Oh, my crappy little Province. Lame sports teams, bad political landscape and a faux enviro culture set for economic collapse around 2013...sigh.
Everytime I get a little tingle in my heart for BC, reality snaps me back into place on how much this place can suck. Today's whiplash is courtesy of federal politics, the RCMP and, of course the public transit system.
It seems David Orchard, the left-wing politico who tried to take over the Federal Conservative party, only to be hoodwinked by Peter Mckay and then the Liberals and now Stephan Dion, is considering running in a BC riding in the next election. I like his stance on Free-trade and organic farming and everything, but dude, give it a rest before they bamboozle you again.
It also seems that the number of missing women on the Highway of Tears "has doubled to 18, and no arrests have been made since the first case 38 years ago, RCMP in the province said." Thanks guys. Glad you're right on that making it a top priority...like the missing DTES women...who's (alleged) killer you only caught by accident...while doing a sting centering on the Hells Angels.
And of course, what would a bad day in Vancouver be like without an increase in fares for our handy-dandy transit service which has seen "pass-ups", "missing buses", and overcrowding increase over last year. Especially when Translink is posting "a $386-million surplus for 2007." I repeat: "A $386 MILLION SURPLUS FOR 2007!"
On a positive note though, my friend and colleague, Gwen Haworth has just won the People's Choice Award for Most Popular Canadian Film and the Women in Film & Television Vancouver Artistic Merit Award at the VIFF. Her film She's A Boy I Knew was her first, the culmination of her Master's thesis and put her $90,000 in debt, but whoa, is that promising or what? Way to go, Gwen!
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