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TEA & TWO SLICES: On The Dangers Of Bad Taste, Terrible Beer, And Rising Sea Levels

by Sean Orr | In bad taste – and I’m not talking about the beer: Luka Magnotta beer photo puts Labatt at centre of social media storm. May this be the last we speak of this. May this be the last time this extreme narcissist’s photo is shown anywhere, because he’s getting exactly what he wanted. No movies. No Halloween costumes. Anything more would just be flogging a dead torso. I mean horse, sorry.

Horrific things are horrific: Body parts in schools mail, “horrific”.  As an aside, check out the photo that CKNW ran with that headline. Terrifying.

Barnes’ plan to be an MLA is self-serving. So aspiring for a greater role in society or a career is self-serving? I thought The Province was all about that shit? Make up your minds. Are all politicians conceited monsters or just the ones that don’t fit your free-market fundamentalist agenda?

Wherein: All-star group of protesters decry federal bill as environmental threat. In that case, the entire corporate media are an all-star group of wankers.

Clark on Clark: Premier says she was the first to visit, but former premier says he made official journey twice. Which leads to this gem: “I may not look like I’m of Filipino descent, but in my heart, in my heart, I am Filipina”. Oh, Mrs. Christy, you make gooood quippies!

Which leads to the tweet of the day, c/o JRayJigglypuff: “I’m a black woman inside for shizzle.” – Christy Clark during Black History Month.

Vanuatu or Vancouver: The Cambie Bridge gets new stripes to bring attention to rising sea levels. That’s brilliant. I just wonder what all the new residents of Millennium Water would think if I told them there was absolutely no consideration given to rising sea levels when they built it. I don’t know if that’s true. I just wonder what they would think if I told them that.

Parksville: Unused parking stalls wasting space in crunched Vancouver. Oh man, this just makes me want to start a kickstarter campaign to buy up a bunch of parking spaces and leave them empty.

Our dumb city: The Interrupted Seawall. Hear that, graffiti artists? A blank wall! Go nuts!

A proud history of Snakehead related paranoia: Beware the Grandview Serpent!

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.