The 2010 Winter Olympics has escalated the homelessness crisis in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and the Greater Vancouver area. Since the Olympic bid, homelessness has nearly tripled in the GVRD, while real estate and condominium development in the Downtown Eastside is outpacing social housing by a rate of 3:1. Meanwhile, a heightened police presence has further criminalized those living in extreme material poverty in the poorest postal code in Canada.

Less than a week away from the gongshow that will be the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. Chris ‘Okibi’ will be in the midst of the protests, hopefully bringing back some valuable footage and insights. For more information on Olympic resistance checkout the No 2010 website.

As I type this, leaders from the biggest industrialized nations are meeting in Copenhagen to discuss a possible treaty to diminish worldwide carbon emissions. As reported last month, it is already known that no deal will be reached during these talks. Many scientists say time is running out and others say it’s too late. Meanwhile in Canada, the forces of capitalism and industry are moving full force to extract the last bits of oil from the Alberta tar sands. The insanity of this project perfectly exemplifies Premise 10 from Derrick …

For the last few years there has been a question burning in movie goers heads, Where have all the good movies gone? Remember the 90’s when good movies came out every month? Shawshank Redemption, Toy Story, The Lion King, Jurassic Park, Titanic, and The Nightmare Before Christmas, to name a few. No matter what way you look at it Hollywood has changed in the last ten years. All the movies named above were ORIGINAL stories that were told very well. Three of which had sequels made out of them. To …

The Yes Men Fix the World is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world’s most outrageous pranks. From New Orleans to India to New York City, armed with little more than cheap thrift-store suits, the Yes Men squeeze raucous comedy out of all the ways that corporate greed is destroying the planet. Brüno meets Michael Moore in this gut-busting wake-up call that proves a little imagination can go a long way towards vanquishing the Cult of Greed …

Paranormal Activity is a small indie horror film that was made on an $11,000.00 budget. Blair Witch ring a bell? They are trying a new viral marketing strategy to increase hype for the film, and it seems to be working. On September 25th it was released in a few select cities. Paramount started an eventful page where you can demand the film to come to your city. The film is beginning to build up steam very quickly. This weekend, Paranormal Activity expanded to 33 cities. The campaign worked and the Thursday …