vancouver

I hate the Vancouver Courier. I just left a nasty message on their distribution voicemail because once again, they have delivered the Courier newspaper to my house even though we have requested not to have it delivered.

Actually we have called them 7 times, 5 times in the past few weeks. At what point does this become an issue of littering?

It wouldn't be so bad if the city of Vancouver wasn't on strike and they collected our recycling or if I didn't give a shit about the environment and think about how many trees are being destroyed to make this shitty newspaper.

I wish I knew what time the Courier delivery guy actually came by. I could have a little chat with him and make sure he never, ever delivered this crappy rag to my house again. I don't think calling them again is going to have an effect, it hasn't done anything thus far.

I was asking myself this question last week because I haven't heard much about this recently. Those who listen to the Pratt & Taylor show on Team 1040 know how its a constant topic of outright ridiculousness that could only happen in Vancouver. How could a sports facility that is 100% privately funded and overwhelmingly supported by the Vancouver populace not have been built by now?

It was originally supposed to be built in time for the soccer U20s hosted in Canada recently but that date has come and went, even though the stadium idea had four years to be planned and constructed. Yet still there is no stadium.

Well, it appears as though a third site is now being proposed for the downtown stadium east of the two originally planned sites near the Helijet terminal. Hopefully the politicians will get off their asses and deliver what this town desperately wants and needs: a world class, outdoor sports facility for soccer and other events.