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Tea & Two Slices: On Suppressing Teenage Nicklebacks And Traveling To Pine Point…

by Sean Orr | Best place on Earth? Not if you’re a working woman (also, not if you’re not a working woman).

Also, not if you’re Christy Clark. In one last parting fuck you to British Columbians from Gordon Campbell, the  budget’s $1-billion ‘wiggle room’ turns out to be a mirage. Haha!

And yet – surprise! – The Province attacks the NDP: More tax-and-spend thinking from Dix. Tax and spend? Like say, what the HST is to the Olympics, the Convention Centre and the Gateway Project? “Taxpayers do enough for B.C. students now without a new, $100-million yearly blow from the NDP”. That assumption is preposterous, as tuition fees have now quadrupled thanks to the Liberals. #Heckuvajob.

Teen dance club in Langley under police scrutiny over underage drinking. But isn’t that exactly what Langley is for? I mean, isn’t that how Nickelback got their start?

Welcome to Pine Point.

Pick up the penultimate issue of The Front!

Devon Clifford Memorial.

On Ken Sim’s So-Called “Swagger” and ABC’S Class War

Sean Orr is back from his hiatus with a rundown of the local headlines that have been running on a ticker tape through his mind over the past six months...

On Post-Election Recuperation, Platform Paradoxes and Refund Communities

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr finds irony in "safety, affordability, and sustainability", and shouts out a bunch of amazing local organizations working on the frontlines.

On Running for City Council, Playing Whack-a-Mole with Homelessness, and the Public Washroom Deficit

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr finds a park ranger with a grudge, a gross misuse of air quotes and Tripadvisor slander.

On Living in a City Preoccupied with Street Cleaning, Chandeliers, and Campaigns Against the Homeless

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr hones in on the recent Langley shootings, and the ongoing criminalizing and dehumanizing of the homeless population.