Distrust at Carnegie Center Results in Request for Recount of Election Results

Carnegie members don't trust the results of the June 5th election for Board of Directors at the Carnegie Center operated by the City of Vancouver on the Downtown Eastside.  James A. announced at the meeting...

Cyclist Hit on Main St. Near 3rd Ave. in Vancouver

Vancouver Police blocked off all traffic other than buses on Main St. between 2nd and 3rd Ave. for roughly 2 1/2 hours on Monday after a cyclist was hit. The cyclist, riding what a witness described as a "mountain...

'Vancouverism' lauded at London architecture festival

What in the sam hill is Vancouverism, you're asking. Vancouver's city planning philosophy is such a hit with architects they've come up with a new name for it. Apparently we're good at building a dense city that...

North America's 1st carbon tax rolls out under fire

"VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Civic leader Scott Nelson says he is as worried as anyone about global warming, but that does not make him happy to be one of the first North Americans to pay a carbon tax to curb climate change. Nelson, mayor of Williams Lake, British...

"Darwin Dating": Only the Beautiful Need Apply!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorComing soon this summer to Vancouver, British Columbia,  an online dating site for only the bold and the  beautiful people.Here is an excerpt from their site for...

Missing man's breakdown raises questions about mental illness

A positive ending to what could have been a very sad story. A White Rock man missing since early June has been safely returned to his family, after suffering an emotional breakdown and leaving for Mexico without warning. The CBC ran the story yesterday, and many of the 10...

BC Homeowners urged to Check Titles: Fraudsters

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly makes you wonder, you come home from work and find another family in the process of moving into your home.  Unrealistic? Yes!  Possible? Most...

Hipster traveling tips from The Strokes, Sonic Youth, the Stars and more

Oddly, a slew of indie bands have contributed material to a new travel guide. I'm guessing it will probably garner the usual ruckus from the indie sellout police, but I bet it'd be interesting. Who wouldn't want to know where Thurston Moore changes his dollars into...

Canadian Islamic Terrorist Accused Now In Court

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe Worlds eyes will be upon Canada, in what is the First Terrorist Trial is underway in Ottawa, Ontario.Momin Khawaja, said to be the Explosives Canadian Mastermind in the...

Thousands of B.C. forest workers jobless as sawmills shutdown

Certainly the downturn in the US economy is having a disasterous trickle down theory for Canada's ailing lumber industry.  Let's hope China bites and buys our lumber to build all their homes destroyed in the...

I Found A Severed Foot

When five running-shoe clad, severed feet washed up on the shores of Sandra Malone's home province of British Columbia, Canada over the course of the last 11 months, it raised all sorts of questions. When a sixth...

Talk about a Mobile Home! Barge floats home from Wash. to Canada

Talk about a Mobile Home and House boat ! Barge floats 2-story home from Wash. to Canada Here is a Story Board of the Move.  Here is video of the move HUNTS POINT, Wash. - Rolling the waterfront house onto a...

Suicide bomber kills five civilians, one soldier in Afghanistan

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSuicide Bombers strike again taking two children with them among the five dead and one soldier. No easy answers short of banning all civilians from roads where NATO...

World population to hit 7 billion in 2012

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe worlds population multiplying by leaps and bounds, going from 1 billion in 1830 to 6.4 Billion today due to medical advancements, nutrition etc.It only takes 13 years...

Alberta: Big Hopes for Teensy Pandas

I think this is a first in Canada, if not North America the birth of twin red pandas, certainly a tourist draw for a Alberta Zoo."EDMONTON -- Two tiny red pandas at Edmonton's Valley Zoo are carrying the survival of...

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