overhau...

topics: olympics, show

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WIth our unusually warm January weather it should be easy to get out on January 23rd for the Anti-Prorogation rally at the Vancouver Art Gallery at 1pm. Or, of course, you could just forgo the rally and march and join the Facebook group to show your ...

topics: arts, gallery, politics, show, vancouver-art-gallery

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Worst day of the year?It's always about money: VANOC and the aboriginal torch relay. For many native leaders, it's easier to rail against the government as the source of all that ails first nations people . And for most media its been super easy to ...

topics: musicians, olympic-games, olympics, park, show

aggregated from: Metroblogging Vancouver

Vancouver, at least to a larger degree than most cities in Canada, isn t a traditional wedding kind of town. And by traditional, I mean, the consumerized* traditional . Tuxes and white gowns and cake and flowers, etc. Not that these aren t fine opti...

topics: indie, show

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A SPEAKEASY show celebrating the CD release of Make Love w/ Unreliable Narrator and Holzkopf/HutzulakVegan desserts by Secret Supper http://www.vegansecretsupper.com Drinks crafted with love by Ludzu-Friday January 8th, 8-11pm @ The Toast Collective ...

topics: coffee, show

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It's all happening. 2010 is, wether we care to admit, the year that defines our decade. The Olympic Year. The straw that breaks the camel's back. The final plunge into unprecedented debt or our place back on the international map? Will it be a bane o...

topics: economy, show, vanoc

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Not many people head to a show for the opening act, especially when they're in the large shadow of Oscar-winning musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. But Doveman, a quintet founded by New York's Thomas Bartlett, may be worth the price of admi...

topics: musicians, show

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Sounds like a shame to me. Wherein the Province dedicates column space to a cop who's bummed he doesn't get to play with his fancy sound blaster. Everyone knows the police do more than speak when things get out of hand. Indeed, have you ever tried ...

topics: business, show

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Yeah so I'm probably never going to go see a show at Shine ever again. First of all, they have a mandatory coat check which is fine I guess but then you have to pay 2$. That makes no sense, why not just take it from the door? Next, the place reeeeked...

topics: beach, busted, dance, show