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On Privatizing Poop And Naked Ladies On Vancouver Rooftops

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by Sean Orr | Cross Border Coppers: American Cops Don’t Belong in Canada. Stand your ground! Oh, wow. That was a really unfortunate turn of phrase, but you know what I mean.

Security theatre: Via Rail mulls tighter security after alleged terror plot. I don’t really see how this is a big deal, but people certainly feel concerned that this might be the end of all of our freedoms.

Bad boy, bad boy, watcha gonna do when they come for you: Former star of Mantracker shot by RCMP. OK, usually I side with the victim whenever the police shoot an unarmed man, but you gotta think those cops were just like “should we give him a head start, follow him into the bush and look for tracks and trampled shrubs and stuff or should we just shoot him a bunch of times instead”?

Bedroom community: Live Music and Development: A Double Standard of Noise Pollution in Vancouver. Oh hey look, The Mainlander targets City Hall and developers for once.

Reasonable Doubt: The thought police are among us. I only put this article here because the part about the nude girl sunbathing is personally relevant to me because I was there (see above). Bonus: I saw Jason Schwartzman and I told him I could recite every line from Rushmore and he gave me a hug. True Story.

Prude Parade! Huffington Post writer Mark Hasiuk: Vancouver Pride Parade Numbers Just Don’t Add Up. Yeah, but who’s counting? Oh right, nobody. Just you and some former math teacher from a Christian school in Surrey.

Symphony of Flushing Heads: Vancouver beach water quality gets poopy grade. Plus eight other things you didn’t know about our water. So wait, are Fraser Institute doing this research so they can make a push to privatize it or what?

Group of separatists hope to create new Province of Vancouver Island. I think we’ve all wished – for a long time now – that Victoria would just mind its own business.

A delicate balance. In Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, new housing endangers historic buildings.

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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.