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Tea & Two Slices: On Revolutionary Elk And The City’s Post-Olympic Splendiferousness

by Sean Orr | Did the Olympics Make Vancouver a Better City? Well, yeah. I luge to my non-existent, energy-efficient job on Coast Salish land, like…everyday. Plus I wear red all the time. It’s sweet.

Marauding elk ravage B.C. farm. Oh noes they are rebelling like the Egypt!

More fauna in BC Liberal Leadership race: the newest candidate … is a bear. Holy shit! Imagine what the British would make of this! Canada has officially lost its fucking mind!

If the BC Government were a basketball player. Oh man, this is one of the funniest funny-thing-that-is-actually-sad things that I’ve ever seen.

Poor health more likely on the coast: study. Ah yes, the constant dripping dank that sinks into your mossy bones, leaching out vitamin D, slowly draining your will to live, turning everyone into alcoholic old fishermen. I know exactly what you’re talking about.

The Courier has a great article on Social Assistance. Wait…what? It’s about dating? OK, sorry. Do NOT read that.

Obama Creates World’s First Superstate With US-Canada Merger. Either this is some awesome hyperbole, a completely fake news site that I couldn’t be bothered to check, or this is really happening. Just kidding, it’s fake.

Decentralized Dance Party: The Party Manifesto.

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.