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Assistanteditor 3 days ago
In the Nov. 20 issue, the cutline for a City Frame pic of a dog waiting outside a Thai restaurant for its human companion contained an error. The dog, otherwise known as Akasha, was waiting with "bated breath" for owner Simon Daniels, and not "baited breath." Thanks to long-time reader Mike Tropp for pointing that one out. The dog was equally chagrined at the mistake. In the Nov. 25 issue (today), the website for RAD BC was wrongly rendered. The website is www.radbc.ca , not www.radbc.com. Also in the same issue, Fred Lee's UnLeeshed column was too starstruck by Twilight-mania to remember that the author of the toothy series spells her first name with a non-standard vowel. It's Stephenie Meyer, not Stephanie. And Team K&K , in dissing (although only in passing) one of our country's great northern territories, forgot all their geography lessons and mentioned some place called "Nunavat." In the real world, it's ...
Assistanteditor 5 days ago
B.C.'s often scorned provincial liquor laws came under scrutiny from Courier columnist Fiona Hughes last week, and readers responded in droves, making it one of the most popular items among our Twitter followers in weeks and earning it to the top story in the seven-day period ending Sunday night. Here's the list, ranked according to Hootsuite tracking. 1. B.C. liquor laws leave strange taste , Fiona Hughes 2. Stylish Society , Tim Pawsey 3. Library considers cuts , Cheryl Rossi 4. Top Courier Twitter stories from Nov. 9-15, Page Three/Barry Link 5. Top stories for readers overall, same time period, Page Three/Barry Link 6. Exotic Courier , reader submitted 7. Businesses hurt as buses disappear , Janaya Fuller-Evans 8. Tenants complain about mould , Janaya Fuller-Evans 9. Dr. Wong on being late , Davidicus Wong 10. Students organize climate change ...
Assistanteditor 12 days ago
Here are the top 9 Courier stories from last week on our website, according to page views from our online readers. 1. Science fiction is good literature, Geoff Olson 2. South Granville bleeding businesses , Janaya Fuller-Evans 3. Gov't-sponsored crack house , Mark Hasiuk 4. Premier and TransLink CEO , Allen Garr 5. Landlords donate land , Janaya Fuller-Evans 6. AWOL in Vancouver, Janaya Fuller-Evans 7. Fly boys , Ted Hunt 8. Reading Olympics , Naoibh O'Connor 9. Shops closing on Broadway, Kits, Janaya Fuller-Evans
Assistanteditor 12 days ago
We have a Top 9 list this week, as opposed to a Top 10 list, for reasons too complicated to explain ... But here they are: 1. Thieves pilfer Olympic line copper, Janaya Fuller-Evans 2. Using Facebook to lobby for new community centre , Central Park/Sandra Thomas 3. Fear and anti-vaccination paranoia, Matthew Claxton 4. Chambar Ale , Tim Pawsey 5. Premier vs. TransLink CEO , Allen Garr 6. Olympic headache poll results , Page Three/Barry Link 7. H1N1 overblown hysteria , Geoff Olson 8. Drug policy guy gets award , 12th and Cambie/Mike Howell 9. High School Musical review , Jo Ledingham
Assistanteditor 15 days ago
It's Friday, it's late and you want to go home. You also have a headache, but you need to write a quick blog post before you'll allow yourself the freedom to venture out into the dark November cold. You're committed, calm, and open-minded, but at this moment, you're also cranky. You, reader, could be an editor at the end of a trying week of compressed deadlines and detailed planning for the holiday period. More likely, you're a member of Web Poll Nation answering a question about the 2010 Winter Olympics. Last week we asked WPN: "As venues open and excitement builds for the 2010 Winter Games, are you getting ... a) Olympic fever; b) an Olympic headache." WPN responded by ordering a crate of Tylenol and voting overwhelmingly, by 86 per cent, to indicate their head hurts. This was something of a surprise. With less than 100 days to go before the Games begin in February, a lot of people we know who were otherwise opposed to the expense of hosting the event have given ...
