by Sean Orr | Opinion: Aging immigrants an expensive problem for Canada. Or, we want the young ones so they can be our nannies and drive our cabs, but just let the grandparents die in the comfortable squalor of their homelands.

Chinese Exclusion Act 2.0? Real estate expert says mayor’s plan has some potential drawbacks. “Muir says the data shows there are also simply not enough foreign buyers to actually drive the market”. I thought we already went over this. Considering Vancouver was built on real estate speculation, it would stem that foreign ownership is just a bogeyman to distract the locals from decades of mismanagement and corporate favouritism.

And “they” aren’t taking “our” jobs either: B.C. shed 8,000 jobs in November: StatsCan. Looks like Christy’s BC Jobs Plan is right on track.

Vancouver’s inner city gets creative with economic development. “BC and the Federal Government are more apt to talk about natural gas or exporting petroleum resources from Alberta and building pipelines to the U.S. and China than they are the human capital of cities”. Yeah, but it will trickle down, right? Pope says no.

Speaking of inner city neglect: City defends decision to order demolition of Ming Sun building on Powell Street. Disclaimer: I was being sarcastic last week when I said “Maybe they should have put a freeway through there when they had the chance”. Chalk it up to snark.

Vision Vancouver welcomes School Trustee Allan Wong. I have absolutely no opinion on this whatsoever.

Six RCMP cruisers destroyed in one-man rampage. Nothing says you have completely lost touch with reality than “It was like right out of a movie”.

Anybody want to buy The Libra Room? Just remember, though, the liquor license forbids dancing.

Queue segue: Neighbourhood Crossing Guard Asked To Stop Dancing. Prompting the old stand-by of “Oh, you’re no fun anymore“.

Bonus: This folk metal music video from local band Scythia is 20 times better than The Hobbit could ever hope to be. Featuring Commercial Drive’s own Storm Crow Tavern.