by Sean Orr | Modi operandi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit draws protesters in Vancouver. Gotta get that uranium! You know, because he tried to Thatcher the coal unions.

And secretly to fight the mooslims next door…Only 2% of British Columbians correctly identify Islam as second largest religion in India. And here I was thinking it was Zoroastrianism…

Speaking of fear and ignorance:

IRONY ALERT: Stephen Harper decries ISIS for being Muslims who behead people – as he sells Wheat Board to Muslims who behead people #cdnpoli

— PatRiotchick (@PatOndabak) April 17, 2015

The Vancouver Sun pretends to discover something: A heritage block reborn: The 100 block West Hastings goes from scary to cool. Yeah, because Red Gate, 151, and Dynamo were sooo scary, and crossfit, spin class, and bakeries selling expensive cookies called Crack are so much cooler. Art isn’t scary. Newspapers are.

Related: Are you missing a chicken? (actual headline in The Province)

Unfortunately, I don’t think anyone at our local paper has ever heard of Clickhole: One Incredible Entrepreneur Saved This Struggling Neighborhood By Replacing Everyone In It With Affluent Twentysomethings.

Don’t Have $1 Million In Vancouver? You’re Not Alone. The more I read shit like this, the more I think we’re all just being self-entitled brats. Yes, I get it, you work hard. But do people in Manhattan whinge about not being able to afford a house? Actually, yeah, they probably do.

Don’t rock the boat: George Affleck and Elizabeth Ball voted against mayor’s 2012 motion to urge feds to keep Kits Coast Guard base open. “At the time, NPA councillor George Affleck had a problem with the word ‘urge’. He wanted the mayor to soften the language, so he moved an amendment…” Yeah, we don’t want to upset Mr. Harper, do we?

And speaking of Harper:

BREAKING! Harper Government settles on slogan of “Strong. Proud. Free.” because “Majority. Fuck. You.” tested badly with focus groups. — CC (@canadiancynic) April 17, 2015

Hepner vs. Hepner: Surrey mayor ‘baffled’ young people can even get guns. What happens to the psychology of a place when you tell it over and over that despite its low crime rate it’s still a bad place? And what happens when you then elect a mayor who is so ignorant about crime that she doesn’t understand how gangs obtain guns illegally? (hint: it’s because gangs)

The pen is mightier: Alberta Tory Jonathan Denis campaign signs being defaced to read ‘Jonathan Penis’.

Meanwhile, in Penticton: B.C. pigeon found with paper hat glued to it.