Funding for Help in the DTES Pamphlet
[Following the exchange below, the City of Vancouver has found $2500 in the Great Beginnings money. It’s a one- time thing, but gives 6-8 months to find another pot of money somewhere. As Lisa...
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View ArticleRequiem: A Prose Translation
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(Such Beautiful Words) Shanghai Tan / Shanghai Beach Themesong from "The Bund" Rushing waves, flowing waves Thousand miles of the torrential river flows ceaselessly forever Washed away the worldly...
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View ArticleHappy Retirement!
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View ArticleKnowledge is Power and Wealth
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View ArticleBullshit and Bureaucracy
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View Article...outed Christy for lying through her teeth.
[Christy Clark presided at a conference of the Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) industry poised to extract (fracking), ship tp ports (pipelines) and sell outside Canada (tankers). maryinga is an Aboriginal...
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