Irish Girl In Van City

• Everyone has an opinion on cities: as featured in 24 Hours Vancouver 10 months ago Last month, the Twitterverse almost spontaneously combusted when Toronto was named as the only North American city to make The Economist magazine’s somewhat dubious ‘most liveable’ list. The Big Smoke fell from fourth to eighth, but Vancouver, which ranked third last year...
• The kindness of strangers 10 months ago Travelling home from the Centre of Gravity festival in Kelowna recently, the unthinkable happened: we broke down. I would like to say that ‘it slowly dawned on us’ that breaking down in Canada and breaking down in Ireland are two completely different kettles of fish. But the truth...
• The red and white shines on 10 months ago Like the 300 million of us who got positively drunk on the sensory overload that was the closing ceremony of the London Olympics on Sunday, I’ve had something of a sporting hangover hanging over me all week. Gone are the mornings waking up to the lilting cheers of up to 80,000 spectators...
• Taking it all in our stride 10 months ago There has
• Big Brother is watching you 10 months ago Stop the press! Big Brother is coming to Canada. The casting call began on August 1, hits Vancouver on September 23, and runs nationwide until October 16...four days before my 30th birthday...one last hurrah in my hair-brained twenties? As if. Why anyone would willingly offer...

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