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Tea & Two Slices: On Having Sex On BC Ferries And Not At All Keeping The Peace

by Sean Orr | Evergeen Line Clears Another Hurdle. Is it just me or do you also picture the Skytrain actually doing hurdles. Just me, eh?

BC Ferries Wi Fi service blocks access to abortion, sex-education sites. Hmm, maybe if there had been such services the ill-fated Queen of the North might not have sunk because maybe they could have googled if it was safe or not to have sex while driving a fucking ferry!

Vancouver startup helps WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pay legal expenses. Man, I want to have a startup! How does one go about doing that? Is it really as easy as just starting up? Also, while we’re on the topic, what happens when a startup ends?

MPs urged to tax sugar-laden soft drinks. Now that is a sweet idea. Maybe we could use the revenue to include dentistry in health coverage.

Proving once again they are the pulse of the people, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon endorses Mubarak’s plan. Isn’t it kind of fitting that in a country where Canada first became a Peace Keeping Force they would also finalize their transition to an Imperialist Power?

Some good news on the culture front: Council supports changes for live performance venues.

Holding Still. “Holding Still is a collection of found travel photographs from a woman’s estate. Nothing is known about the woman other than that she was a resident of Vancouver, Canada.

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