It’s an image that was seared into our minds in the weeks following the June 15th Stanley Cup riot. A skinny kid, apparently from Richmond, with his raging warrior-like expression and incongruous designer eyewear and practically new souvenir Canucks t-shirt, and a hockey stick with a broken blade held overhead. Nothing said “spoiled, middle-class jerk” […]
US President Obama was effective in attracting young voters in 2008 Why vote? That’s what an impressive group of Vancouver youth are asking themselves, and they’ve come up with an answer in the form of a mission statement, and direct action to court their peers into going to the polls. The Y Vote Petition was […]
The Province newspaper provided this vague direction on making our city more civil. Their message is to use the heavy, and expensive, hand of law enforcement. The comments pretty much mirror this too. Throw them all in jail! The Province also makes small mention of how we should emphasize more respect in our schools. Intensifying […]