I've been meaning to look this up for years.

Quoted: The flashing green indicates that the signal is not currently in use. As soon as a pedestrian pushes the button to trigger the signal, the light changes to solid green for a short time before entering the normal yellow/red/green sequence, then returns to flashing green until another crossing is requested; however, in some places such as Vancouver, it goes directly from flashing green to yellow, leaving out the solid green sequence.

Ended up eating here last night. Summary: great French food without the "snootiness". It was a little pricey ($50 a head including wine) due to the unfavorable exchange rate:(

Quoted: Bistrot Bistro introduces traditional French country cuisine to contemporary Vancouver design, and marries the intimacy and warmth of casual dining with the class of Kitsilano. A French dining experience like it was meant to be: convivial and comfortable with no snootiness allowed.

Wow. I remember when I first visited Seattle in 1999, we'd go to Canada to save money.

Quoted: The Canadian dollar moved decisively above 99 cents US Thursday morning, coming within a hair's breadth of parity against the faltering American dollar for the first time since November 1976.

Wow, this cements Djokovic as a top 3 player -- along with Nadal and Federer.

Quoted: Novak Djokovic beats defending champion Roger Federer in a thrilling three-setter to win the Montreal Masters.

Quoted: It took an average of 50 computers nearly two decades to sift through the 500 billion billion possible draughts positions to come up with the solution.

This is the downside (if you are pro-U.S.) of tougher immigration policies in the U.S.

Quoted: Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it will open a software development center in Vancouver, giving it a place to employ skilled workers snagged by U.S. immigration quotas.

Heard about this on NPR this morning. I believe it comes on CBC which I get on cable.

Quoted: John Doyle, the TV critic for The Toronto Globe and Mail, says many viewers will be thinking of the U.S. as they chuckle.
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"The kind of red-neck attitudes from some of the locals in the small town toward the Muslims is very much reflective of an American suspicion of Muslims and not a Canadian suspicion," he notes.

Next airing is Monday, 1/29 at 9 pm:
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