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Because they have been trying to destroy the Downtown Eastside since 1913
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Vancouver's street art in pictures
The Dependent has a great video on the City’s street art.
Memorials to our Missing Women
Megaphone has a look at the festive and solemn names of Missing Women created in flowers.
Councillor Heather Deal hopes that we can actually carry a beer outside at a festival
The City is working through it’s new Pro-Fun City policies. Read it for some Irwin Oostindie goodness.
Relive the Onlympics - Only's live coverage of the Winter Games Opening Ceremonies
Members of Only Magazine and The Society for The Preservation of Historic Revelry met in a downtown media gondola to cover and broadcast the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics live via the interweb. In addition we included feeds from Toronto and London, UK.
New Pornographer's have a new video out
The New Pornographer’s have a new video out. This has been your government mandated message.
About that huge turnover of staff at City Hall. Not so much.
It sure is a bloodbath of staff, at City Hall, right? Staffers tossed off the roof every evening, masked by the sound of the 9 o’clock gun. Frances Bula, however, begs to differ, and says that the turnover is pretty much as it has ever been.
Remembering the Only (the cafe)
Hmm. The Only cafe? What a great name. Our lawyers swear that we have never heard of it before. Here’s a nice feature on it.
Eric Nicol 1920 - 2011
Eric Nicol, one of the funniest journalists to ever write for The Province (and The Ubyssey for that matter) has died, aged 91.
Margaret Atwood reads at the Hotel Vancouver
We’re not entirely sure what this entails, but, Margaret Atwood will be narrating a theatrical performance of her latest novel, The Year of the Flood, at the Hotel Vancouver tomorrow evening.
Nettwerk Records chief endorses transit-hating, freeway-loving, bridge-twinning candidate for Liberal leader
Terry McBride, the co-founder and CEO of Nettwerk Records, has come out and publicly endorsed Kevin Falcon for Liberal leader.
The new Destroyer album is now streaming
Destroyer’s new album, Kaputt, is here. You should have already clicked it.
Music Waste opens call for musicians, artists, and comedians
Music Waste returns June 1 – 4, 2011 and is accepting applications from everybody. Here’s a story about it. Deadline is April 15, email everything to submissions@musicwaste.ca
Six years ago in Only
Week four. David Look insists that he joined us last week. Your archivist begs to differ, however, records are thin on the ground. If you look at Lai’s piece, what seems crazy is that his column of six years ago could be run this weekend, if you updated the club names and wanted to shoot yourself.
BIG PHOTO: Jeffro & Herman by Dan Siney
MUSIC: Ben Lai’s big night out
MENTAL HEALTH: Popularity 101
FOOD: Organised bake off
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