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Do you want to join the Beyond Robson team?
After doubling our web traffic over the past few months we're now looking to double the size of our team. If you're interested in joining the ranks of Vancouver's leading news and culture blog, please take a look at the numerous roles we're currently looking to fill. For any questions or to apply directly via email please contact us at jobs [at ] beyondrobson [dotcom].Photo by hopeful hero on Flickr
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Final "Under the Volcano Festival" Goes Sunday
As usual, it's likely been a long week for most of you; one filled with way too much work that could have been lessened by your lazy and or incompetent 'vocational superior.' Not to mention the rampant and distracting office discussion about the final episode of "The Bachelorette", which made things pretty, pretty, pretty hectic around the workplace right? I know my week sucked as a result. Announcements
WEN to Hold "Funeral Wake" for Maxine's Building
Every now and then you hear that doozy of an old saying ''things are fine just the way they are." At least I'm assuming that's an old saying; for all I know maybe that phrase was first uttered by Relic on the Beachcombers in 1986 (bet you didn't plan on thinking about that nugget of Canadian television history today eh?). Announcements
Is Toronto really better than Vancouver?
Last week we teamed with our sister sites in Toronto and Montreal to launch a contest to prove once and for all that Vancouver is the best city in Canada. The thing is - so far we're being proven wrong.The way the contest works is each city has a nominee in one of 97 categories. Brunch, bike organization, hockey team, rep cinema, yoga studio and local magazine are just some of the categories to vote in. Currently, we're leading 10 categories which puts us a distant third to Toronto (65) and Montreal (22).
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Want to Join the Beyond Robson Team? We're Looking for Writers and Photographers
Are you ready for the new and improved Beyond Robson? We're making some long overdue changes around here and are looking for some fresh new faces to come along for the ride with us to make Beyond Robson the best site it can be. In addition to ramping up our daily flow of posts, we'll be introducing a new site design, new functionality and a number of other changes in the next couple of months. Want to join us? Keep reading for more info about what we're looking for and what benefits you can expect to receive as a regular contributor to Beyond Robson. Announcements
Adbusters Wins A Legal Victory
Recalling my post in February where Adbusters called everyone to Come to the Courthouse, progress has been made in their fight against the big media conglomerates.
Their press release is as follows:
After 15 years of legal tussling to bring democracy to the public airwaves, Adbusters has finally scored a great victory. The Supreme Court of British Columbia has granted us an appeal in our landmark case against Canada's CBC and Canwest Global, giving us the go-ahead to set a precedent and establish some public rights over the airwaves (check out the judges' ruling here)
Their press release is as follows:
After 15 years of legal tussling to bring democracy to the public airwaves, Adbusters has finally scored a great victory. The Supreme Court of British Columbia has granted us an appeal in our landmark case against Canada's CBC and Canwest Global, giving us the go-ahead to set a precedent and establish some public rights over the airwaves (check out the judges' ruling here)
