by Sean Orr | Tru-desperation: Trudeau says he’d be more open to coalition with NDP if Mulcair wasn’t leader. Well, the only reason the NDP thought of it in the first place was because Trudeau is the Liberal leader (and a petty, weak one at that).

Vote alone and with darkness in your heart: CUPE slams Leadnow for encouraging Canadians to ‘vote together’. British Columbians know that strategic voting doesn’t work, mainly because regular voting doesn’t work either.

Oil spill roundup: 9 ridiculous things the Conservatives could have cut instead of the Vancouver Coast Guard station.

Also, Former Coast Guard commander casts doubt on ‘excellent’ spill cleanup claim.

Also, just in case you thought I previously said there had never been a fuel spill in the Burrard Inlet… Timeline of spills in Vancouver harbour. And finally, here is a picture of a sad oily duck:

Sad photo of oily duck from city presentation on #vanfuelspill pic.twitter.com/fqrjH3AnYh

— emily jackson (@theemilyjackson) April 14, 2015

How long until it gets its own twitter account?

2 dead in fire on Hastings Street in East Vancouver. Insensitive condo marketer’s possible name for the shoeboxes that will inevitably rise from these ashes: The Phoenix.

Meanwhile, Trish Kelly pens for Metro News: Strathcona shipping-container social housing proposal just doesn’t float. “The neighbourhood is hurting for housing…” Yeah, but I don’t like this kind of housing! “We have a limited land base in Vancouver…” Yeah, but we need more parks. “The neighbourhood needs healthy food retail…” Yeah, even though there’s all of Chinatown at your doorstep. “The neighbourhood needs parking…”. Yeah, wait…what? It sounds like someone’s still a little bitter about being asked to leave Vision…!

Satire of the day: Yukon RCMP investigating why man assaulted by police officer wasn’t shot. Lol. Cough. Sigh.