It’s no secret there’s been some friction between K&K and the Province newspaper over the years, what with their condemnation of bike lanes, car accidents that aren’t tragic and Bill LaForge’s coaching record for the Canucks during the 1984-85 season. But lately we’ve been feeling a lot of love towards the Province’s front page headline writers and their tenacious pursuit of a good pun.
We first took note last week when they ran “Watts next?” for the story on Surrey mayor Dianne Watts announcing she would not be running for reelection. Then on Monday, for a story about a former pharmacist and slumlord linked to a drugstore in Surrey, the Province pulled “Pharma-Scare” out of its pun-satchel. Boo-ya! And this past Tuesday, the Province cleverly went with “Whitecaps noise” for a story about neighbours of Vancouver Whitecaps captain Jay DeMerit complaining about his partying ways.
They could have gone with “Sound waves,” “Shin dig” or even “Red card,” but we think they made the right choice, especially for a front page story as relevant and important to readers as a professional soccer player who throws loud parties in his Gastown condo.
