by Sean Orr | Documents reveal $1 million in free TransLink passes handed out to employees, families. OK, maybe I’m just jaded but I sort of assumed most, if not all, of these pseudo-public corporate agencies operated entirely vis a vis nepotism. I mean, the board of Translink is made up of appointed real estate moguls and diamond mine CEOS. What the fuck did you think was going to happen?

And they have the nerve to tell us we can’t go topless on transit. This is outrageous. Next they are going to say we can’t eat and drink on there or have huge ghetto blasters…

Drive to build rental units sours in dense Vancouver. Yeah, we don’t really want that kind of riff-raff to mix with potential condo owners. Look at what happened to the West End…

And speaking of condos, Once merely condo royalty, Bob Rennie emerges as Vancouver’s cool king of modern art. Oh yes, let’s all have a big wank about how great Bob Rennie is. He saved the Wing Sang building! It’s a good thing “Evertything is Going to be Alright”! He’ll save us!

Beyond Granville. I like how they throw a sex shop in there despite the fact they closed down all the others. Now it’s merely a shiny lifestyle ad.

Adventures In Solitude by Grant Lawrence.