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December 2011
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“You’ve been negotiating all my life. In that time, you’ve failed to meet pledges, you’ve missed targets and you’ve broken promises. I speak for more than half the world’s population: What does it take to get a stake in this game? Lobbyists? Corporate influence? Money?”
-Coquitlam’s Anjali Appadurai, speaking at the Durban climate talks
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Have you read The Sun's Chinese site?
溫哥華太陽報 － 中文版。 看一看吧？ http://taiyangbao.ca/
Vancouver Sun launches Chinese language site
溫哥華太陽報 － 中文版。 看一看吧？ http://taiyangbao.ca/
November 2011
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Canadian MP Pat Martin goes on profanity filled...
PolitwitterNovember 17, 2011 11:48:37 AM ESTMartin sent these messages on Wednesday evening, after the vote in the House of Commons:This is a fucking disgrace…closure again. And on the Budget! There’s not a democracy in the world that would tolerate this jackboot shitPat Martin MPNovember 16, 2011 6:55:10 PM ESTReplyRetweetFor gods sake. In these uncertain economic times,...
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Italy: From 'bunga bunga' to 'banca banca' →
The difference between Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and its new one, Mario Monti, could not be more stark.
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Would-be Batmen foil predators plot; RCMP on the...
Mounties are investigating three B.C. teens who posed as underage girls online, lured men to meet them for sex then confronted the accused sexual predators dressed as superheroes.
The shenanigans were videotaped and posted in recent weeks on YouTube, under the title To Troll a Predator.
One video features what the boys describe as a 44-year-old male who was seeking to perform oral sex on a...
Heavy D (1967-2011)
Last night, D took to Twitter to post his final tweet:BE INSPIRED!HEAVY DNovember 8, 2011 1:29:46 AM ESTReplyRetweetSeveral members of the hip-hop community took to Twitter to mourn his loss…R.I.P to one of the best rappers who ever Did it @HeavyD You will be missed tremendously!Rev RunNovember 8, 2011 5:37:59 PM ESTReplyRetweetHeavy D was…no…is one of Hip-Hops...
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WatchPolice and firefighters intervened last night at Occupy Vancouver to extinguish a “sacred fire” reportedly lit by native Canadian Occupiers. Vancouver Police Department chief Jim Chu said today that two firefighters were bitten, Occupiers said several demonstrators were injured and a pregnant woman was punched. More: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/5676509/story.html
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Google's "Barrel Roll" will make you flip →
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Crunching the Numbers: Charges laid in Vancouver's...
On Monday, the Vancouver Police Dept laid the first charges since riots broke out following the Stanley Cup Finals Game 7 this past summer.
Read the complete story here.
Below are some of the details on the charges:
Charges being recommended for first 60 suspected rioters:
- recommending 163 charges to Crown against the first 60 suspected rioters
- 50 men and 10 women
- average age is 21...
October 2011
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Reactions to Raffi Torres' "blackface" Halloween...
The image of Torres and his girlfriend (dressed as Beyonce) was first posted by his teammate, Paul Bissonnette, who was posting various images from the party:Raffi Torres and his wife as Jay-Z and Beyonce. http://t.co/aWTrO5zpPaul BissonnetteOctober 30, 2011 11:24:13 PM EDTReplyRetweetHockey player Raffi Torres paints face Black 2 be JayZ for Halloween. This considered offensive or a true...
Tim Tebow wins, LeBron James tweets, fans get...
After a rough go in the first three quarters, the NFL’s most loved/loathed QB, Tim Tebow led the Denver Broncos’ to a dramatic 18-15 win over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. After the game, the NBA’s most loved/loathed superstar LeBron James took to Twitter to celebrate Tebow’s late game heroics. And then Bron-Bron’s fans and critics took exception: The backlash against...
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LaBeouf, rebuffed! Transformers star gets beat up... →
According to reports from various media outlets, Shia LeBeouf was involved in a trio of fights in Vancouver in the early hours of last Friday morning outside of Cinema Public House. Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/VIDEO+Shia+LaBeouf+reportedly+gets+beat+Vancouver+Granville+Street/5568028/story.html#ixzz1b9duPxRo
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Twitter reactions to death of Steve Jobs
Fans, celebrities and well wishers took to Twitter to toast the co-founder of Apple.Sad Mac. http://twitpic.com/6vq1gx Sad me. #RIPSteveJobs RT @BoingBoing: Steve Jobs has died. http://goo.gl/OvxuVdigiphile · October 6, 2011“ “Have the courage to follow ur heart & intuition. They already know what u truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” - Steve...
September 2011
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Social Reviews: "Pan Am"
We scour Twitter for viewer reaction to the premiere of new drama “Pan Am” starring Christina Ricci:“ Saw the premiere of #PanAm last night. A BAD cross btwn MadMen, The Love Boat, and AIRPLANE! Loved the Cuban Revolution in sexy 30 secs bit.GrantLCBCR3September 26, 2011“ ‘Pan Am’ Didn’t really dig the whole spy angle. Also, is Christina Ricci the lead? She was barely...
August 2011
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Guy Fieri takes a bite out of Vancouver
TV personality Guy Fieri sat in a shiny red Camero on Hastings Street in downtown Vancouver this afternoon, revving the engine while filming a scene for his travelling foodie show, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.
Of the city, the chef opines: “I mean, I wish I could give you a real quick sentence to kind of wrap it all up, but I’ll just pick one word: Outrageous.”
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“My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is...”
– Jack Layton (1950-2011)
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“Glad that is not me.”
– Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain on fellow celebrity chef Guy Fieri.
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Disarm Hitler - with estrogen!
Some tried bombs to neutralise the Fuhrer, others tried bullets.
Now it has come to light that British spies looked at a more gentle way of derailing the man behind the German war machine - by giving him female sex hormones.
Agents planned to smuggle doses of oestrogen into Adolf Hitler’s food to make him less aggressive and more like his docile younger sister Paula, who worked as a...
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July 2011
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“At 2:30 a.m., chasing a burglar down the hallway of my San Francisco hotel until...”
– - ‘Jeopardy’ host Alex Trebek, age 71, tells an audience at Google about an injury he recently received while FIGHTING CRIME.
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A Twitter account of the attack on island of...
Ali Esbati was on the island of Utoya during attack. Here are some of his tweets translated via Google: aliesbati Ali Esbati Is unhurt after shooting incident on Utøya. Surreal. Were only tens of meters from the offender at an be distinguished from. He was dressed as a police / guard. aliesbati Ali Esbati Many are of course very shocked. It was several hundred people there, many very young. I was...
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