O! Canada

Curiosities noted during a recent visit to British Columbia:


(Left) Ye olde Gastown neighborhood of Vancouver, where the lamps are powered by ... CFLs!

(Right) Sharps (needles) disposal box in the ladies' room of Victoria's luxurious Empress Hotel ... a sign that self-injected therapies have expanded 'way beyond occasional insulin.



(Left) Self-explanatory from a church in Nanaimo -- and a concept I could get behind.


(Right) Again from Nanaimo, and I think I know what they mean.