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by Michael Tippett
Early days of NowPublic, before The Arab Spring
"The tool that is redefining news is the cellphone."
"The Crowd Sourcerer", 2006
Vancouver Startup Weekend
Made in Vancouver
World Economic Forum, Eurasian Media Forum, Almaty Kazakhstan
Interviewing Eric McLuhan
Politics Archive
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Artists Continue to Leave Vancouver Because of Lack of Funding
The arts community is giving up on Vancouver. Here’s another prominent artist who is leaving the city for New York. One of Vancouver’s promising young dance stars is heading…
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Vancouver Quadra a Target of Dirty Tricks in Election
Looks like dirty tricks designed to support Stephen Harper were used in my riding. This needs to be treated in the most serious way: Joyce Murray, MP for Vancouver…
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The Ayoudo Manifesto
The present is broken but the future is not. In the future, our work and happiness will co-exist. In the future we can build what we want. Ayoudo is the 100%….
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Vancouver Arts Community Abandoning The City
Decimated by Provincial cuts in funding the Vancouver arts community is struggling to survive in Vancouver. Many of them have decided that there are better opportunities in other cities….
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If You Dont Care About The Syrian Conflict, This Video May Well Change Your Mind
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Brilliant – Rick Mercer rants about the online spying bill – YouTube
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MUST WATCH. Seriously if you’re Canadian you must watch
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Foreign Radicals Interfering with Canadian Energy Policy
Now arch Conservatives in the US are meddling in Canadian policy. Newt Gingrich has a promise for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper: If you wait for the U.S. elections,…
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Athens Torched
A Greek Tragedy: A firefighter extinguishes one of the capital’s oldest restored cinemas in central Athens on Monday Feb. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Stunning Pictures Of The Disaster Zone…
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Canada comes in # 2 in The Most Overpriced Housing Markets In The Developed World
Canada (with a photo of Vancouver) is number 2. A dubious honour. See the full list here: The Most Overpriced Housing Markets In The Developed World.
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Athens in Flames
Instagram.
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If you like clean air Stephen Harper thinks you might be dangerous
Another attempt by the Harper government to vilify anyone who supports green policy: After vowing to take on radical environmentalists determined to stop the Northern Gateway pipeline, the Harper government has…
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Where Good Ideas Come From
If Johnson is right that ‘chance favours the connected mind’ then the Internet is more important than we ever imagined. And if you want to keep the Internet free make…
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Mayor to support motion for mobile ‘City App’
Great initiative from Andrea Reimer and The Mayor: Mayor Gregor Robertson will be supporting a Council motion next week to develop a mobile ‘City App,’ which would increase access…
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Learn About Canada’s SOPA At OpenMedia. The Free Internet Is At Stake
SOPA like legislation will crush innovation in digital media. If Canadian’s want to participate in the economy of the future this kind of thing cannot happen. This write…
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Thousands protest Joe Oliver’s Oil Pipeline in Prince Rupert
Wow, for a town of 13,000 it’s impressive that 2,000 people showed up to protest. The Prince Rupert police estimate that 2,000 people protested against the Enbridge Northern Gateway…
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Startup City Mayor
Thanks to The Mayor for supporting the Made in Vancouver initiative. Ayoudo is working with the city and others to make this happen. Here’s part of the release from…
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300 Arrested In Oakland
After weeks of calm, there is again unrest in Oakland. via 300 Arrested In Oakland.
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Harper Gov’t to Celebrate Role of First Nations in Canadian US War of 1812
Stephen Harper has been trying to paint opponents of his prized pipeline as radical Americans who shouldn’t be meddling in Canadian business. But in reality much of the…
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George Soros Warns Of Financial Collapse, Class Warfare And The Rise Of Evil
In an interview in Newsweek, George Soro’s views are summarized as follows: …the world faces one of the most dangerous periods of modern history—a period of “evil.” Europe is…
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Native Chief to Enbridge: “No in the name of my grandchild”
Unanimous Indigenous opposition to the Enbridge Pipeline make a total mockery of the government’s claims that the plans are being opposed by radical ‘foreigners’. This from Adam Gagnon in…
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A History of Vancouver Real Estate
“Land prices are high, it is said, higher than anything would warrant. ’Why, the workingmen cannot afford to pay at the rate demanded for these tiny outside lots,’…
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Who Loves Big Government?
An inconvenient truth for all my conservative friends who want to get spending under control. (1) Facebook.
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Anonymous Says Theyll Attack Facebook Next
Anonymous Says Theyll Attack Facebook Next.
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The 1970′s.
Facebook.
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B.C. native chiefs overturn deal with Enbridge on Gateway pipeline – The Globe and Mail
This puts that whole ‘foreign radical’ category into perspective. A controversial deal signed by a B.C. First Nation official with Enbridge on the Northern Gateway pipeline project has been…
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This Poodle is Defending Your Internet Freedom
Image(810) | Flickr – Photo Sharing!.
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Greenpeace joins Wikipedia in Internet Blackout
Nice to see Greenpeace defending the information environment too. Props. In the history book of bad ideas, the concept of giving corporations the right to censor the Internet has…
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A City Is A Startup: The Rise Of The Mayor-Entrepreneur | TechCrunch
From today’s TechCrunch: The ingredients for a successful startup and a successful city are remarkably similar. You need to build stuff that people want. You need to attract quality…
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Cortes Island residents submit petition to stop logging of pristine B.C. forest
Cortes Island Logging Petition Delivery from VancouverObserver on Vimeo. Cortes Island residents submit petition to stop logging of pristine B.C. forest: video | The Vancouver Observer.