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| Cheers |
Jeers |
Cheers to Svend Robinson for criticizing Spencer's comments as "absolutely disgusting and unacceptable." |
Jeers Canadian Alliance MP Larry Spencer for his anti-gay remarks. learn more |
Cheers to the YWCA's Crabtree Corner for providing services that help single women, people dealing with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and others who need the support of this wonderful organization. learn more |
Jeers to the government for not passing a law saying that all alcohol should have warning labels for pregnant women. |
Cheers to VanCity credit union for publicly supporting people who are lesbian and gay. |
Jeers to Archbishop Adam Exner for cancelling a VanCity financial education program in Catholic schools due to the ad campaign. learn more |
Cheers to teacher James Chamberlain for fighting for the right to use the books "Asha's Mums", "One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads", and "Belinda's Bouquet" in his classroom. |
Jeers to the Surrey School Board for banning three books about same-sex parents. The Supreme Court of Canada already ruled the the board couldn't ban the books by citing religious beliefs, so the board is now citing poor spelling, grammar, and continuity of illustatrations as reasons for the ban. learn more |
Cheers to the Cooperative Auto Network that I'm a member of! It allows me to book a car when I need one without all the expenses of owning a car full-time! learn more at CAN's unfortunately atrocious website |
Jeers to the Auto Show that's in Vancouver this weekend, pushing SUV's on consumers. |
Cheers to my Mom & Dad for buying shade grown coffee. learn more here and here |
Jeers to conventional coffee growing methods that cut down rainforests, decrease biodiversity and use large amounts of pesticides. |
Cheers to the left-wing Action Team for taking all three available seats in the VanCity Credit Union Board of Directors election. |
Jeers to the 94.5% of eligible VanCity members who didn't exercise their right to vote. Extra jeers to VanCity for not allowing members to vote online. |
Cheers to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. learn more |
Jeers to inequality and war. Bombing residential areas and killing 14 people doesn't seem like acting in the spirit of brotherhood to me. learn more |
Cheers to BEST for speaking out against GM's anti-transit ads. |
Jeers to GM for printing anti-transit ads in the Georgia Straight, the Peak and other student newspapers. Their ads showed buses with labels such as "Creeps & Weirdos" and "Bacterial Stew". learn more |
Cheers to Canada for not sending troops to the war in Iraq. learn more |
Jeers to US foreign policy. |
Cheers to all the cyclists who use the 8th Avenue bike route. |
Jeers to all the single occupancy SUVs that use Broadway. |
Cheers to Michael Moore for speaking his mind at the Oscars. learn more |
Jeers to Wayne Gretzky for calling George Bush a "great leader". learn more |
Cheers to Milestones restaurants for only serving wild salmon. learn more |
Jeers to BC's government for supporting the salmon farming industry without considering environmental risks. |
Cheers to VanCity credit union for sharing 30% of its profits with its members and the community. learn more |
Jeers to Royal Bank for telling me that they didn't offer ethical funds because the profits weren't high enough. |
Cheers to Sea Breeze Energy for planning a wind farm for Northern Vancouver Island. learn more |
Jeers to the BC Government for releasing new regulations on coal-fired power plants. The regulations are expected to lead to an increase in the number of coal plants in BC. learn more |