by Sean Orr | So simple, even a caveman could do it: Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson seeks more housing cash from budget. Whoa, whoa, whoa! You can do that? As a mayor? You just have to ask? Why the fuck haven’t you done this, Gregor?

Too close for comfort: Evictions across the street from City Hall. An unfortunate irony: “Burke, a six-year resident of the building, moved into the building after health-related issues caused him to leave his work as a crane operator for the construction of the Olympic Village”. Wouldn’t it be nice if they just gave him an unoccupied suite in the place he helped to build?

Or maybe it’s time to break out the pitchforks: Angry Residents Wave Pitchforks, Torches In Protest Of Mayor’s Crackdown On Homelessness.

Maybe EXIT could have an about-to-be demolished SRO as one of their themes: Room escape game opens in Richmond, B.C. It’s hard enough to leave my own house!

It’s all fun and games: Sniper Stadium: Police Turn BC Place into a Gun Range. “A week before the fourth anniversary of the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, officers from the Vancouver Police Department and other agencies took over BC Place stadium to improve their sniper skills”. That makes this photo still highly relevant.

Whistler Peak 2 Peak BASE jump leads to woman’s arrest. Whatever happened to doing stupid things just for the thrill of it? Now you have to post it online for validation?

The constant need to reinvent ourselves: It’s time to re-imagine and renew Granville Island. And you know what that means! More CONDOS!

Save it: Luongo weighs in on transit referendum . You gotta pay the Troll Toll.

Need for speed: Camaro misses pedestrians on downtown Vancouver sidewalk. I like how the headline insinuates that the driver almost got them, as though it wasn’t terrifying enough to have a 312 horsepower American powerplant bearing down on you.

Hey Chernen, nobody gives a hootsuite! Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson sued by political rival. Yeah, that doesn’t come across as petty partisanship at all.