Last of the high rollers
Zank Umagat has driven three hours from Seattle to indulge a 40-year addiction. He gives into his habit at every opportunity, even tailoring his vacations to satisfy his need.
Pot of gold to winner of ethnic TV
licence
The two bidders for an ethnic TV licence in Greater Vancouver
are conducting a public relations war with more than $15 million
in annual ad revenue hanging in the balance.
SPCA director's
contract included 2 years severance The former boss of Vancouver's SPCA
branch may seek more than $400,000 from the struggling provincial operation,
after he was dismissed for securing huge increases in his wage and benefits
package.
Water squatters' fate in hands of
feds
The city has opted not to enforce its own bylaw controlling
liveaboards in south-east False Creek while it awaits federal
legislation to force squatters out of the creek en masse.
Pot head miffed at city
Marc Emery, president of the B.C. Marijuana Party, is smoking
mad over the city's ongoing delay in giving the party a business
licence to operate its already functioning downtown
headquarters.
Quiet protesters send out SOS
Two women sit side-by-side outside the wall of the Chinese
consulate on Granville Street near 16th Avenue while a steady
downpour pelts the hoods of their jackets, opened umbrellas
resting on top of their bodies to protect them from the rain.
