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Frontier Camper in Kits

By Roland Tanglao on May 1, 2004 - 6:56pm

If you live in the Arbutus Walk area of Kitsilano, you have seen this camper around at various free parking spots. Obviously the owner needs a real parking spot :-) !

Bel Air in Kits - Sat01May2004

By Roland Tanglao on May 1, 2004 - 6:24pm

Third (first, second) in a series of Bel Air in Kits time lapse photos. It will be cool to see the condo go up over time.

Vancouver International Marathon - Impossible is Nothing

By Roland Tanglao on May 1, 2004 - 6:05pm

Spotted on the Burrard Bridge on a sweltering Friday afternoon. Vancouver Marathon - Impossible is nothing!

The Corporation Chosen for One Book, One Vancouver

By Richard Eriksson on May 1, 2004 - 5:26pm

I saw the movie in January with Tina, and now voters have wisely chosen The Corporation as the book to read for One Book, One Vancouver. I will do my best to cover the discussion of the book and its events here on Urban Vancouver, and that includes purchasing the book, reading it and making some notes for discussion.

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May Day in Vancouver

By Richard Eriksson on May 1, 2004 - 12:00pm

The current labour climate has been described as fluid, with unions threatening to walk of the job on Monday in support of the HEU workers. Raymond has some information on a May Day rally which will take place in one hour from this writing:

The May Day celebrations in Vancouver will feature a rally and a 90-minute concert with Shari Ulrich, Bill Henderson and Roy Forbes (UHF). The rally and concert, Voices for Justice, will start at 1:00 p.m. in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street. During the concert and rally, the B.C. Fed will collect donations in support of the struggle by B.C’s women’s centres to restore government funding. Organizers have asked participants to assemble in front of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre (corner of Georgia and Hamilton Streets) at 11:00 a.m. to join a march to the concert.Support The Struggle for Democracy: May Day Rally in Vancouver

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Should Markus Naslund Be Captain Next Year?

By Richard Eriksson on May 1, 2004 - 11:40am

Sylvain posts on whether Markus should be on again as captain of the Vancouver Canucks or staying in Vancouver at all the year after and reflects on recent comments by the center:

To me that just says: "I wasn't trying cause I knew we couldn't win." Plus what does it say to the rest of the team? Maybe Keenan was on to something when he picked on Naslund way back when.Naslund Comments

I don't know what Naslund is like in the dressing room—and anybody who does is either on the Canucks equipment staff or, well, you get the idea—but he's always seemed to relaxed in dealing with the refs. There's also the visible frustration when Naslund was in a slump, although we now know that it was injury-related, which brings up the matter of who knew. The news articles I consulted don't say whether his teammates knew Naslund couldn't perform 100%, although they must have known when he was taking slapshots instead of wrist shots in games.