Leaks, Traps and Politics Gone Awry

Friday, 09. 3. 2010  –  Matt Chambers  –  Featured

The next civic election is still fifteen months away, but already the political landscape is caked with slung mud. The increasingly negative coverage of Vision Vancouver was punctuated this week with blogger Alex Tsakumis’ release of a purported media “hit-list”. According to Tsakumis, whose source remains anonymous, the list details [...]

17: ANNE, LINZI, MARTA, STARLA AND LUCILLE

Wednesday, 08. 18. 2010  –  Ian Hannon  –  Confessions of a Lonely, Single Guy, Featured

“Sometimes, the most emasculating thing you can say to another man is a compliment.”

Walking Tours with the Fighting Flaneur

Friday, 08. 13. 2010  –  Matt Chambers  –  Featured, The Good Life

The passing buses reveal visor-clad troupes across the street, all wearing the same shirt and following a man who holds a white paddle above his head.

16: AYUMI

Wednesday, 08. 11. 2010  –  Ian Hannon  –  Confessions of a Lonely, Single Guy, Featured

“Ian, you don’t wear $300 jeans on a bike. You wear $300 jeans for one thing and one thing only: picking up girls.”

Aboard the Barge at the Celebration of Light

Friday, 07. 30. 2010  –  Matt Chambers  –  Featured, News and Features

“From the sound and the vibrations, we know if it’s going well or not,” Furtado explains. “If there’s an explosion inside the mortars it’s a very different sound and feeling.”

BC Flirts with Direct Democracy

Friday, 07. 23. 2010  –  Matt Chambers  –  Featured, News and Features

Bill Vander Zalm’s Fight HST campaign has mobilized and invigorated the most apathetic electorate in British Columbian history.

“IT’S A FILTHY, PERVERTED PAPER”: A History of The Georgia Straight

Tuesday, 07. 13. 2010  –  Jesse Donaldson  –  Featured, News and Features

“As any advertising executive knows, any publicity is good publicity.”

A City of Villages?

Tuesday, 07. 6. 2010  –  Matt Cavers  –  Featured, News and Features

Here we are, fifteen of us, on the lawn of an upscale Dunbar home, and we’re listening as Southland Farm’s Jordan Maynard introduces us to the ancient craft of raising chickens for eggs.

Gordon Price on Gateway, Choice and the Volatility of Oil

Wednesday, 06. 23. 2010  –  Matt Chambers  –  Featured, Opinion

Gordon Price is one of Vancouver’s foremost authorities on the built environment. Here, he discusses our historical context and uncertain future.

14: UNTITLED

Friday, 06. 18. 2010  –  Ian Hannon  –  Confessions of a Lonely, Single Guy, Featured

“The only thing worse than the knowledge that another person hates you is the knowledge that you deserve it.”