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The Kootenays: Shred at Red

Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Dave Quinn.

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Goggles clear, avalanche gear secure? Drop in, carve hard right, drop speed for five-metre cliff, recover from choppy landing, head left, drop snow pillow-line next to broken tree, pick up speed for next hit, avoid trees below, head right to fat cliff. Stomp landing you can’t see from above. Shred to bottom of run. Ok.

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Vancouver: Trash Talkin’

Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Bernice Paul.

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The Clean Bin Project documents a year of living zero-waste
On a dark and rainy Vancouver evening, I paid a visit to the trio behind the Clean Bin Project. Jenny Rustemeyer, Rhyannon O’Heron and Grant Baldwin are housemates who more than a year ago decided they’d simply had enough of ”stuff.” They also realized that if [...]

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Vancouver: An Evening at the Penthouse Nightclub

Posted on 21. Jan, 2010 by Rob Howatson.

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There are photos of feather-and-sequined burlesque dancers, of tux- and gown-attired guests in the snazzy Palomar Supper Club (which once stood at Burrard and Georgia) and, somewhat inexplicably, a portrait of a young Terry David Mulligan looking like a beatnik about to embrace full-on hippiedom.

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Pemberton’s Own: Schramm Vodka

Posted on 18. Jan, 2010 by Rhonda May.

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For Schramm, the justification for placing a vodka distillery in the middle of traditional farm country was an obvious one. After all, his land was planted with acres of the liquor’s singular ingredient – potatoes.