Morning Brew: May 16th

Maker of HPV Vaccine Under Fire. Ow. That burns. That is itchy and it burns.

Tyee does a piece on bed bugs, about 6 months after mine. Owch. You couldn't have linked? That really bites.

Peak-oil spike reshapes the suburbs. Peak oil was on my list of top underreported news of 2007. Just saying.

"Why is a Crown corporation investing in tobacco stocks when the B.C. government is suing tobacco companies?" "Well, I mean, we also invest in the Iraq war, the search for Osama, the US Dollar, sub-prime mortgages, oil, wheat, Hells Angels. So, we really just like to keep our portfolio diversified. Not too many hedge funds, not to many bonds, a couple of lofts in Gastown...

Woodward's redevelopment project came very close to collapsing. Unfortunately, they weren't talking about that massive 42 floor condo that is blocking my morning sun. Not that I want it to collapse or anything...

Let's scrap GST on new homes. Yes, let us delay the inevitable housing bubble pop for about a year. More new home houses in Surrey.

Speaking of Surrey, "Some teenager is running for Surrey City Council, the poor little guy.

PS Polar bears are fine. Trust us.

Child killer Clifford Olson's web page removed from MySpace. "It doesn't matter" said Olson, "its all about Twitter now anyways".

Jeff Otto O'Brien in the Flickr Fotonics celebration room.