Van-Tastic! A Roundup of Vancouver Blogs

From rockslides to rock stars, here'e what Vancouver's best bloggers are talking about this week:

• A rockslide has closed the highway leading to several 2010 Winter Olympic venues. While there were no known injuries reported, a vehicle was struck by rocks that police described as “the size of a room or semi-trailer truck, about 20 to 30 feet (six to nine meters) in diameter” (via lightthetorch.net/2008)

• Steve Nash wants to bring Major League Soccer to Vancouver in 2011, it was recently announced that MLS hopes to bring two more new teams to the league in 2011. Seattle is coming on next season and Philadelphia the following year. Now, all the talk of expansion teams is in Canada. I do still think that St. Louis will probably get one and likely Vancouver could get the other. Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash is a big soccer fan and former player.” (via mlsfanblog.com/)

• Is Vancouver really the "sexiest neighbourhood in Canada"? Vancouver Blogger Brendan J. Wilson disagrees, and isn't afraid to tell you why!
  
  

• Fresh bottled Vancouver rain, for all your tourist needs, available in 15ml bottles, one ounce keychains and charming neck pendants. (via Charming Mandy, may contain language unsuitable for children)

• “This fall, do not adjust your television – that is a feathered haircut. Marc Crawford, former head coach of your Vancouver Canucks, has agreed to join CBC’s “Hockey Night in Canada” for the upcoming season.” (via Orland Kurtenblog at Canada.com)

• TheTyee.com announces the winners of their Green Your Campbell Cash contest. Among the top voter getters who spent their $100 global warming dividend cheques on positive climate change initiatives. UBC took the top prize, but head on over to the Tyee to see the top 5 vote getters in this unique environmenatal contest.

• "It took about 3 hours to FINALLY get into the parking. Oh this has to be the best part: Then! After you park your car, he get to be hoarded into a yellow school bus, filled with sweaty, drunken degenerates that is just crammed of course, and the big ol’ yellow bus takes you to the actual venue. I don’t know the exact number of kms from point A to B, (too tired to look into it right now), and while it took maybe half an hour through crawling traffic before we got there, it sure felt a lot longer when we were basically forced to WALK there at 12:30am! ” a report from the recently staged Pemberton Festival proved the first annual event still has some kinks to work out.(via DON'T MAKE ME PUT MY BABY DOWN )