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Ben Bengtson

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English PhD Student @ubc_english 📚 // Former Newspaper Reporter 🗞 // bengtsonb at gmail 📧
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Neil Young ‘The Ditch Trilogy’: A Fan’s Retrospective

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By Ben Bengtson
| Vivascene
Who hurt you, Neil? I’ve often wondered this and the question never seems to reach any kind of resolution besides the vague presumptions of an already bizarre question. A friend and I often compare Neil Young to other heavyweight songwriters of his generation, claiming, for example, that the music of Tom Waits sounds like he has been hurt by every woman in the world, while Neil’s musical pain derives from that one special someone who left him in the dust long ago.
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Renters embrace co-ownership to try and save heritage Horseshoe Bay cottages (PHOTOS)

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By Ben Bengtson
| Squamish Chief
Tiny, colourful, craftsman-style homes are more than 100 years old and harken back to neighbourhood's early history as a seaside community This article has been amended since first posting. A group of tenants and individuals who are like-minded in their adulation for Horseshoe Bay have come together to try and buy their rental accommodations, embracing a co-ownership model in a bid to stay in the community.
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Renters embrace co-ownership to try and save heritage Horseshoe Bay cottages (PHOTOS)

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By Ben Bengtson
| North Shore News Verified
Tiny, colourful, craftsman-style homes are more than 100 years old and harken back to neighbourhood's early history as a seaside community A group of tenants and individuals who are like-minded in their adulation for Horseshoe Bay have come together to try and buy their rental accommodations, embracing a co-ownership model in a bid to stay in the community. Heidi Woodley rents one of eight picturesque cottages, built across three lots, along Nelson Avenue in the West Vancouver neighbourhood.
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