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  1. that sound's really hot, compared to 27celsius
  2. @gurn you knew i was gunna post this , now your just toying with me....
  3. tree man.......

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    2. chon derry

      chon derry

      since my copy and paste was crooked heres a cornie vid instead

       

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      yes please

    4. Ghostsof1915

      Ghostsof1915

      George of the Jungle (The original version) is still hilarious, yet silly. 

  4. because that's how the king of surrey rolls
  5. the reality of his own choice of residence hasn't hit yet so.....
  6. you can still go out in the rain but being house bound with the fear of being murdered is different .
  7. they actually survived ,ended up more of a prunning no thanks to the idiot that thought that cutting down trees donated by a Japanese family was a good idea. not unlike your own ignorance or lack of knowledge the north coast the feds and provincial levels ARE paying attention to this port , container port expansion 3rd phase not even 10 years in , coal an grain exports breaking records a brand new propane liquefaction almost done , lng , and bulk oil soon. ya a lot more large industrial things going on here than surrey so no real need to stop and worry about some cherry trees History behind the cherry trees the feds cut down in Prince Rupert After being interned in 1942, Shotaru Shimizu donated 1,500 cherry trees to Prince Rupert Matthew Allen Mar. 26, 2018 8:30 a.m. Community Seventy-six years to the day after Shotaru Shimizu was forced out of Prince Rupert on trains bound for internment camps, the cherry trees he gave as gifts to the city were nearly all cut down. On Friday, March 23, Rupertites were shocked when they witnessed saws being taken to the cherry trees at the corner of Fourth Street and Second Avenue. So far, three of the seven trees next to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans buildings on that block have been removed, with no warning being given to the city. READ MORE: What happened to Prince Rupert’s cherry trees The spot was a favourite for many who enjoyed witnessing the beauty of the trees in full spring bloom or ate under their shade at lunch. “Those trees have been here longer than the people have been in office,” said Lorne Stewart, who was one of several observers voicing their displeasure. “I’ve had my lunch break out there for years under the shade tree.” While many of the observers knew the trees had been there for a long time, none knew the story of Shotaru Shimizu, the Japanese immigrant who donated them to the city. Shimizu, affectionately known by his friends as Tom, moved to Prince Rupert in 1905 to work on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. As was the case with many people in the city at that time, Shimizu was attracted to the potential of Prince Rupert as a gateway to Asia for North American goods. When grand plans for Prince Rupert died with Charles Hays aboard the Titanic, Shimizu shifted his focus, opening a 30-room hotel and restaurant with a partner called the New Dominion on Third Avenue in 1917. There with his young family, Shimizu built a business that flourished. Henry Shimizu, Shotaru’s son, remembers doing chores in the restaurant as a child. “I was only 13 at the time, and the only thing I ever did was fold napkins for the various tables with my cousin,” Henry said. “We used to put them in a glass cup and we would put them on all the tables.” The New Dominion continued to be successful through the depression and in the early stage of the Second World War, as labourers came to the town to help build ships. Everything changed, however, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour in 1941, and the country turned on its Japanese citizens. On February 26, 1942 Shimizu was told that his family would be removed from Prince Rupert. On Monday March 23, 1942, Shimizu left the city on the very trains he had helped to build decades earlier. Henry, now 81-years-old, remembers his classmates coming to see him at the train station before he left. “They thought I was going on a vacation or something, but I didn’t have any idea where I was going,” he said. The family spent approximately four years at an internment camp in New Denver. During that time, the hotel he built was seized and sold by the Custodian of Enemy Property. By the time they left the camp, the life they had built on the northwest coast was gone. “I remember an official saying that I was a Canadian-born, enemy alien, which never made any sense to me,” said Henry. “How can you be both Canadian and an enemy alien?” After leaving the internment camp in 1946, Shimizu moved his family to Edmonton where they started their lives over, but he remained fond of Prince Rupert despite the circumstances under which he left the city. READ MORE: Heritage BC looks for Japanese sites “He enjoyed Prince Rupert, and felt that he had prospered to some degree,” Henry said. “And he wanted to try and give something back for what he had received.” In 1959, Shimizu arranged for 500 Japanese cherry blossom trees to be imported into the country and planted at various locations in Prince Rupert including the cemetery, Port Edward School, the Miller Bay Indian Hospital — and the newly constructed federal building at the corner of Fourth Street and Second Avenue. Private citizens also received trees for their personal gardens.
  8. i dont think DA is going to jump at a 2way , a 1 yr. prove it, wouldn't be bad , i dont think he'd clear waivers .
  9. 1 day after the wake up surrey rally theres this. it's early only lunch time ,lots of time left for surrey to make headlines . Man stabbed inside Surrey hotel Police described the suspect as dark skinned with a shaved head CBC News · Posted: Jun 14, 2018 11:22 AM PT | Last Updated: 42 minutes ago Surrey RCMP surrounded a hotel on Thursday morning after a stabbing inside. (Yvette Brend/CBC) RCMP are investigating a stabbing at a Surrey, B.C., hotel early Thursday. Police were called to the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford at 5:30 a.m. PT following a report of a stabbing. About a dozen police vehicles quickly surrounded the hotel and police tape and tarp were put out to protect evidence on the driveway outside. The victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries. 'Wake Up' rally against gang violence draws thousands in Surrey No one has been arrested. Police described the suspect as dark skinned with a shaved head. "Investigators believe that this is an isolated occurrence and there is no risk to the public." Surrey RCMP Sgt. Chad Greig said in a statement. Read more from
  10. the SCF was a good example of where the canucks are and where they need to go. i really enjoyed the tail end of the season from what i was seeing of our team.
  11. not trying to take away from what guddy brings but yes a void of physicality up front without DA, his style is way closer to the direction i would like to see. he's not out there creating crap but isn't steering away from it either.
  12. we need players like DA, without him the Canucks dont have an answer for the ben Wilson's , ryan reeves . i keep reading ,hearing that bigger stronger players are the thing of the past . sure sign more soft euro's and some more 5'9" 5'10" players
  13. yup doug kerr field ,he was a good ump and a good ,fair ref as well just a little on the old side was the problem .
  14. have you ever got any windows knocked out?, their starting little league again in doug kerr field .before those fields we played little league , farm ,bronco ,and pony league on booth an Roosevelt fields , brutal.
  15. i never shoveled snow once ,must be that crestview elevation thing , dont get up there much
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