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| from VancouverIAM where you will find the best | | | | individual communities where languages are |
| blogs from Vancouver, BC as well as video | | | | spoken, rather than create a top-down overall |
| uploads, social networking, rumors, and blog | | | | official 3rd language." |
| authoring | | | | Canucks Can't Use Road Weariness as Excuse |
| North Vancouver Residents to Lose Last Beach | | | | Our blogger on Waiting for Stanley, a blog about |
| with Public Access | | | | the Vancouver Canucks, takes issue with posting |
| A recent post on North Vancouver Politics | | | | that the team "just didn't have enough gas in the |
| features an "Open Letter to the Residents of | | | | tank" for last night's game against the Sharks, the |
| Seymour" from the Seymour Community | | | | seventh in the seventh city in a span of twelve |
| Association, written in response to the "closed | | | | days for Vancouver. "That would be an insult to |
| meeting of the dock and waterfront property | | | | the Sharks more than anything else," our blogger |
| owners in Seymour regarding the dock at Harris | | | | writes. "They have not played enough |
| Beach." Del Kristalovich of the SCA is concerned | | | | consecutive games to used the 'tired' excuse." |
| that the "only open space of beach left along the | | | | San Jose simply played a great home game and |
| waterfront in Seymour that has public access" is | | | | the Canucks "could have came back in the 3rd, |
| about to be lost. This small stretch of beach is | | | | and were well on their way in doing so until |
| about to be considered for another dock with | | | | another turnover cost them." |
| three or four ramps accessing it. | | | | The post calls them "mental mistakes." Canuck |
| In the post, the letter reproaches the dock and | | | | Willie Mitchell, who was "dusted by Michalek" on |
| property owners for not consulting the people of | | | | San Jose's first goal, said, "Out of five goals, four |
| Seymour or "any of the other residents of the | | | | of them were mistakes, and you can't play like |
| District of North Vancouver unless they live on | | | | that." The Sharks, on the other hand, "executed |
| the shoreline on Beachview Drive." Eight months | | | | their game plan to near perfection." The Shark's |
| ago Kristalovich spoke with the Vancouver Port | | | | Milan Michalek said they knew they "had to come |
| Authority and was promised that the VPA that | | | | out hard on them because they played the night |
| there would be a meeting with the "concerned | | | | before." |
| citizens" and a "hiatus would be called on dock | | | | New Wine Bar Nothing to Write Home About |
| applications" until after the meeting, which was not | | | | Over at the Urban Diner, Andrew Morison gives a |
| the case. He recommends the District of North | | | | luke-warm review to Flite Restaurant a new wine |
| Vancouver consider "the example set by the | | | | bar in Yale Town, as does his reviewer colleague, |
| West Vancouver municipal Government, which | | | | Alexandra Gill. On the food front, "there's nothing |
| has some control over its beaches and maintains | | | | too exciting about his 24-item small-plates menu, |
| them for the use of the public." | | | | but I suspect he isn't trying to reinvent the |
| Should Canada Have a Third Official Language? | | | | wheel." Gill adds in her review that at least "his |
| Todd Wong, blogging on GungHaggisFatChoy, | | | | dishes are flavourful and well-executed." |
| Asian Canadian adventures in inter-cultural | | | | Morison takes more exception to the wine list. "It |
| Vancouver, posts his thoughts on an interview he | | | | was poorly laid out… [and] was also weak |
| did this morning for CBC Radio on whether | | | | in terms of food-crucial varietals like Pinot Noir, |
| Chinese should become the third official language | | | | Riesling and Gewurtztraminer." |
| of Canada. In addition to Wong, the other guest | | | | Out of the 80 different bottles available, only 23 |
| panelists were Dorothy Chin, President of the | | | | could be ordered by the glass, which is below |
| Chinese Lingual Cultural Centre of Canada, and | | | | "wine bar" league. "Only five namesake "flites" |
| Cyrilda Poirier, Director of the Federation of | | | | (sets of three two-ounce pours, to encourage |
| Francaphones of Newfoundland and Labrador. | | | | tasting and pairing) were featured." The one plus |
| Wong admits to speaking "better French than | | | | is that "it's priced right, with bottles hovering |
| Chinese" and figures he was "brought in to | | | | around $40 and rarely exceeding $60." |
| provide a third option as an English-speaking | | | | About VancouverIAM |
| multi-generational Chinese descendant." | | | | VancouverIAM is part of a groundbreaking |
| Wong was introduced as "a community activist, | | | | network of city-focused blog aggregation, user |
| and the creator of Gung Haggis Fat Choy, a | | | | generated media and social networking websites |
| website covering intercultural events and issues." | | | | currently rolling out across North America. Each |
| He tried to get across in his interview the | | | | IAM website filters and organizes blog content as |
| importance of emphasizing history, culture, and | | | | well as offering video upload capabilities, social |
| First Nations heritage which he elaborates on in his | | | | networking, blog authoring, favourites lists and |
| post. He believes "it is really important to | | | | rumours. The IAM Network is a division of |
| acknowledge that Canada's First Nations languages | | | | SoMedia Networks Inc which also operates |
| were here before English and French | | | | Inveslogic.com, Greenedia. |