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Vegan Canadian Rock artist puts on a secret concert in a Vancouver church. Bryan Adams also has a recording studio in Gastown.
“Canadian rock icon Bryan Adams put on a secret concert at a Vancouver church Thursday night, performing songs from his new album, “11.”
The 48-year-old singer performed for his family and 300 lucky fans at St. Andrew’s Wesley Church.”[CTV]
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While the world is craving for more communication technology, New Denver B.C , population 556, does not want to have cellphone coverage and is fighting to keep telecommunication company from installing a transmission antenna to bring cellphone coverage to the small community.
“People get sick and tired of having conversations interrupted by someone picking up a beeping machine,” says New Denver’s long-time mayor, Gary Wright. “It’s just another of those gizmos that change the way we act as human beings.”[The Globe and Mail]
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Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, did what a man should not do if he wants to live a serene life. He had an adventure with Vancouver born Rachel “troubles” Marsden. Rachel Mardsen is a pundit now residing in New York, she has developed quite a reputation of a trouble maker in Vancouver, Ontario and New York City.
She launched her career in Canada. She got into journalism in the early 2000s, writing conservative stuff for web sites and U.S newspaper. In 2002, she worked for the Free Congress Foundation, and was forced to resign when her employer learned of a harassment charge against her. Marsden was a frequent guest on Dennis Miller Live when she was spotted to become the Canadian pundit for The O’Reilly Factor on Fox for which she was employed until 2007.
The sexy red headed and hot tempered woman is known for her “personal controversies” including her allegations of sexual harassment, a one-year probation sentence for criminally harassing a Vancouver radio host after a breakup, and the investigation of an Ontario police officer just last year after she said the officer leaked anti-terrorism documents to her.
” Wales had never even met Marsden until this year. After accusations that his relationship with her was a conflict of interest, he made it perfectly clear in a statement he posted that it was a one-time meeting. That’s a really clever way to say one-night stand. I didn’t even catch that until I read about the “Wiki Quickie” from a source separate from Wikipedia.
No wonder Marsden was pissed. She found out she was just another notch on his bedpost on the Web. Marsden retaliated by not only publicizing transcripts of their instant message exchanges (to prove she was more than a one-time deal?), but she also went on eBay and auctioned off some clothing left behind by Wales after their one steamy night of passion. (And this accomplishes what?)” [Daily 49er]
Hey Jimmy, since you’re not a politician like Spitzer your best bet is to hire an escort - Expensive but a lot less troubles.
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam , commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, have apparently selected Vancouver as a place to finance their activities. Prapaharan Thambithurai was charged with Canada’s first terrorism financing charge once headed a Vancouver non-profit organization that Canada’s intelligence service alleges was a front for the illegal Tamil Tigers.
The militant Tamil nationalist organization has waged a violent secessionist campaign against the Sri Lankan government since the 1970s in order to create a separate Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka . The LTTE is currently proscribed as a terrorist organisation by 32 countries including Canada.
Here is a snippet from The Vancouver Sun:
“Prapaharan Thambithurai was ordered released from custody today on $25,000 cash bail after he was arrested in New Westminster last Friday.
He is accused of collecting money from ethnic Tamils in Metro Vancouver that was destined for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE, a foreign terrorist organization.”[The Vancouver Sun]
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While in some parts of the world children are being brainwashed and indoctrinated in a culture of anti-west hate; suicide bombers are being psyched-up for martyrdom right here in Vancouver Canada, a very real and imminent threat spilling forth from Iran. This type of indoctrination is now a reality here in Canada. While Canadian authorities are befuddled with radical islamism and CBC is showing us a distorted reality of Islam in silly TV shows like “A little Mosque on The Prairie”, young Canadian Muslims like Vancouver fashion model Rudwan Khalil Abubaker (who was hanging out on Robson street) are found dead in some countries like Chechnya or Afganhistan. In an attemp to prevent further indoctrination, the RCMP BC National Security Youth Advisory hosted a conference yesterday in Burnaby.
Bookmark this article: “More police officers equals less crime.” says simplistic Vancouver police Chief Jim Chu.More crime equals MORE cops hired suggest Ezvancouver.com editor - and more money for the police department.So more crime equals a happy VPD.
” It was a simple equation for Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu when he told city council two years ago that he needed to expand the ranks — and it was his reaction yesterday after learning the city will hire 96 more officers over the next two years. “This is truly excellent news for
all the citizens of Vancouver, the VPD” Chu told reporters.Vancouver police Chief Jim Chu welcomed the news that the city will be hiring more police officers. Vancouver police Chief Jim Chu welcomed the news that the city will be hiring more police officers. Ric Ernst file photo - The ProvinceEmail to a friendEmail to a friendPrinter friendlyPrinter friendlyThe hirings will bring the number of officers from 1,231 to 1,329.It will cost the city about $5 million to cover the cost of 50 officers for one year.” [The Vancouver Sun]
Technorati Tags: crime, vancouver
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The condition of a washroom tells you a lot about a business or restaurant. When you are shopping around and you need to go … you will have one of these days to use one of the public washrooms in Vancouver. We have launched a serie of weekly posts. Once a week we will take you for a tour of washrooms. The best and the worst Vancouver has to offer. You will be the judges when you’ll see the photos. Here is our first set of 3 photos.
Starbucks Washroom - rating 4/10
Here is the Starbucks washroom at the Chapters Robson location at approximately 2 PM on March 12, 2008.
Address: 788 Robson Street, Vancouver, B.C
One thing you cannot tell from that picture is the stink due to poor ventilation and it was dirty. There were handles for the handicapped. No toilet seats cover to be found and no deodorizer.
Sears Washroom - rating: 8/10
This is the Sears washroom at their downtown location on March 12, 2008 around 3 pm.
Address: 701 Granville Street, Vancouver, B.C.
Spotless, very clean white tiles and for a washroom it smells good. There is a large toilet paper roll and a deodorizer above the toilet. The washroom is equipped for wheel chair accessibility with good handles on the walls.
Waterfront Centre Washroom - Rating: 6/10
The washroom depicted below is right around the food court at the Waterfront Centre. I was there at around 3:30 pm on March 12, 2008.
Location: Howe & Cordova Vancouver, BC
Overall it is clean but it had a few papers on the floor. Hopefully they had not been used! Something that’s very rare in most Canadian washrooms is toilet seat covers. Most american cities have bylaws concerning these. But in Canada it appears as a rarity found only in the best of hotels.
Here is a little ending note to this week review. We just found out the following bilingual website: www.powderroom.ca . It is promoted as a “place for you to share your experiences, questions, concerns, stories and thoughts about overactive bladder,” where naturally the location and condition of public washrooms can be a hot topic.
Technorati Tags: washroom, vancouver
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B.C. Attorney General Wally Oppal Says another long trial would not be in the public interest … ” because the women who were allegedly slaughtered by Pickton were just whores from the downtown eastside. Their lives count for nothing.”
“The B.C. government will not try Robert Pickton for the deaths of 20 women if the serial killer’s appeal on six second-degree murder convictions is denied.
B.C. Attorney General Wally Oppal made the announcement Tuesday at the B.C. legislature in Victoria, saying another long trial would not be in the public interest.
But that decision has enraged the families of some of Pickton’s alleged victims.”
“…it’s not in the public interest to proceed, Oppal said.”
I wonder if it would have “been in the public interest” if Pickton would have slaughtered rich women from Point Grey or West Vancouver?
Technorati Tags: Pickton trial, Wally Oppal, Vancouver
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Ezvancouver.com asked you to tell us which Vancouverites or Vancouver institutions drove you round the twist and you replied with gusto. Here are your 10 most detested!Welcome to Hate, Unlimited. We gave you the opportunity to share your views on the Vancouverites you loathe, and boy, did you respond.
If our poll of more than 100 Vancouverites is correct, Gordon Campbell may not keep his job after the next Provincial elections: he received more than twice as many nominations as our the former Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
While Lions Gate Bridge traffic and various elements of Vancouver transit, unsurprisingly, drive us all nuts, it turns out those irritating people who stand mid-pavement handing out free evening papers are almost as annoying.
Some of your unusually worded dislikes are specific: ‘My ex-boyfriend who made me leave Vancouver for him and then cheated on me. ’ Others are more general: ‘Whoever is up there who keeps leaving the tap on and causing all the flooding down here.’Vancouver is a wonderful place, but frequently a frustrating one; it has been our pleasure to provide a neutral space for you to vent your spleen. Now, time to sharpen the knives…
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