by Sean Orr | VPD officer charged with assault. Oh man, is this the one where he was like “eww, crackhead get away from me” as the three of them were strutting down Hastings? I love that one. I faved it on Youtube. It’s one of the VPD’s best, I think.
Toronto G20 biggest ‘compromise of civil liberties’ in Canadian history. Now that is progress. We’ve gone from the Zoot Suit Riots to the Gastown Riots, to the Riot at the Hyatt, to APEC and Oka; Clayoquat to Gustaffsen; and now from Omar Khadr to the G20. We’re only going to get better.
Oh, plus we’ve been wiretapping Mohawks. No biggie.
First Nations leaders’ mo’ money lead to mo’ problems. Excellent, so the long struggle to assimilate First Nations, and in turn their long struggle for self determination, can be reduced to a posthumous hit by a dead rapper from the US. That’s not insulting at all.
Hey check it out, good news: B.C. oil tanker ban motion passes in Commons. Hey check it out, bad news: Resolution non-binding, likely to be ignored.
Holy shit! Now everyone is resigning: Bill Good and Pamela Martin to Step Down from Anchor Positions on CTV NEWS.
Roberto Luongo recites poetry. Badly.
From Blown Speakers returns with their previously annual Locals Poll.
They changed the title, but left the URL:
“Six-figure salaries for chiefs often disproportionate”