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11-16-2010, 07:20 AM
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#1 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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| Goodbye Jericho Wharf
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - The Vancouver Park Board has voted unanimously in favour of scrapping the historic Jericho Marginal Wharf.
The structure was used 60 years ago by the Canadian Military, but is now unsafe and leaking dangerous creosote which is damaging the environment.
The decision to scrap the wharf comes as welcome news to Dawn Hanna with the Jericho Stewardship Group. "You know it's great for wildlife, it's great for park visitors. And I think that in the long run, this is a really wise decision"
But Joan Bunn with the Committee trying to save it was hoping to at least keep part of it. "I was envisioning a smaller wharf, but that still went out over the sea."
The Park Board has set aside $2 million for the demolition. That will start taking place in a few months, and should be finished by the end of next summer. http://www.news1130.com/news/local/a...-jericho-wharf | 
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11-16-2010, 08:45 AM
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Should be replaced with a dog beach!!!
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11-16-2010, 09:30 PM
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#3 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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no wonder our taxes are so high and the economy is crashing. 2 million bucks to demo something?? WTF is that. make some prisoners do it for free.
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11-16-2010, 09:38 PM
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#4 | | I subscribe to Revscene
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Originally Posted by johny  no wonder our taxes are so high and the economy is crashing. 2 million bucks to demo something?? WTF is that. make some prisoners do it for free. | you think thats bad? http://www.revscene.net/forums/pickt...t-t630454.html | |
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11-16-2010, 09:56 PM
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#5 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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where am i gonna crab
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11-16-2010, 09:58 PM
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Pft, it's not even a proper wharf. 
Oh well, there's still Steveston and White Rock to use, among others.
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11-16-2010, 11:11 PM
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#7 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by T.H.C | $104M in tax dollars...
seriously.. the cost to do these two things should be much much lower.
no wonder we need the HST or some kind of tax to sustain the province's spending
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11-16-2010, 11:23 PM
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#8 | | not the mod you're looking for
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^ No kidding. You know, if they just took off the extra tax on food, everybody would be happy. I know I would.
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11-17-2010, 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by FRESHvibe ^ No kidding. You know, if they just took off the extra tax on food, everybody would be happy. I know I would. | word~
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11-17-2010, 01:48 AM
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#10 | | I am on the internets
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2 mil????
that's a lot of Semtex
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11-17-2010, 10:39 AM
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#11 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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Originally Posted by maxx 2 mil????
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11-17-2010, 10:41 AM
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From the picture on am 1130 it looks like the pier to the east of jericho sailing centre. The crabbing one is to the west Quote:
Originally Posted by dinamix where am i gonna crab | Posted via RS Mobile | |
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11-17-2010, 10:57 AM
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