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SkyTrain catches up to a Via Rail train

SkyTrain catches up to a Via Rail train

Just before pulling into Rupert Station.

groups: Vancouver Transit, Via Rail Canada | tags: Canada, SkyTrain, TransLink, VIA Rail, Vancouver, rail, train | comment

Paper Vote Canada →

Dedicated to preserving the existing Canadian paper-based, hand-counted voting system. I was already convinced, but Richard Akerman is spreading the word through an infrequently updated (though still active) blog.

tags: Canada, democracy, voting | # | comment Jan. 8th, 2008

Canada Day Richard

Canada Day Richard

Photo taken by Karen. Awesome British Columbia Electric Railway shirt courtesy of JMV.

tags: Canada, Canada Day, Vancouver, me, sillygwailo | comment

How to lose your shirt in China →

“[M]arket veterans say Canadians seem to have a particularly hard time grappling with the country's no-holds-barred, get-rich-quick mentality.”

tags: Canada, China, via:countablyinfinite | # | comment Feb. 7th, 2007

Is the Canadian health care system better than the American health care system? →

Spoiler: yes. I didn't need convincing, not that I have much much experience in either, really.

tags: Canada, USA, health care | # | comment Jan. 19th, 2007

Why Linda Solomon came to Canada after September 11th →

"I was one of the Americans blown away by the catastrophe, but living. One who left a hip Manhattan life because of the historical shifts, because of George Bush's frightening policies, because I wanted a better future for my two young sons than the one I

tags: Canada, September 11th, Vancouver, terrorism | # | comment Sep. 11th, 2006

Income tax brackets for Canada, including provincial brackets →

Only the Northwest Territories and Nunavut have lower rates than British Columbia and Ontario for under $35,000 (give or take a few thousand).

tags: Canada, taxes | # | comment Mar. 12th, 2006

Falun Dafa Protest on Seymour St. In Front of BCIT

Falun Dafa Protest on Seymour St. In Front of BCIT

tags: BCIT, Canada, Falun Dafa, Vancouver | comment

Star Trek as Canadian politics →

No major party finds themselves matched with Star Trek: The Next Generation.

tags: Canada, election 2006, politics | # | comment Jan. 18th, 2006

Confeederation aggregates political party candidates in the Canadian federal election →

Rob smartly didn't tie his domain to a subject, that is, he could theoretically use it to also track elected MP's weblogs and other feeds related to the Canadian government.

tags: Canada, RSS, aggregation, confeederation, election, politics, syndication | # | comment Jan. 13th, 2006

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