No doubt about the winner in a contest of one
Ian Reid and Bob Mackin have been the leading journalists examining Paragon Gaming’s past relationship with Pavco. We knew Paragon had an inside track for the proposed casino at BC…
October 2012
Don’t Forget, It’s Mine. You May, However, Borrow Freely
I’ve coined a new word, Mormonstrosity, to refer to the unfit-for-prime-time, Republican presidential candidate, Mitch Romney. My creative instincts were piqued when I read of Romney’s assertion that, “Syria is…
Handmade Halloween! This Sunday
Well, I have to say that part 1 of the two-part Handmade Halloween was a smashing success. There was a steady stream of families at the Hintonburg Community Centre all…
Video: Pipelines "Job Killers" – Energy Workers Union Leader @ Defend Our Coast
Watch this powerhouse speech from Dave Coles, president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union at the Defend Our Coast rally in Victoria explaining why his members are “diametrically opposed”…
Video: Pipelines "Job Killers" – Energy Workers Union Leader @ Defend Our Coast
Watch this powerhouse speech from Dave Coles, president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union at the Defend Our Coast rally in Victoria explaining why his members are “diametrically opposed”…
Platform for hatred
In my childhood long ago, Canadians used ethnic slurs without much thought. My east Vancouver family, not hateful people, disdainfully labelled central and eastern Europe war-victim refugees as DP’s or…
A Win: Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
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Clark Kent Defies Corporate Media, Quits Daily Planet
Superman has had it with the corporate media. Faced with the takeover of the Daily Planet by a conglomerate, Clark Kent has quit and may turn to blogging instead. “Why…
Shit Republicans Say – or Music to Rex Murphy’s Ears?
Mitt Romney endorses Republican Indiana senate candidate Richard Mourdock. And Romney isn’t budging even though Mourdock contends that rape is no cause for abortion because, if the victim becomes pregnant,…
Nicholas Cage to star in Left Behind reboot film?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Canadian Christian filmmaker Paul Lalonde has big news that has just moved on Charisma News. He’s planning a remake of his…
Sandra story by Adam
Here. My only comment is I have no comment about what everyone is commenting about.
Just want to say…
…that I never thought I’d live to see grown men saying the things they’re saying about rape. Some days, there’s so much evil in this world, you just don’t know…
At Least His God Has a Sense of Humour
The Newfie Screech has descended on the University of British Columbia. Noneother than T-Rex Murphy has crossed the country to deliver a 3-part lecture at Regent College, UBC’s evangelical graduate…
Irony Alert: Tobacco Apologist Steve Milloy’s EPA Human Testing Scare Campaign
Oh, the irony. A guy who built his career — and fortune — by muddying the science on the health effects of smoking is now accusing the E.P.A. of harming…
Maude Barlow, Bill McKibben to Talk Oil and Gas Pipelines in Burnaby
Council of Canadians Chair Maude Barlow and 350.org founder Bill McKibben will lead a discussion about oil and gas pipelines and tankers in Burnaby this Thursday evening. The event is…
Michael Geist: TPP copyright laws could dismantle Canadian content
While Canada has been formally included as a negotiating party in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, more information from secretive texts and clauses is beginning to surface. We’ve talked about…
Three Reasons why Obama’s Second Term will be a Transformative One
The Great Storyteller Not only America but the rest of the world would benefit from President Obama being voted in for a second term, because that term will be a…
Cowichan Valley Water and The CVRD
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Here is a guest post from Cowichan Conversations contributor-Larry Woodruff This subject has become one of hypocrisy at its finest. Recently our benevolent members of the CVRD…
What Pupatello’s adversaries say about Pupatello
Interesting: Now with the polish of a short sojourn in the corporate world and several years of government experience under her belt, the 50-year-old former Windsor Woman of the Year,…
Funding crisis forces hospital to cancel surgeries
Quinte Health Care is simply stopping elective surgeries for a week to deal with funding shortfalls from the provincial government. The hospital’s CEO Mary Clare Egberts told The Intelligencer that…