by Sean Orr | Arcade Fire tears strip off of Stephen Harper. Why? Did he refuse to give them the Order of Canada or something? Aren’t they satisfied with their Junos and Grammies ? I mean, what more do these guys want?

Daniel and Henrik Sedin make the CBC National newscast. “After all, there’s a federal election happening, the U.S. government is about to shut down, yadda, yadda, yadda”. But it’s okay, says the Straight, because the journalist who interviewed them just got back from exposing himself in Japan…

And in the “Only in Canada” department: No hockey chat during surgery, B.C. doctors told. If only because it would suck to hear the final score just as you’re about to go under and you don’t have the capacity to tell them that you’ve got the game on Tivo.

RCMP use Taser on 11-year-old B.C. boy. I dunno, sometimes I see kids in public and I think, man I wish I could taser that little piece of shit because you just know their parents sure ain’t gonna…

Mackin: “NDP leadership convention will be under the sails at Vancouver Convention Centre east – not the $883.2M west expansion”. I love this guy!

“Fuck TransLink” and “Fuck Censorship” buttons surface after “Fuck Yoga” pin controversy. That’s pretty good, but my “Translink is Satan” neck tattoo is clearly the one to beat.

Mark Brand is Building a Downtown Eastside Foodie Empire.

Hicks on Sticks, “A road trip doc 12 years in the making about skateboarding, chasing your dream, brotherhood, and passion”, needs your help to get finished.