by Sean Orr | John Mackie in the Vancouver Sun: East Hastings goes boom: Long-neglected strip shifting from industrial to residential. To intimate that these property investments and developments aren’t displacing anyone or anything (eg. Red Gate, Writer’s Exchange, etc.) is ridiculous. Fuck Chip Wilson and the Ayn Randian white saviour horse he rode in on.

Van Mag Q&A: Ian Young on racism and real estate Part I and Part II. “There is a lot of data about this subject, but how much of it is aired? For instance, David Ley’s stuff was published in 2010. Did Vancouver hear about it at the time? Bugger all”. Huge points for using the words ‘bugger all’ to go after the media.

Meanwhile, BC Housing News asks a question in its headline, does their best to not answer it at all: Racist? New tax targeted at non-residents says Premier Christy Clark. In fact, it doesn’t even mention the word ‘racist’ anywhere in the article. But hey, it got me to click on it, so they must be doing something right.

Related Onion article of the day: Renting vs Owning a Home.

Translink of the day: Transit police ticketing Compass Card holders with no valid fare. Translink: Spending 12 million to combat 7 million in fare evasion. Because math.

World Class University: UBC’s Leadership Crisis Revealed in Unintentionally Leaked Gupta Docs. I haven’t really been following this story because it’s super boring, but I love that they tried to redact a bunch of info and some dude on reddit was like ‘I clicked this little paperclip icon and it was all there’.

Vancouver firm proposes swimming deck in Coal Harbour. You guys know about our Parks Board, right? You know this will never get built, right? Add it to the growing pile of fantasies.

Speaking of make believe: New passenger ferry launches between Vancouver and Gibsons. I give this one 3 months.

Beer wars: BC breweries battle it out in court.

Sports! A Guy Like Me. I predict the coming of a new accolade called the John Scott Dedication Award and the trophy will include a pair of golden All Star gloves.