There’s a cryptic video on the Canucks website right now that asks several (rhetorical) questions and leads us all to believe the organisation is cooking something up for this Saturday’s game versus the Oilers.

Who else suffered rejection for an NHL franchise, but never quit?
Who else turned a symbol of surrender into a passionate tradition copied all across sports?
Who else survived the insults of the Flying “V”, the Plate of Spaghetti and the Skate going down?
October 25th, 2008 General Motors Place
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Mike (Yankee Canuck) posted the questions asked in the video and what he thinks are possible answers:

1. It’s a variation of the movie Se7en customized for the Canucks, including a whole new crop of seven deadly sins: Jarome Iginla, Joe Sakic, Rob Niedermayer, Mark Messier, Dan Cloutier, the entire San Jose Shark roster throughout history and Pamela Anderson deep tonguing Fin.

2. The Oilers will figure out a way to throw out seven more bloggers from their section of the press box.

3. On a day where all 30 teams play, they’ll be saluting the Vancouver fan base specifically and giving away free money, free puppies or possibly your own Tim Horton’s store. And ‘ll be watching from afar getting drunk (ok, fine, tha’s a given no matter what they do).

Here are my observations so far:

2. They’re more than likely towel power.
3. Jersey insults hmm… are they saying they might unveil the rumoured third jersey that night?

The number “7” that flashes at the end is curious, it’s in a uniform-type font which suggests they could be honoring players (like Cliff Ronning who wore #7).

Whatever it is, it’s building some hype and whatever gets home town crowds and fans excited about hockey is fine with me (although, I just wish they had an embed option on the video so I could paste it here). What do you think is going to happen on Saturday at GM Place?

Those living in the Vancouver-Burrard or Vancouver-Fairview districts may have received their yellow voting cards in the mail by now. No, this is not for yet another federal election, but as previously outlined, two provincial by-elections will be taking place October 29th.

I have a series of interviews with some of the Vancouver-Burrard candidates, and today’s is with Drina Read of the BC Green Party.

I must admit, I’ve been thoroughly impressed with the level of engagement the Green Party has achieved over the last few years. On the federal level, Adriane Carr who was running in this last election for Vancouver Centre, tripled the Green vote.

Drina Read saw Carr speak at the Vancouver Public Library a while back and her talk must have been quite captivating as it gave Read the motivation she needed to leap into the provincial political realm.

“I was always a committed Green voter,” she said during our call today after participating in the only debate of the by-election last night at the library. “I want to do something meaningful and for this I realized we need to change the government.”

Drina Read (left) with Jane Sterk (right)
who is the BC Green Party candidate for the Vancouver-Fairview

I asked Read the same questions I gave to Spencer Herbert of the BC NDP, that were submitted by my readers regarding health care, education, and supportive housing. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩

As most folks in the region area should be aware, there are municipal elections happening very soon in numerous cities.

Those in Vancouver, Surrey, Township of Langley, Coquitlam, New Westminster, Richmond, Burnaby, District of North Vancouver, and West Vancouver will be heading to the polls on November 15th to elect a new city council and trustees.

When you click on many of the links provided above there’s an overwhelming theme: VOTE. These civic elections really are in your back yard and will not be decided by Ontario.

You can also find out what people are saying on blogs about civic politics such as Langley Politics, North Vancouver Politics, Burnaby Politics, Civic Surrey, and The Tyee’s municipal politics coverage on The Hook blog.

As a side note, our Surrey-blogging pal Paul Hillsdon (who is running for city council) is hosting the “Surrey Transport Revolution” this Sunday.

“We’re doing a huge campaign blitz on Sunday. The focus will be on my light rail transit plan which sees $1.1 billion reallocated from 6km of SkyTrain to 43.4 km of light rail. We’ll start at Surrey Central (at 11:30am), head over to Guildford Exchange, rally at 152 St and 104 Ave, and then in Fleetwood at 152 St and Fraser, before ending at King George SkyTrain station! We’re going to be getting signatures of supporters of the light rail plan at the transit exchanges, and also rallying around major intersections in the city.” [Facebook Event]

I know I’m almost election’ed out and our household still has three to go, since John will soon be sending off his US ballot. However, I encourage everyone to get informed about candidates and causes in their area and if you have another blog or city site that I should contribute to this post, please feel free to leave a link in the comments below.

It’s 92 years young and a staple of transit cars in the greater Vancouver area.

The portable, printed, paper newsletters informing you about the latest in transit trends is now online with The Buzzer Blog. I did a quick blogger profile interview with Jhenifer Pabillano who has been writing The Buzzer since January 2008, and now blogging and podcasting over the last few weeks.

Who are you?

Ooh, that’s a very Nardwuar question. Well, I’m Jhenifer Pabillano, and I edit the print Buzzer for TransLink. I’m also the main blogger behind the brand new Buzzer blog.

Are you originally from Vancouver?

I’m a mildly recent transplant to Vancouver. I moved from Edmonton to Vancouver in 2004 to get a master’s degree in journalism at UBC (and I got it in 2006!).

What is The Buzzer? (print version)

The Buzzer is everybody’s favourite transit newsletter! You can find it on all of the transit vehicles in the region—bus, SeaBus, SkyTrain, and the West Coast Express. The Buzzer has been around since June 2, 1916, which means it’s 92 years old this year, but it certainly doesn’t look its age (that’s what I always tell it, anyway). Continue reading this post ⟩⟩

Those living in the Vancouver-Burrard or Vancouver-Fairview districts may have received their yellow voting cards in the mail by now. No, this is not for yet another federal election, but as previously outlined, two provincial by-elections will be taking place October 29th.

I have a series of interviews with some of the Vancouver-Burrard candidates, and the first is with Spencer Herbert of the BC NDP. You can read up on Spencer over on his website or in the bullet points on my last post.

My previous experience with Spencer Herbert was simply in the comments of some of my blog posts about Stanley Park, since he was a member of the Vancouver Parks Board. Speaking with him today, I learned that he is about much more than parks, but his passion for the community in which he lives has definitely stemmed from his involvement with the Stanley Park Ecology Society, the Roundhouse, Harbour Green, and Emery Barnes parks. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩