The Fur Won’t Fly!
Pappas Furs closes its doors after 100 years. B.C wildlife celebrates.
International Pillow-Fight Day!
Feathers Flew! Thousands of people gathered in cities around the globe on April 5th to celebrate International Pillow-fight day. [Could this be the answer to Vancouver’s goose overpopulation problem?]
Wild Goose Chase
Vancouver Airport has added the Canada Goose to its “No fly list”. David Bradbeer, wildlife specialist at YVR, says the exploding population poses a serious threat to aviation and necessitates a cull.
Merritt Conservative M.P. Albas dances around the issue
Merritt loses a highly qualified and dedicated dance instructor due to bureaucratic bungling and red tape at the Department of Immigration. Conservative M.P. Dan Albas refuses to intervene and insists the decision is for the community’s own good, despite the fact that the studio will have to close and 70 pupils and many special needs children have lost their beloved instructor.
Harcourt plays hardball
Former NDP Premier Mike Harcourt has abandoned the NDP Party citing disagreements with the Party’s policies on the Carbon Tax, the Kinder Morgan pipeline and the ouster of former leader Carol James.
April’s Fools
![Canada's new Medical Marijuana law takes effect April 1st. [The law forbids patients from growing their own medicinal pot and restricts supply to only a few commercial, licensed growers, [a system which should result in a huge increase in price.]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1502201431032014_3.jpg)
Canada’s new Medical Marijuana law takes effect April 1st. The law forbids patients from growing their own medicinal pot and restricts supply to only a few commercial, licensed growers, [a system which should result in a huge increase in price.]
Singer’s argument falls on deaf ears.
BC Supreme Court has dismissed singer Babe Coal’s “freedom of expression” constitutional challenge; but has also ruled that her singing does not constitute “noise” and has torn up her 6 noise bylaw infraction tickets.
Speaker spending scandal
The Speaker of the B.C. legislature, Linda Reid, billed taxpayers $5,528.16 to fly her husband in business class to an African safari.
“They will just have to adapt” 1792 and 2014
B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone says aboriginal tourism operators who stand to loose their livelihood because of cuts to BC Ferries Northern Routes will “just have to adapt”, revealing that attitudes haven’t changed much in the 222 years since Captain George Vancouver first sailed in!
Serious crimes down in Vancouver
But silly crimes are up: Police officers fired multiple bean-bag shots at a suspect with a fake gun.
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