Preserving the past with a Laughing Hand

Ibought a proof the other day from Laughing Hand, as 24-year veteran Vancouver and Victoria street artist Keith McKellar is known.He is a rarity among outsider artists these days in that he can still be easily found outside. Naive Art, Visionary Art, Folk Art, Graffiti: It's all in the high-end galleries now. Mr. McKellar is selling out of his Chevy Van. You'll find him weekends at Commercial and Gravely just opposite the Cafe Roma. Drawings fluttering in the breeze, some pegged to a clothes line.

Pickton witness dead after years of drug use

Just weeks before her death, Giselle Ireson glared at the man she claimed terrified her. In a New Westminster, B.C., courtroom, Ms. Ireson fixed her gaze on Robert William Pickton, who is on trial in connection with the killing of six Vancouver women.

SEVEN DAYS: YOUR GUIDE TO THE WEEK'S ENTERTAINMENT

MondaySweet Danish Renowned Danish jazz pianist Carsten Dahl - who has played with greats including Wynton Marsalis and Joe Lovano - and his wife, acclaimed saxophonist Christina Dahl, join Vancouverites Jodi Proznick (drums) and Dave Robbins (bass) for a fine evening of Nordic jazz. 8 p.m. $29. The Cultch, 1895 Venables St., 604-280-4444.

Strike stalemate leaving a stench in the Downtown Eastside

Rain and cooler temperatures over the past couple of days have helped, but there's no getting around it: It stinks in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.''It's bad, although it could be worse,'' community activist Jim Green said. ''The rain has washed away some of the mess.''

Celebrating the life and passions of a fallen star

Brenna Innes, a young Vancouver woman who died last week in a tragic house fire in Victoria that also took the life of Chelsea Robinson, of Sechelt, was not like other soccer players. (Globe Insider subscribers only)

After 30 years, The King still rules - StarPhoenix

Coyotes pick up goaltender - Vancouver Province

No playoffs for C's, but individuals shine - Vancouver Province

Can season be saved from going sour? - Vancouver Province

Business browser -- Online by 4:30 pm every day - Edmonton Journal

Amon Gordon (Last post on 08/13/2007 at 11:55 PM PDT)

Last I noticed of Amon he was trying out at fullback at Cleveland (??). To my surprise he was.

Commercial Kitchen for rent?

I am looking to rent a commercial kitchen. Does anyone know of any for rent? Either full time (monthly) or part-time (ideal). Thank you.

Dyxum Open Views : A day at Ballantyne Pier Vancouver

My mother-in-law is visiting from Australia and has shouted the family a cruise from Vancouver up to Alaska. I couldnt go due to work commitments but did did get the exciting oppotunity to drive them up to Vancouver from Seattle. ...

8/13/2007: War criminals: Why Canada can?t get rid of them

QUEBEC ? More than two years after the Supreme Court of Canada deemed Leon Mugesera a war criminal and ordered him out of the country, the exiled ethnic Hutu hardliner is still living in Quebec. And his case is not unique. ...

8/13/2007: OFFICIALS CHECK GARBAGE HEALTH THREAT

Health region officials are sifting through mounds of garbage littering Vancouver?s streets, with plans to have pickup made an essential service if the mess is deemed unsafe to human health. ? We are making rounds and monitoring areas, ...

8/13/2007: Loss of habitat endangers yet more species

Expanding cities, pollution, logging and predatory house cats are being blamed as the federal government considers adding more than 35 species to the list of endangered, threatened or otherwise at- risk animals and plants in Canada. ...

8/13/2007: Concrete jungle may give way to an urban vegetable patch

Ward Teulon is growing more than just vegetables in four east Vancouver backyards between Fraser and Victoria. He?s growing an idea. Teulon, a 43- year- old agricultural scientist who grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan, is planting what ...

Vancouver Island - July 2007

I'm going to use the summer as my excuse: no-one wants to stay inside and update a blog on one of the few days the sun is shining in Vancouver, that's what the rainy winter is for! Actually recently the summer has been turning into ...

New Google Map stuff link roundup

For example, you can add your own business listing to local (and others can even review it, here's the entry for Bryght in Vancouver), and the Google My Maps now makes it really easy to create your own custom maps (eg here is my start ...

First Look: Italian Kitchen

I toured to Italian Kitchen this afternoon. The newest restaurant of the Glowbal Group will launch on August 30th following a swish shindig for players, food nerds, media and testosteroids of every stripe and pickle on the evening ...

Geppi Auctions Part of Vancouver Collection

The Globe covers the auction last week of some comics unearthed in a Mystery Hoard TM found in Vancouver several years ago. Vanouver antiques dealer Chris dealer bought the collection of comics in 1996 and sold it to Steve Geppi, ...

Want to buy a GPS logging device?

BarCamp Vancouver 2007 is coming up this weekend already, so unfortunately I don't think I'll have time to grab a unit before then, although I may get my hands on a Bluetooth GPS brick and some Series 60 logging software for my Nokia ...