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Lynn Valley density dustup continues Town centre and residential developments moving forward, opponents vow to continue the fight | A Thorn in Their Side

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A Thorn in Their Side. Keepin' it thorny for developers. Lynn Valley density dustup continues Town centre and residential developments moving forward, opponents vow to continue the fight. Glenn MacKenzie has lived in Lynn Valley for more than 20 years. He was instrumental in organizing a movement against the Lynn Valley development proposals. MacKenzie, who collected more than 2,500 signatures on an anti-development petition, said he will continue to fight against density. While the initial plan was to a...

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Activists plot how to block new pipelines in B.C. | A Thorn in Their Side

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A Thorn in Their Side. Keepin' it thorny for developers. Activists plot how to block new pipelines in B.C. From the Georgia Straight. At night, around. Campfires under a New Brunswick sky, Ambrose Williams thought about imminent battles back home. I saw it as a staging ground, Williams told the. About his journey during a December 27 interview the day he returned near Vancouver’s downtown waterfront. That knowledge may become valuable later. Williams’s Gitxsan and Dene ancestors are from northern B.C...

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Sutherland Turf, North Vancouver | Groundhopping Canada

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Celebrating Canadian football (soccer) grounds, from non-league to MLS. Skip to primary content. Sutherland Turf, North Vancouver. March 27, 2012. North Vancouver, British Columbia ( Google Maps. Three terraces of uncovered concrete seating. On west side of pitch). Friends United vs. West Van Royals. Saturday, March 24, 2012. Vancouver Metro Soccer League. Division 3 promotion playoff ( Canadian football pyramid. Or those wretched sources of incessant rain, depending on one’s viewpoint). And unlike those...

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Google Bus Blocked @ MacArthur BART, Oakland!!!! | A Thorn in Their Side

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A Thorn in Their Side. Keepin' it thorny for developers. Google Bus Blocked @ MacArthur BART, Oakland! 800 bb8wxhliqaek-ck.jpg l…. Original image ( 1024×576). Dismantle the Infrastructure of Gentrification:. Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, Apple, etc). We’re blockading these buses today as a small step toward stopping these companies from transforming our cities into playgrounds for the elite. We encourage you to do the same. This entry was posted in Gentrification Resistance. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.

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Communications | A Thorn in Their Side

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A Thorn in Their Side. Keepin' it thorny for developers. All pamphlets are good for online viewing. For printing choose the option “booklet printing” for a letter-half booklet. Communication #1 Spring/Summer 2013 – ToweringResistance. Communication #2 Fall 2013 – dowelookdense. 2 thoughts on “ Communications. July 24, 2013. Does the author of towering resistance own property in Lynn valley. July 25, 2013. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). On Do We Look Dense?

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A Thorn in Their Side. Keepin' it thorny for developers. Pancakes Not Pipelines Draws a Large Crowd. Beginning in the AM, a crowd of over 500 showed up to an event organized by Skwomesh Action, at Chief Joe Mattias Centre in the Sḵwx wú7mesh territories (so called West Vancouver). Continue reading →. Posted in A Thorn in thier Side writings. San Francisco San Francisco’s guerrilla protest at Google buses swells into revolt. The company could just be the devil incarnate. Posted in Corporate Media. Last No...

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San Francisco San Francisco’s guerrilla protest at Google buses swells into revolt | A Thorn in Their Side

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A Thorn in Their Side. Keepin' it thorny for developers. San Francisco San Francisco’s guerrilla protest at Google buses swells into revolt. Campaign against tech giant pricing ordinary citizens out of the housing market becomes increasingly disruptive and forces city to act. Google’s corporate mantra may be to do no evil, but to a determined band of activists in San Francisco. The company could just be the devil incarnate. Corporate buses that Google and other tech companies lay on to ferry their workers.

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Do We Look Dense? | A Thorn in Their Side

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A Thorn in Their Side. Keepin' it thorny for developers. Do We Look Dense? Some notes on space in Lynn Valley. When I was a child living in the centre of Lynn Valley (from the late eighties to the early nineties), it had a slightly different feel. Like any child I hated going to bed early, and I have distinct memories of being really bored in my bed staring up out the window at the red blinking lights of the antennas on Mount Seymour. What does it look like? Who does it benefit? Hub has been viewed as a ...