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A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AGAINST OPPRESSION
(Ivan Drury)
Box 26043/Langley/BC/V3A 8J2
Activist group without membership. Everything from planetary to animal to human rights issues.
Non-violent and not stupid. Write to share flyers and positive, productive means of protest.
BIG BLUE HOUSE
(Jen, Andy - 604-254-4152, Ryan - 604-254-1559)
2024 E. 1st Ave./Vancouver/BC/V5N 1B5
Clean bathrooms, no dog shit on the floors, dishes get done every day and we still call ourselves
da punx. Call if you're passing through town and you don't mind crashing with a bunch of
generally sober posers.
CITR 101.9 FM RADIO
(Megan Mallet - 604-822-1242)
6138 Sub Blvd./Vancouver/BC/V6T 1Z1
Live from Thunderbird Radio Hell. Thursdays, 9-11 pm. Out of town bands are needed to play on this show.
CJSF 93.9 FM CABLE
(John Clark - 604-291-4423)
Simon Fraser University
University radio station.
COMMERCIAL DRIVE TOUR
Such great restaurants as LA QUENA (cool co-op), CAFE DU SOLEIL (2 locations); health food
stores like CIRCLING DAWN, EAST END FOOD CO-OP, SWEET CHERIBUM, and more.
Take the #20 bus from downtown or get off at Broadway Skytrain station and head north
towards the mountains.
DISCORDER
(Miko or Kevin - 604-822-3017)
#233-6138 SUB Blvd./UBC/Vancouver/BC/V6T 1Z1
20,000 copies distributed free in Vancouver and Seattle. The program guide for CITR radio
features interviews, reviews, etc.
EAST VANCOUVER FARMERS' MARKET
(604-879-FARM)
Trout Lake Community Centre Parking Lot @ East 15th/Victoria
Every Saturday rain or shine from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. featuring certified organic, no-spray and
conventionally grown local produce direct from the growers. Also, local made crafts, fresh
herbs and cut flowers, bedding plants, hanging baskets, baked goods, and lots of fresh
veggies.
THE FALAFEL OASIS
You gotta love the falafel! Here is a list of the places to get falafels, latkes and othe vegan food
starting with the world famous location at 322 West Hastings (phone - 604-669-0042). Also
- 1935 Cornwall @ Cypress (phone - 604-737-0157), 4127 Main St. @ King Edward
(phone - 604-875-0427), 905 Commercial Dr. (phone - 604-251-4171), and 3432 Cambie
St. (604-708-9699). You gotta love the falafel!
FLEX YOUR HEAD
(Eric Thorkelson - email: flxyrhed@direct.ca ,
web page - http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/6479/)
Eric has been doing his radio show at CITR 101.9 FM for years. It's on every Thursday from 3-5
pm and he plays all hardcore/punk. He also has a very cool web page that has Vancouver
all-ages show listings, pictures, touring Vancouver bands, and more. Also, Sean O'Leary
and Eric are working on www.vancouverhardcore.net which will be a site for all of the
Vancouver web pages pertaining to punk/harcdcore including the Flex Your Head page.
Food Not Bombs - VANCOUVER
(604-254-4152)
Box 21533/1850 Commercial Dr./Vancouver/BC/V5N 4A0
Free, good, vegan grub every Saturday @ 3 pm in Grandview Park (1200 block of Commercial
Drive).
THE GLEANER
100 W.49th Ave./Vancouver/BC/V5Y 2Z6
Langara College student newspaper.
GRANVILLE ISLAND DUMPSTER DIVE
About 6 pm on Saturdays and Sundays all kinds of great food is thrown out at closing time,
whatever quality stuff is not deemed good enough to keep for another day. Take the #50
bus from downtown. A nice place to hang out.
HORSHOE BAY FERRY TERMINAL
If you are going to the Sunshine Coast or Nanaimo on Vancouver Island take the #250 bus from
downtown to the ferry terminal at Horshoe Bay. This is a beautiful bus ride, about 45
minutes along the water. Don't take the #257 Express bus if you want the scenic route; it
goes up along the highway, not along the water.
MASIUS CAFE & BAKERY
(Clarke Oor, Dika Lucardie - 604-215-0078)
1260 Commercial Dr./Vancouver/BC/V5L 3X4
Great little cafe run by vegans serving good grub. Vegan/Vegetarian food at its best, says their
business card...
THE NAAM
(604-738-7151)
2724 W.4th/Vancouver/BC
Funky natural eating joint, est. 1968. Open fireplace in the winter. Nightly music.
VEGETARIAN RESTAURANTS
Found these names in a local Vancouver weekly magazine:
BO DE VIETNAMESE VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT - 663 E.15th Ave./Vancouver/BC.
BUDDHIST VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT- (604-683-8816) 137 E.Pender St./Vancouver/BC.
CAFE DEUX SOLEILS - (604-254-1195) 2096 Commercial Dr./Vancouver/BC.
PLANET VEG - (604-734-1001) 1941 Cornwall Ave./Vancouver/BC.
WRECK BEACH
Vancouver's infamous clothing-optional beach, where you can go nude or not, is at the bottom of
a 200+ staircase cut into the cliff at the tip of Vancouver's west side at the University Of
BC. Any bus going to UBC will get you there, you then have to walk across the campus to
get there.