Andrew Bates

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June 24, 2012
by Andrew Bates
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Truth comes from the mouths of soulless Vancouver Sun condo reviews

Ah, no form of journalism more pure than the Vancouver Sun‘s condo reviews, where real estate PR flacks unbiased freelance journalists write things about overpriced Vancouver properties that you imagine the developers of those properties would like said about them. … Continue reading

October 5, 2009
by Andrew Bates
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Somehow I’ll find time to post here

Hey there, everybody. I dig on writing things, so I’ll do that right here. I write BC news for the Canadian University Press Newswire, features for The Phoenix at UBC Okanagan, and sports news for the 24th Minute. In the midst of all of that, I am also an English major. Somehow, in all the time I never have, I will post various bits of things that amuse me here. Maybe some links to things that are funny, album reviews, how pumped I am on soccer, whatever. It’s an outlet! Continue reading