Archive for the 'Vancouver Stuff' Category

BC Teens Helping to Reduce Teen Shootings

This is the second instance in a month in which a BC Teen has helped put a stop to what could possibly have been another school shooting. While many kids think sometimes this stuff could be a joke and not take it seriously, obviously these teens that have been apprehended and are facing charges had [...]

BC Advertisment for 2010 “You Gotta Be Here”

BC Tourism has put together a commercial using some famous names such as Sarah McLaughlin, Ryan Reynolds, Michael J Fox and some others to promote BC during the Olympic Games. These ads will run on American and Canadian Television to try and entice more tourism in our lovely province. Thoughts?

Vancouver Airport (YVR) Gets New X-Ray Machines!

Check out these crazy machines.. Multi-view view 3-D x-ray scanners… no more hiding your stuff so that it looks like something else from the side! These guys will catch much more.
31 new machines in YVR, and a total of 145 new X-Ray Machines throughout Canada. The ones in YVR should be operational by the end [...]

I want an Olympic Torch 2010

The 12,000 Olympic Torches were all offered to the torch bearers for $350, and I would really like to get my hands on one. They’ve been going for thousands on ebay, which is too rich for my blood. I would pay $500 for one though. Anyone wanna sell me one? I guess not anymore, not [...]

Scare Factory ups the ante on Fright Night

Fright Nights in Vancouver has received an upgrade by the company Scare Factory. They start night and finish up on October 31st, 2009 at the PNE in Vancouver. Check out this page for more information.
After hearing Amy Beeman’s R-Rated scream session going through the Haunted House, I’ve become quite interested in going myself this year. [...]

2010 Vancouver Olympic Medals

The 2010 Olympic medals for the Winter Olympics in vancouver have been annouced, and they look pretty sweet. We are definately in an age of progressive improvement, needing to out-do the guy before us, and with Beijing doing what was easily the most spectacular Olympics hosting in 2008, Vancouver would obviously have to step it [...]

Kerrisdale Cleaners Sucks ASS

Definately do NOT get your wedding dress drycleaned here!
Kerrisdale Cleaners on 41st Avenue in Kerrisdale is a bunch of assholes as far as I’m concerned. My wife took her wedding dress in there to dry clean, which costed just under $500, easily the highest priced of all the Vancouver dry cleaners for Wedding Dress cleaning. [...]

Google Street View Launched in Canada

Holy crap Street View is cool.. never thought much of it until I started working in the property and development industry, and now that its come to Canada, I am seriously impressed. This is a very useful tool for people in my industry, and many people may complain about privacy, etc. They have a point [...]

Hottie of the Moment: Alecsa Nelson

Alecsa Nelson has just recently been crown Ford Supermodels Supermodel of the World Canada and she’s from Langely, BC. She’s only 17, but the 5′11″ green-eyed beauty is drop-dead gorgeous, and will compete in the World Competition by Ford Supermodels in January. The grade 12 high school student has been modelling since she was 12, [...]

Central 1 Credit Union Declare’s BC’s Recession Over

So, according to these guys, our recession is over. What does everyone else think?
Many people claim “Oh, my friend just lost her job, it can’t be over”, or other similarly microcosmic statements that fail to see the BC economy as a whole. Additionally, employment is one of the slowest factors to recover, oftentimes never recovering [...]