"We've got (the equivalent of) 24 football fields with a foot of snow on them."
Cypress Mountain director of sales and marketing Joffrey Koeman announces the earliest ever opening of runs to skiers and snowboarders in the resort's history, switching on the chairlift Tuesday morning (from a Nov. 9 news story).
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"It seems a little bit racist to me. And I can't think of a better word than that."
Squamish Chief Gibby Jacob reacts to a Metro Vancouver report recommending area municipalities redraw their borders to exclude First Nations reserves, thus leaving reserve residents, both aboriginal and non-aboriginal, without a vote in any municipality. Metro says since reserve residents don't pay direct taxes, it's not fair for them to vote (from a Nov. 6 news story).
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"To treat a busload of adults like a carload of kids, it's really not appropriate."
Greg Robinson filed a complaint with Trans Link after the driver of the 239 bus he was riding on walked off. He and a fellow passenger had asked the bus driver to hurry up during a change of drivers when Robinson says he stepped off and refused to drive (from a Nov. 4 news story).
