Some months ago I wrote about Canstruction® Vancouver‘s new website and mentioned the event this spring. Well, it’s coming up next week and teams are getting ready to make this an awesome competition and exhibit. I’m eager to see how our team’s sculpture stacks up against the others! (Har har har.) This year’s theme is Books & Bytes, so expect to see some of your favourite characters or scenes in a dramatic new way.
Public exhibit:
Sunday February 24th to Sunday March 2nd
Cruise Ship Terminal at Canada Place
10am – 5pm Sun/Mon/Tues/Wed
10am – 8pm Thu/Fri/Sat
Please bring your cash and food donations to help out those in need. See you there!
Join the group on Facebook and invite your friends to make this the most successful Canstruction Vancouver ever!
I won’t get too into the specifics here, but basically, Metro Vancouver is going to see its landfills used up within two years. Solutions have been tossed about and out while very costly measures are currently in consideration. I came upon this article (via Stephen Rees) and this related article about the issues… wasted tax payer dollars, fears of consequences, and little discussion on waste management save the point from SPEC’s Eric Doherty:
“We’ve been hearing miracle cures for decades,” said Eric Doherty of the Society Promoting Environmental Conservation. “It’s still burning garbage. It’s still putting greenhouse gases into the air. It’s not the kind of solution that we need to be moving to.”
Doherty said it’s time for governments to push for policies that would reduce garbage production, and boost how much we reuse and recycle.
“We need to stop making garbage,” he said.
Reducing waste is a point I made in an earlier post on recycling (Surrey’s new initiatives).
Continue reading Trash talks stall solutions to Metro Vancouver’s burden »
Take public transit in Greater Vancouver often enough and you’ll know that for the most part, it’s pretty decent. Things tend to run smoothly on a daily basis and the SkyTrain lines are your best friend for fast, reliable service.
Except when it isn’t.
My friend referred to today as “freaky Friday.” A short morning SkyTrain delay — ironically, the day I get a ride to the SkyTrain I end up getting to work later — due to a problem train, a fire in the Downtown Eastside, and later on, two apparently simultaneous events: a small plane crash in Richmond and a gas leak in Surrey right across from King George Station, the last stop on the Expo Line.
Our on-the-ball “resident news correspondent” in the studio (P has Reuters as his home page) was shocked to find out someone else heard about the plane crash first. Unfortunately, no one knew about the apparent gas leak and, regardless of whether it’s a true claim, the resulting road closures that at rush hour put the busy area into a panic. It was 4:30 pm when it happened and an hour later I left work completely oblivious to the challenges that I was to face in getting home.
Continue reading Freaky Friday or, How to survive a transit breakdown »
