aggregated from: Beyond Robson

a href= http://www.flickr.com/photos/seanorr/4201316962/ I have come to realise I was wrong about it not being the end of the decade but that's fine, I'm wrong pretty much most of the time. Still not convinced on Y2K being the 'end of the millenium...

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Canadian Chamber of Commerce in HK s response to Harper s China visit (released to CIV on Dec 6):Andrew Work of Canadian Chamber of Commerce in HKCanadians doing business in China hold similar values to Canadians in Canada. Where there may be a diffe...

topics: business, economy, investment, olympic-games, premier

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Royal couple meets 2010 Olympic mascots. Which ones are the mascots and which ones are the royals? You know because Charles has the buck-teeth and the big ears and the frumpy mistress. Ha ha oh god i am so predictable. Olympic ticket sales postponed ...

topics: olympics, technology, translink

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

OK, we all know that Gordon Campbell s popularity is flushing down the drain. However, isn t it even a bigger problem that the NDP is failing to capture any gains while the BC Conservatives picking up support?There was a caller to a Chinese phone-in ...

topics: bc-green-party, burnaby, business, election, liberal

aggregated from: B.C. Policy Perspectives

Before you get mad at the Liberals and the NDP and the Bloc for pulling the plug and triggering another fall election, remember this: it was the October 2008 election that was unnecessary, and it was orchestrated by the Conservatives, not the Liberal...

topics: election, liberals, ndp, politics, tax

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

The Editor,I believe strongly that is time for the Canadian government to support, fund and ensure Canadian control of our airwaves and other means of creation or access to Canadian arts, culture and film. True Tories have always stood proudly for C...

topics: arts, election, technology

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Miro Cernetig steals a seventh-grader's report on El Nino: It's not easy to change the nature of Mother Nature, even with all this planning and technology... If it comes down to supersnow versus El Nino in 2010, I'm not sure which would win the day ...

topics: arts, ndp, politician, politics, technology

aggregated from: Stephen Rees's blog

Kelly Sinoski of the Vancouver Sun demonstrates that it is on fact possible to buy a ticket on the Canada Line with a debit card. It takes her two goes, and even on the successful run, it seems to have trouble accepting her PIN number. There is vid...

topics: technology, transit, translink

aggregated from: DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds

barren mountain river.jpg It was meeting a family with a mother working through typhoid fever to serve me breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday for two weeks that finally made me realize that the way ...

topics: climate-change, sustainability, technology

aggregated from: Stephen Rees's blog

Fare Gate at Wilshire/NormandieThe CBC is reporting that not only will the Canada Line be turnstileless when it opens so will SkyTrain for at least another three years. That is when a new smart card system might start to be implemented. We could se...

topics: crime, election, political, skytrain, technology