aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Police taser video 'worse than Dziekanski' says chief. 'The video reportedly shows Clay Willey, an aboriginal man, being tasered while hog-tied on the floor of the cell at a Prince George RCMP detachment. The officers involved in the incident have no...

topics: coroner, shows

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Went to check out No More Strangers at Smiley's last Saturday. The whole place just reeked of 19 year olds trying to be sophisticated because previously their idea of fancy meant drinking Stella Artois at the Cactus Club. PS guys, pretending you're h...

topics: show, shows

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Saturday October 24th check out Here is Now: A Pop-Up Art Exhibition happening at 2152 Main St from 7pm until 2am.There will be art, music, and cheap drinks. A pretty good combination, in my opinion. HERE IS NOW is a 'pop-up' art show organized by N...

topics: arts, show, shows

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Collective Stone showed in the 5pm slot last Thursday evening due to more cancellations of designers during BC Fashion week. Uneven particle board painted white held together with duct tape served as the runway at the Chinese Cultural Centre. Tanks w...

topics: fashion, show, shows

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The most common retort to my daily vitriol in Morning Brew is, if you don't like it here, why don't you just leave? , which is always tempting, but never an option. And although I was pleasantly surprised by Toronto, I've invested too much here. But...

topics: shows, surrey, union

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COME ONE, COME ALL! WEAR CLOTHES! Welcome to Word Wear Theatre Terrific's newest offering at the Vancouver Fringe Festival. A look at the language of clothes, Word Wear is directed and devised by Susanna Uchatius, Theatre Terrific's Artis...

topics: shows, theatre

aggregated from: HeroBlog

I've struggled a lot lately with the reason I bother blogging anymore. Is it to be a critical voice? Probably not, especially considering the number of blogs out there outweighs the overwhelming than the amount of shitty bands hoping for some press. ...

topics: show, shows

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

A new poll suggests 50 per cent of urban Canadians say they are very concerned about drugs in their communities. Of that 50 per cent however, one hundred per cent said they got their news solely from Crimestoppers, so...The Games spark media coverage...

topics: shows, vanoc

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Greetings. It's the Labor Day weekend up here (and elsewhere) so today's a holiday and I'm going to keep the writing brief. But I'll make up for it in musical accompaniment, as this OSM is packed with music & videos. I know the following video has...

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I'm a big fan of Mayer Hawthorne's debut, A Strange Arrangement, this is something I've mentioned already. However, I have to say I'm impressed that so many other folks have hopped on the Mayer train - his album made it up to the 9 spot on the iTune...