We had a great time in your city, your public transit worked out great for me. Plus everywhere I turned downtown there was a very very small pylon bolted into a tree stump with four large bolts.
What other awards do you think Vancouver deserves?
Hey Neighbours,
I'm looking for more restaurants that handle their own delivery and are good at it. I've honestly only got two right now Dominos and Mei King. Dominos does not make amazing pizza, but they have an app that works and the drivers work for them so they're not stuck making random detours all over town on the way over. Mei King has their own drivers, and is good at taking orders. That last point sounds weird to write down but honestly some places you phone and it's like their first time getting a phone order, and when you give them your address it sounds like they're trying to find you on a physical map. Mei King clearly has their phone connected to a computer so it shows them your address if you've ordered before, it also shows them your previous orders. This sounds like early 2000s technology, but so many places we've ordered from don't seem to have it yet. We used to order from an independent pizza place but it was a long phone call to put our order in, and an hour wait for pizza.
So, who do you order from that has their own delivery drivers?
Like a lot of folks I'm routinely conflicted between "I hate the way The Record does some of its reporting" and "Local news is important, I wish there was more of it".
The Record is currently having a $20/year (digital) sale. So if you're wanting to read links people post without waiting for that archive.ph link or figuring out how to use PressReader from home, this is a good chance.
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Lots of great memories there as a kid, sure there's the warm & squished peanut butter and jam sandwich in the kids eating hall.
But there's also:
Global news did a thing back in 2019 about the 50th anniversary. Searching for "ontario science centre exhibit photos" shows you a lot as well.
I think it's telling that the "new"/interim ontario science centre announcement on Instagram has 5 photos. 2 are of men trying to look dramatic, one is of the gift shop?, one is of a sticker on a wall, and one is of the exhibit space.
What are your Science Centre memories?
What is C-22? "Canada’s Bill C-22 Is a Repackaged Version of Last Year’s Surveillance Nightmare"
Vote details: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/votes/45/1/172
Vote Coverage: Midnight Madness: The Government Rushes Lawful Access Bill Through the House Without Debate or a Recorded Vote
Even ignoring questions like "should police have a special secret backdoor into all communications", there's no such thing in computing as a back door only police can use. If a backdoor exists it can be exploited by attackers, criminals, and terrorists.
Companies like Signal and NordVPN have said they'll shut down or block operations in Canada if the bill passes. While Canadian VPN provider WindScribe has threatened to leave the country entirely:
>“We pay an ungodly amount of taxes to this corrupt government, and in return they want to destroy the entire essence of our service to basically spy on its own citizens. Not happening. We’ll move HQ and take our taxes elsewhere.”
If some of this sounds familiar, it's because last year the government introduced Bill C-2 which was basically the same thing. Canadians argued against it at length, until the government gave up.
What to do now
A common topic in the Bike path connecting The Boardwalk to downtown Kitchener thread is the difficulty in finding a map, or navigating the cycling grid here.
This app, free, developed locally, could be the answer your answer!
(I have no connection to the app or the org behind it)
When Vancouver hosted the Olympics, I guess 16 years ago, it felt like the Olympics were coming to Canada. I didn't live on the west coast, but it felt like something was happening.
The World Cup starts in 10 days, and we're in theory one of the hosting countries. But it doesn't feel like anything at all. I've seen some tickets for sale, and I guess some branded soccer balls... but that's about it.
Does it feel like we're hosting to you?
My problem is that the posted signs frequently don't match the reality.
Road Closed signs, the road isn't closed yet, or used to be closed but opened back up. Or eastbound lanes are now sharing the usual westbound lanes with pylons separating traffic.
Lane closure warning signs left up over the weekend when they're only closing the traffic lanes during the week for construction.
Does anyone else see this and grimace? A friend got in hot water over it, having been trained for years that the signs don't matter, followed a truck down what they thought was the actual open road. Turns out it was a construction truck and they had to reverse way the heck back up to get out.
Is there a better term for this?
(The photo is from some construction on Courtland. The road isn't closed, but there was lane reductions).