aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Who Are the 2010 Protesters? No no you are not supposed to ask that! That's like asking who are these Al Qaida people? . No, it is much better that they remain bandana-clad anarchist thugs.In what was surely unintentional, Vancity Buzz has made one ...

topics: olympics, strike

aggregated from: Vancouverite

Is it just me or does a non-hunger strike really have nothing to do with homelessness? Vancouver's 2nd most annoying Member of Parliament is taking her turn in a week-long hunger strike to raise awareness for homelessness in the 2010 Homelessness Hun...

topics: premier, strike

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

The Olympics will provide a legacy for future generations: $6.7 Billion Lopped off Olympic Economic Benefits ProjectionsThe Olympics are all about pride, and celebrating the human spirit: 2010 Olympic torch already on eBay for $2,500The Olympics brin...

topics: olympics, strike, vanoc

aggregated from: Vancouverite

The Swayze cannon is very rich. Like Shakespeare, it has many different aspects. My favourite aspect of The Swayze is the Philosopher Hero characters evidenced in the mid-1980's to early 1990's. Before he got carried away with dancing and To Wong Foo...

aggregated from: Stephen Rees's blog

Jeff Nagel broke this story today on BC Local News. I really wonder how this will play out and cannot make any predictions, just raise some concerns.Seniors, the disabled and other HandyDart users could be affected in the event of a strike, but essen...

topics: business, strike, transit, union

aggregated from: theleftcoast.ca

We are just getting ready to leave the office for the (hopefully) comfortable confines of BC's budget release party. We can only hope that the coming party is as much fun as the release party for Van Halen's Van Halen was. Unfortunately the words bu...

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Ready to Roll. I'm not going to lie, I love infrastructure, and I'm actually quite excited about the Canada Line. As a young boy I remember riding the Expo Line on the very first day, and later I was thrilled when it finally extended into Surrey. But...

topics: downtown, downtown-eastside, park, strike, surrey

aggregated from: Stephen Rees's blog

The Vancouver Sun s columnist picks up the cry from Maureen Bader. He thinks that the private sector can solve all our transit problems.He does get some things right. It s not hard to make a case for an efficient public transit system. But he also ...

topics: business, downtown, liberal, ndp, planning

aggregated from: Terry Glavin

I want so desparately for this to prove right:Three days after a CIA drone strike killed the head of the Taliban in Pakistan, his two most likely successors apparently killed each other when they opened fire at a meeting to decide the next commander,...

aggregated from: Stephen Rees's blog

BC Local NewsWhen I first saw the announcement from the Province that they were going to review Translink and BC Ferries, I did not immediately see any need to comment.BC Ferries is in deep doo-doo and has been for some time because none of the c...

topics: carbon-tax, mayor, ndp, port-moody, provincial-government