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TEA & TWO SLICES: On Vancouver Without Daily Newspapers And Friends With Salads

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by Sean Orr | Wishful thinking: Postmedia boss says it’s conceivable that there may not be daily papers in Vancouver. That’s outrageous! “I tried to get Latin canceled for five years. It’s a dead language, I’d always say.”

Conservatives hate taxes, unless of course you are old and infirm: BC Liberals’ Wheelchair Tax: What’s Next? Ooh, I know! I know! I know! Is it a Matlock Tax?

Clark government quietly hikes top staff’s pay. And this is what Vaughn Palmer calls the people’s business? What a joke.

Vancouver’s Oakridge Centre could soar to new heights (like it or not). While advocacy groups were busy making papier mache pickles for the cameras, yet another opportunity for social housing somewhere other than the DTES was lost.

The best part of this march was when someone heckled, “Did you guys see the new Superman movie?” Gentrification battle in Vancouver. Stop calling it a battle. A battle suggests that someone is going to win.

Stop telling people to stop doing things: Longboarding: The long and short of a risky sport. How risky? About as risky as hockey, which has never been called a risky sport. So what does West Vancouver’s superintendent of schools do? Cancels a safety demonstration. Super smart.

Meanwhile, Mountain biker dies in North Vancouver accident.

I don’t know anything about this Translink funding referendum but I know that the following quote is absurd: “Votes can be influenced by simple and silly things”. Although this explains why we elected Clark, it’s still an affront to democracy.

Food fight: ‘Meatless Monday’ a waste of government’s time, says B.C. restaurant association. “You don’t win friends with salads”.

Bonus: Vandocument.

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.