The Courier鈥檚 sister paper the on one of its city councillors, Peter Kent, crossing the water to run for council in the municipal nirvana of Nanaimo.
Why do we care about this, besides its connection to the cradle of civilization that is Nanaimo? Well, a couple things.
First, this amazing photo of Kent and his family.
It looks like it was taken for a Sears catalogue spread for tobogganing gear.
Kent鈥檚 chiselled face looks like a cross between a 1950s super hero and a real estate agent who has some interesting properties in New West with 鈥渟weat equity鈥� for you to look at.
Not only that, his wife鈥檚 scarf and sons鈥� cardigan/shirt combos perfectly match Petey Pete鈥檚 puffy vest, tying together the entire wholesome family scene into a melange of autumnal tranquility.
Even more outstanding is this video of Kent, willingly, setting his entire body on fire. 听
Say what you will about COPE hopeful clever press conferences and staged , but to the best of our knowledge we鈥檝e never seen her light herself on fire. Give her time, though.
And let鈥檚 not forget this little tidbit. 鈥淜ent grew up in Nanaimo before leaving to pursue a career as a Hollywood stuntman and wound up at one point being the double for Arnold Schwarzenegger.鈥�
You cannot make this stuff up.
So to recap:
Former stuntman and body double for Arnold Schwarzenegger who knows how to light himself on fire and has one of the more immaculate and colour-coordinated family photos we鈥檝e ever seen is running for city council in one of the most cities in the province.
I guess it鈥檚 true what they say, Nanaimo really does have it all.
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