urban compass by paul sullivan
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Voting for the last man standing
February 06, 2012
If the latest poll is right, sometime on the night of May 14, 2013, it will be so (plus or minus 3.5 per cent).
You only get what you give
January 30, 2012
If there was any doubt that it’s crazier out there than a herd of alley cats in a catnip factory, the story of Christopher Evans should end all arguments.
Milt will be remembered for uniting people
January 23, 2012
It was a typical winter Friday as Vancouver said goodbye to one of its foremost citizens. Wet, cold miserable.
Laughter at who’s expense
January 16, 2012
It’s natural to ask whenever you walk by the 14 statues clustered around the little park at the corner of Davie and Denman, overlooking English Bay.
A cure for welfare cynicism?
January 09, 2012
It’s easy to be cynical about Jagrup Brar, the MLA who has plunged into darkest Metro Vancouver like an anthropologist, exploring life on welfare, trailed by a long line of media cameras.
GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE THIS HOLIDAY — DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE
December 19, 2011
Lost in the noise after B.C.’s tough drunk-driving law was ruled unconstitutional, just in time for Christmas, is an astounding number.
Hate crimes hitting close to home
December 12, 2011
It’s also the name of a Neo-Nazi movement with devotees around the world, including right here in Lotusland. Like the two guys who were recently charged with various hate crimes, including setting a Filipino person on fire while he was sleeping on a discarded couch. The man was badly burned, but he survived.
Shipping more oil a slick move
December 05, 2011
Did you know that a recent decision by the National Energy Board makes it possible for suppliers to ship an extra 27,000 barrels of oil a day out of Vancouver?
Former mayors play rope-a-dope with harper
November 28, 2011
The ex-mayors of Vancouver have come together to take us higher.
‘Trying to make news out of snooze’
November 21, 2011
With all the attention paid to homeless people, Occupy Vancouver protesters and cyclists during the civic election campaign, one group was completely overlooked:
Not voting gives small minority big power
November 14, 2011
The average price of a house in Vancouver ensures that only a select few, most of them from somewhere else, will be able to buy one.
Protest worthy of a dickens novel
November 07, 2011
I don’t know who’s writing the script, but whatever you think about the Occupy Vancouver protest and tent city, you have to admit it’s an epic story.
This city’s undead equivalent
October 31, 2011
Because you live in Vancouver, universally acknowledged as the world’s most liveable city, you might think it’s safer than Transylvania, New Orleans, Sleepy Hollow and Wall Street but you’d be wrong.
Hi there, occupiers, nice to meet you
October 24, 2011
You know who: The Occupy Vancouver protesters who have taken up what appears to be permanent residence at the Vancouver Art Gallery, right smack in the middle of the city.
Honk if you support a better world
October 17, 2011
Just a few of the reasons that crowds of people are camped out in front of the art gallery this morning, symbolically Occupying Vancouver.
Couldn't taxpayers have gotten a round on the house?
October 03, 2011
The new and improved BC Place opened last night, and it sure is lovely. But...
And the award for least popular premier goes to...
September 26, 2011
It looks as if Gordon Campbell, who left office as the least popular premier in the history of British Columbia, won’t turn up to accept his Order of B.C. at the awards ceremony Oct. 4.
Another beluga dies in the fishbowl
September 19, 2011
It must be tough being a baby beluga. Especially if you’re born in a fishbowl.
Not much to harmonize about
August 29, 2011
The HST vote hit us like a direct democracy hurricane and now we’re left, dazed and confused, to sort through the rubble in the aftermath.
I double dog dare ya to do the PNE my way
August 22, 2011
Indisputable fact: Summer is the best time of the year.
What’s your hidden gem of the city?
August 08, 2011
Have you ever hopped on one of those Big Bus tours of Vancouver, just to see what the tourists see?
All aboard the heel-toe express
August 08, 2011
What’s next? I’m starting to wonder if Gregor Robertson and his Moonbeam Team at Vision Vancouver are putting us on.
Vancouver is music to your ears
July 25, 2011
For the first time ever, all the world’s great harpists (and some of the ordinary ones) converge on the city this week to discuss affairs of the harp and to play their little harps out.
Going green will put us in the red
July 18, 2011
Vision Vancouver has rolled out its plan to make Vancouver the greenest city in the world by 2020.
Thoughts that may tax your brain
July 11, 2011
Like everyone else in British Columbia, I was faced with a decision over the weekend: To vote yes or no on the HST.
Continuing to twist in the wind
July 03, 2011
It’s beginning to look as if the most high-profile victim of the Stanley Cup riot could be Mayor Gregor Robertson.
On the 12th day, they pass the buck
June 27, 2011
It’s Hockey Riot Day 12 and the blame game continues.
Innocence lost on a night in June
June 20, 2011
By now, you’ve probably overdosed on pundit prescriptions for relief from the riot.
Winning is only thing that matters
June 13, 2011
Go Canucks Go! And bring home the Stanley Cup … tonight!
Sinking their teeth into Stanley
June 06, 2011
There’s a legend that haunts newsrooms like an old ghost in a green visor and armbands. Call it the Man Bites Dog legend.
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