Diner en “Blank”
“We went through all this for a Kale salad?!” Vancouver’s 3rd annual “Diner en Blanc” menu featured a kale and fennel salad.
Stephen Harper’s Northern “Exploits”
Canadian Prime Minister Harper, off on another photo-op-rich tour of the far north, stated in a speech: “The North is a great treasure-house and its resources must be, er, utilized.”
The “Ties” that bind
Though negotiations continue between CP Rail and the City of Vancouver over the sale of the Arbutus rail corridor, CP moved in with bulldozers to clear community gardens that have grown for years along the unused route.
Perfume Sales Stink
Perfume sales slump as celebrity fragrances from Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and others glut the market
A Test Match
Tensions mount in Pakistan as rival factions, one led by former Cricket Star Imran Khan, prepare to protest in advance of Independence Day
Bench-pressed!
Some metro-Vancouver cities are considering banning “In Memorium” park benches after citizens complained that the proliferation of these memorials created a “cemetery-like” environment in parks.
July [s]no Jobs
Statistics Canada has admitted that its July Jobs report contained major errors. The survey showed a mere 200 jobs were created rather than the 20,000 predicted.
Polley want a Christy
“The silt Polley aftermath: accusers head to head,
The blame game is all about what politicians said”
“Once more with Feline!”
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The CBC is looking for pet cats with “adventurous and unusual characters”,[which would be everyone’s pet cat!], to star in its Feline Documentary: “The Lion in Your Living-room”.
Half the Songs My Mother taught me
A Calgary radio station , using the slogan “Now Twice the Music!”, has cut all the pop hits it plays in half in order to cater to listeners’ decreasing attention spans.
Hung, Drawn and Cultured 