by Kurt Heinrich | Jul 6, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
This weekend my partner and I were travelling around Portland, Oregon. It was the July long weekend and we thought quite naturally, what better way of ringing in the 4th then watching Transformers 3. After all, it’s got all the bells and whistles, US flags and lots...
by Kurt Heinrich | Jun 26, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
This Sunday, tens of thousands of people were jammed downtown again – but this time not for the Canucks but to celebrate Carnaval del Sol. The festival featured authentic Latin American open-air food and a great market place, Salsa and Zumba street-dancing,...
by Kurt Heinrich | Jun 17, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Drenched in sweat and beer, we stood in a daze of fanatic euphoria. Whitecaps striker Eric Hassli had just managed to fire an absolutely spectacular shot, launched from mid-air, into the Seattle Sounder’s net. The stadium reverberated in a low moan as all 35,000...
by Kurt Heinrich | Jun 14, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Who of these two communities of hate holds the moral high-ground, the Klu Klux Klan or the Westboro Baptists (who are famous of late for picketing the military funerals of gay soldiers killed in action)? It’s a question that’s perplexing many...
by Kurt Heinrich | Jun 5, 2011 | 100 Community Builders
Who are you? I’m Alex Grant, a near American ex-pat and fully committed Canucks fan. I am the proud caretaker of a mustache some have called “Mercury-ian” and other have called “disturbing.” I appreciate the finer things in life such as...
