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Tea & Two Slices: On Threats & Street Food In Time For Summer

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by Sean Orr | What Stephen Harper has in common with Glenn Beck. Other than both being terrifying, fat, neocon, pasty-faced, pseudo-Christian, climate change denying creeps? The politics of venom and the collapse of liberalism

Police warn B.C. criminologist to watch his words on Pickton investigation. “A top RCMP officer has issued a “thinly veiled threat” to strip funding from a British Columbia university if its lead criminologist doesn’t stop criticizing the force”. They can do that? That’s fucking crazy!

3-D road-safety campaign aims to shock drivers into slowing down. I always thought that shitty 3D chalk art had some sort of use to society other than showing up in the spam that your Aunt (who now has “the web”) sends you.

News1130 world bacon exclusive! Remember, this is news. This is a news radio station. Just keep that in mind. I mean, I love bacon and I love jokes, but at this point they’re just a charcuterie of themselves.

Here’s some good news: Canadians shift from small cars to larger, more expensive models.

And finally, just in time for summer: 12 street-food carts should be operating in Vancouver on Tuesday.

On Ken Sim’s So-Called “Swagger” and ABC’S Class War

Sean Orr is back from his hiatus with a rundown of the local headlines that have been running on a ticker tape through his mind over the past six months...

On Post-Election Recuperation, Platform Paradoxes and Refund Communities

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr finds irony in "safety, affordability, and sustainability", and shouts out a bunch of amazing local organizations working on the frontlines.

On Running for City Council, Playing Whack-a-Mole with Homelessness, and the Public Washroom Deficit

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr finds a park ranger with a grudge, a gross misuse of air quotes and Tripadvisor slander.

On Living in a City Preoccupied with Street Cleaning, Chandeliers, and Campaigns Against the Homeless

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr hones in on the recent Langley shootings, and the ongoing criminalizing and dehumanizing of the homeless population.