Blogroll - 11/02/07

This week's Blogroll checks in with bloggers on the BIVList for biggest web companies in Vancouver; takes a sober look at the 'sellability of death'; and shakes a head in wonder at what's going on environmentally with Stephen Harper and George Bush. Read Blogroll for these blogs and more -- and as always, contribute your own.

City says it has no duty to inspect rental buildings
A press release from Pivot Legal Society
The Vancouver 2010 Olympics, displacement and homelessness blog
"The City of Vancouver is asking the B.C. Supreme Court to find that it has no duty to inspect poorly run rental housing, and that if it does inspect that housing, the City has no duty to ensure buildings comply with City bylaws. The hearing is scheduled for B.C. Supreme Court chambers on Monday, November 5th at 9:45 a.m. and is set for 2 hours." More...

Biggest Web Development companies in BC
by Rob
Techbivesblog
"The Biggest Web Development Companies in BC are highlighted in a BIVlist in this week’s Business in Vancouver newspaper. The list includes the Dev shops that everyone has heard of like Blast Radius and Habanero but also includes a bunch that are under the radar. Vision Critical’s hyper-growth is the most shocking - they’ve almost doubled their team, adding 60 staff in the past year." More...

The business of death.
by David Ng
Terry*
"Driving in this morning, I heard that there was an individual that managed to catch the taser death of Robert Dziekanski at the Vancouver International Airport on video. The video is now in the custody of the RCMP, but the thing that caught my attention, was the suggestion that there were plans to sell the video once the taper got it back. Worse still, are the mother’s explicit desires wishes(?) to not have the video of death of her son in a situation where there would be public viewing. I tell you - the things people do for money…" More...

Stephen Harper’s Biggest Lie
by Richard
Smart Like Streetcar
"Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper — and American President George Bush — have scuttled the Kyoto Protocol.* In tandem, they worked behind the scenes to ensure that the most recent G8 Summit in Germany ended without meaningful cuts to Greenhouse gases. Instead, they’ve extolled an APEC — Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation — agreement on the environment as the solution that makes sense for North Americans." More...

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