Science, technology, politics and dance
Update: The City Clerk reopened online sign ups following my complaint. Katrina Leckovic, City Clerk, City of Vancouver By email at: [email protected] 18-Sep-2018 Dear Madam, I’m disturbed to hear from citizens who were planning on speaking at the mass rezoning public hearing that you’ve closed online sign ups for the hearing last night, despite having […]
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All the candidates are talking about “tackling speculation”, but what exactly is the state of speculation in our market right now? Here’s a map of single family homes that came on the market in the last 12 months that were bought in the three years prior. I have been tracking the market for the last […]
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Update 6-Sep-2018: After I published my blog post, some of the hosts have obtained licences and Airbnb has deactivated the remaining listings. Airbnb is required to deactivate listings that don’t have a licence and keep them deactivated until such time the hosts get licences for them. But my Airbnb data scanner has picked up at […]
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Dear UK, Theresa May today promised to rip human rights into shreds in the name of fighting terrorism – the very terrorism for which she’s at least partially responsible through her gutting of the police service, support of the illegal invasion of Iraq leading to the creation of ISIS, and her continued support of and […]
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So there we have it, we are heading into an election or, as Theresa May calls it, a dangerous and unnecessary exercise. Because as we all know, United Kingdom is one of the world’s greatest democracies and the greatest threat to that democracy is that we get to vote. But vote we will. So that […]
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This morning I received a phone call and an email from Telus apologizing for their little unreturned equipment scam. Hey Rohana, As per phone conversation today, I am sending a confirmation email to advise that the equipment charges have been credited back and the account balance is now cleared. Sorry for any inconvenience that this […]
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After Telus threatened and harassed my wife and me over a bogus claim that we had not returned all the equipment we rented from them, we did some digging and found out that scores of other customers have fallen victim to the same tactic by Telus. We will be reporting Telus to the The Canadian […]
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Telus is threatening to take my wife and me to collections for equipment we never rented from them, even after we repeatedly sent them receipts to show that we purchased the equipment outright. The harassment has been going on since July of last year. We finally sent them a demand letter below: ———- TELUS Corporation 510 […]
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leitch /lēCH/ v. Divide people along racial or religious lines by whipping up fear and hatred, often through the use of propaganda and misinformation, in order to gain or remain in political power. Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany in 1933 by leitching. Donald Trump leitched his way to the White House in 2016. […]
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Impark gave me a parking ticket a good five minutes after I had paid for my parking yesterday. I’m demanding $5000 as compensation for breach of contract, damages for “unconscionable acts or practices” as defined by s.8 of the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act of British Columbia, and restitution for unjust enrichment, and a refund […]
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