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Roller Girl

Roller Girl | Person | Roller girl is Angela Dawson, the pink-clad woman with the giant headphones rollerblading in and out of traffic trying to guide pedestrians across crosswalks. In 2015 she won a human rights tribunal against the Vancouver Police Department after it found that she had been discriminated against because she was transgender.

Usage: “Sometimes this town gets me down, but not when I see Roller Girl…”

One of the Most Beloved Players to Ever Wear a Canucks Uniform

“I was there when Gino scored a penalty shot goal against Calgary. The way the crowd erupted, you’d think we had just won the Stanley Cup!"

How a Climate Change Event Created a Local 'Cause Célèbre'

"Is Barge Chilling Beach a good first date or nah?"

How Generations of Underaged Partiers Have Avoided Cops and Cover Charges in BC

"On our way up to Jones Lake on Sunday we had to wait for a slow convoy of hungover bush party survivors to pass..."

How Vancouverites Know a Targeted Hit on a Gangster Has Just Gone Down

"Like sunshine after rain and dawn after dark, a report of a burning vehicle usually means a gangster has just been shot at."