Yet another reason to live in B.C....

...as if there weren't enough, what with the mountains, weather, people and such. The City of Vancouver has become the first municipality in North America to refuse Wal-Mart a permit to build a store in their town.

Campbell suggested that the rest of council's opposition to the development had more to do with ideology and the business practices of Wal-Mart than with land use.

The horror! How dare anyone stand in the way of Wal-Mart because of ideology and their business practices! Bastards.