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    • in Art & Design · Vancouver
    • — 22 May, 2013

    Free Your Summertime with Ayoudo

    Is your growing to-do list keeping you away from perfecting your golf swing? Spending more time cleaning the garage than hitting the beach? Nothing hurts more than an endless list[...]

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    • in Politics · Smart Risks & Startups · Vancouver
    • — 18 May, 2013

    Thinking Beyond the Beaver. The Future of Vancouver’s Economy

    I’ll be giving a talk on the innovation economy at CREDible Conversations Forum on May 29th. Join us! Tickets here.    

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    • in Digital Media · Vancouver
    • — 18 May, 2013

    Tippett.org goes responsive

    Thanks to WordPress the site will Noel on all your devices.

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    • in Vancouver
    • — 7 Apr, 2013

    Another West Side Tear Down

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  • Canadas Radical Prime Minister Harper: Interview with Allan Gregg | DeSmog Canada 0
    • in Politics · Vancouver
    • — 6 Apr, 2013

    Canadas Radical Prime Minister Harper: Interview with Allan Gregg | DeSmog Canada

    Great piece from Desmog Blog: Pollster, political advisor and pundit provocateur Allan Gregg believes Canadians have yet to grasp just how radical Harper and his Conservatives really are. In a[...]

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    Why Chinas Super-Rich Are Leaving - Business Insider 0
    • in Politics · Vancouver
    • — 21 Mar, 2013

    Vancouver’s vacancies point to investors, not residents – The Globe and Mail

    The only people who don’t believe that Vancouver has become a city of investors and not local, working residents are the willfully blind   For the most part the local[...]

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  • The History Of Lululemon - Business Insider 0
    • in Art & Design · Digital Media · Smart Risks & Startups · Vancouver · Work Life
    • — 20 Mar, 2013

    The Bizarre History Of Vancouver’s Lululemon

    The strange story of Vancouver’s Lululemon: “Lululemon’s recall of its sought-after yoga pants — because they’re sheer enough to become see-through — isn’t the first weird event in the company’s history. Lululemon’s[...]

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    Hong Kong overtakes Manhattan in list of world's most expensive cities - ECA International 0
    • in Art & Design · Digital Media · Politics · Smart Risks & Startups · Vancouver
    • — 13 Mar, 2013

    Startup City : Vancouver’s Competition

    Vancouver cannot afford to become complacent if we hope to survive and prosper as a digital city.

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    • in Digital Media · Smart Risks & Startups · Vancouver
    • — 20 Feb, 2013

    Live at GrowLab Demo Day in Vancouver | VentureBeat

    Venturebeat reports from Vancouver: “–VANCOUVER Ahh, the chaos, excitement, sheer terror, and sometimes — sadly — ennui of demo day. It’s startup accelerator GrowLab’s demo day tonight in Vancouver, Canada, and I’m live,[...]

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    Investment Firm For Marijuana Industry - Business Insider 0
    • in Digital Media · Politics · Smart Risks & Startups · Vancouver
    • — 17 Feb, 2013

    BC Pot Industry Vulnerable to Silicon Valley Disruption Too

    As far as I can tell, the two pillars of Vancouver commerce are real estate and pot.  But now disruptive forces are at work in the US to transform the[...]

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    • in Art & Design · Vancouver
    • — 4 Feb, 2013

    TED headed to Vancouver in 2014

    This is great news for Vancouver: TED2014 will be held at the world’s most eco-friendly meeting venue — a convention center positioned directly on Burrard Inlet, which took our breath away[...]

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    • in Politics · Vancouver
    • — 30 Jan, 2013

    Vancouver Park Board Wants to Transfer Money from West Side Community Centres to the East

    You can call it whatever you want but the truth is that the centralization of community center revenue is simply a transfer of money from West to East. Under the[...]

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  • The Daily — High-income trends among Canadian taxfilers, 1982 to 2010 0
    • in Politics · Smart Risks & Startups · Vancouver · Work Life
    • — 28 Jan, 2013

    What Does it Take to be One of Canada’s 1%?

    So what does it take to be counted as part of Canada’s 1%?  Well if you earned just over $200k you’re in the club.  On average, the top 1% of[...]

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    • in Digital Media · Smart Risks & Startups · Vancouver
    • — 22 Jan, 2013

    Vancouver Startup raises 3.1 M$ Without VC’s and Conventional Angels

    This news came out a few days ago but what’s interesting abut Jostle’s $3 million round is where the funding came from.  Here is their release: “Jostle Corporation revealed today[...]

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    • in Vancouver
    • — 19 Jan, 2013

    Will Smog in Beijing Drive Vancouver Real Estate Prices Up?

    Many of the buyers in Vancouver’s current real estate market are from China. Vancouver is seen as a safe, clean and friendly city to raise a family and has attracted[...]

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    Cops Release Sketch of West Side Sex Assault Suspect 0
    • in Vancouver
    • — 9 Jan, 2013

    Cops Release Sketch of West Side Sex Assault Suspect

    Vancouver Police are releasing a composite sketch and are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect in a sexual assault that took place on Vancouver’s west side. At[...]

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    • in Vancouver
    • — 19 Dec, 2012

    King Tide Floods Kits beach Dec 17 2012 – VIDEO

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    Letter to Vancouver City Council on the Rize development by Glenn Alteen, Curator | Stop BC Arts Cuts & Increase Funding to the National Average! 0
    • in Vancouver
    • — 18 Dec, 2012

    High Tides Submerge Kits Pool in Vancouver – VIDEO

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  • Your Kids Will Have A Better Life If You Move To Canada - Business Insider 0
    • in Politics · Vancouver · Work Life
    • — 14 Dec, 2012

    Vancouver Beats NYC as Most Expensive City in North America

    According to ECA International, Vancouver is North America’s most expensive location for the second year in a row. The city ranks 35th globally and is followed by Manhattan – Yes,[...]

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    • in Vancouver
    • — 13 Dec, 2012

    False Alarm for Hazmat Team at Vancouver Cop Shop

    Vancouver Police report today that this afternoon, as part of an ongoing criminal investigation, police opened a package at a police building located at 1570 Kootenay Street that contained a[...]

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    • in Politics · Vancouver
    • — 8 Dec, 2012

    China’s Super-Rich and the Vancouver economy

    According to Business Insider: According to the 2011 Private Wealth Report, 27% of Chinese entrepreneurs worth more than 100 million RMB $15.9 million have already emigrated, while another 47% say[...]

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    • in Politics · Vancouver · Work Life
    • — 6 Dec, 2012

    Vancouver Takes # 5 spot in 2012 Quality of Living survey

    Vancouver is getting some kudos these days.  Recently it was deemed one of the top startup cities in the world and it has once again claimed one of the top[...]

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    • in Vancouver
    • — 23 Nov, 2012

    Vancouver Metal Thieves Stealing Sewer Covers Costing Thousands & Endangering the Public

    According to the VPD, Metal thieves have opened a gaping hole in the public safety of our streets. Pedestrians face a new danger when they are walking on dark and[...]

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    • in Digital Media · Smart Risks & Startups · Vancouver · Work Life
    • — 20 Nov, 2012

    Startup Genome Report: Despite World Class Talent, Vancouver Startups Lack Funding

    As TechCrunch reported today: Today, the Startup Genome released the first half of its massive 160-page report on the world’s top startup ecosystems. Of the many moving parts of the[...]

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    • in Politics · Smart Risks & Startups · Vancouver
    • — 14 Nov, 2012

    Thinking Beyond The Beaver

    Startups and the Search for Canada’s Untapped Mother lode Canada has been a resource-based economy ever since settlers first started shipping beaver pelts to Europe. Since the time of the[...]

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    Support Us | Sleep Out To Support Homeless Youth in BC | Covenant House Vancouver 0
    • in Politics · Smart Risks & Startups · Vancouver
    • — 9 Nov, 2012

    Why is Mark Brand Sleeping on the Streets?

    Mark Brand is amazing.  Apart from being the man behind Save On Meats, he’s on of the city’s great citizens.  So why is he out in the streets?  Find out here.

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  • Shields Up!  Help us defend the Internet Today 0
    • in Digital Media · Politics · Smart Risks & Startups · Vancouver
    • — 24 Oct, 2012

    Shields Up! Help us defend the Internet Today

    Do you have a question about the future of the Internet? Want to learn more about secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership’s (TPP) Internet trap?  It’s actually a little scary.  According to StopTheTrap the[...]

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    Brutal! Gen X Is Getting Destroyed by The Great Recession 0
    • in Vancouver · Work Life
    • — 23 Oct, 2012

    Brutal! Gen X Is Getting Destroyed by The Great Recession

    This is just brutal for people who should be in their prime earning years: “The median net worth of [Gen X] has fallen at a far greater rate than for[...]

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  • Your Kids Will Have A Better Life If You Move To Canada 0
    • in Politics · Vancouver · Work Life
    • — 12 Oct, 2012

    Your Kids Will Have A Better Life If You Move To Canada

    Keep it up Canada: Canada was the cheapest place to raise a kid, and it ranked in the top four for safety, education, and childcare. Kids in Canada play more sports[...]

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    Green Party Leader Warns of Eroding Canada’s Sovereignty 0
    • in Politics · Vancouver
    • — 20 Sep, 2012

    Green Party Leader Warns of Eroding Canada’s Sovereignty

    It is hard to know how else to put it. I don’t want to get anyone freaked out or overly alarmed, but are we paying any attention? Read the rest[...]

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