by John Horn | Jun 7, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
In Vancouver it isn’t uncommon to see a coffee shop juxtaposed to a coffee shop juxtaposed to a coffee shop across the street from a coffee shop, especially in my neighbourhood, Mount Pleasant. And yesterday things in my community just got a bit darker, frothier...
by Godfrey von Nostitz-Tait | Jun 6, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
On May 31st, 4,500 CP Rail brakemen, engineers, and conductors walked off the job and freight operations at Canada’s second largest railway ground to a halt. For businesses dependent on trains to get their goods to market, this was an instant catastrophe....
by potential | Jun 4, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
waf·fle 1 (wfl)n.A light crisp battercake baked in a waffle iron. waf·fle 2 (wfl) Informalv. waf·fled, waf·fling, waf·flesv.tr. – To speak, write, or act evasively about. Something strange happens as you walk along Robson St approaching Denman in downtown...
by John Horn | Jun 1, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
One of my favourite food-related tools is my tiffin, which I purchased a few years ago with some tasty Indian food at Granville Island. The tiffin reflects both my and Michelle’s passion for using – ahem – reusable containers when we get takeout from...
by Kurt Heinrich | May 31, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
Unlike the rest of us, lawyers don’t have to wait four years for the World Cup to come around. A team of Vancouver lawyers is representing Canada at MUNDIAVOCAT – the Football World Cup for Lawyers – a serious tournament for competitive players. The 2012 tournament...
by potential | May 30, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
Glimpses of summer these past few weeks spawned a conversation with my husband about our childhoods – what did we do in the summers? How did we play? Which one of us was more likely to run away into the surrounding woods and get lost? (I’m sure you can guess the...
