No need for the Nisga’a to sell their land
The Nisga’a Nation in northwestern B.C. has announced it will be the first First Nation in Canada to allow reserve land to be owned privately. Three properties have already been…
2013
CVRD Non Union Salaries Continue To Climb
Blaise Salmon Welcome guest writer Blaise Salmon, a Mill Bay resident concerned with Cowichan Valley Regional District matters. With Cowichan Valley residents still recovering from this year’s 8%-plus property tax…
Oh, Yippee! Let’s Hit the Beach.
Just kidding. This is nothing to cheer about. The Pacific Ocean is now warming 15-times faster than normal. From Grist.org: Average global surface-air temperatures have been rising at a slower…
Rob Ford Video Rant
Wow. Exclusive from The Toronto Star: Rob Ford caught in video rant “I’m gonna kill that f**king guy. I’m telling you, it’s first-degree murder,” Mayor Rob Ford rages as someone…
Rob Ford Video Rant
Wow. Exclusive from The Toronto Star: Rob Ford caught in video rant “I’m gonna kill that f**king guy. I’m telling you, it’s first-degree murder,” Mayor Rob Ford rages as someone…
Rob Ford Video Rant
Wow.Exclusive from The Toronto Star: Rob Ford caught in video rant“I’m gonna kill that f**king guy. I’m telling you, it’s first-degree murder,” Mayor Rob Ford rages as someone in the…
Delta’s Southlands: Canada’s longest, least democratic farmland battle
Dana Maslovat of Southlands the Facts near the contentious Southlands property in Delta, BC Canada’s most contentious piece of farmland is back on the chopping block as the Corporation of…
Good Bad News: Desire LInes Is Sold Out at First Launch
Sold out! Every single copy of Desire Lines went out the door last night at the Montreal launch in Librairie Drawn and Quaterly. Thanks to all the friends who came…
Tyee: High wireless prices are shutting out lower-income Canadians
A recent Statistics Canada report showed that high wireless prices are shutting out lower-income Canadians from accessing affordable Internet services. According to Telecom expert Michael Geist, “The digital divide remains…
Duffy’s Docs
Senator Mike Duffy’s lawyer, Don Bayne, has reportedly handed over hundreds of pages of documents to RCMP investigators thought to be relevant to the Wright-Duffy-Harper affair. The RCMP asked, they…
Remember when the big Rob Ford controversy was that he talked on his cell phone while driving?
Warning – very graphic language.
Sydney and Victoria Freeze Staff Wages-While CVRD Salaries Continue To Soar!
Richard HughesPolitical Blogger It seems the elected officials in Sydney actually pay attention to raises handed out to senior staffers outside of the bargaining unit. At the CVRD it took…
Rob Ford Video Rant
Wow. Exclusive from The Toronto Star: Rob Ford caught in video rant “I’m gonna kill that f**king guy. I’m telling you, it’s first-degree murder,” Mayor Rob Ford rages as someone…
R v Vu 2013 SCC 60 – significant Supreme Court search decision
The traditional legal framework holds that once police obtain a warrant to search a place for certain things, they do not require specific, prior authorization to search in receptacles such…
CETA – Not Much to Speak Of, But a Lot to Talk About
To hear the Cons tell it, the Canada Europe trade deal is Harper’s crowning moment. Coming in the midst of the Senate expenses fiasco, with Harper himself firmly mired in…
BC’s Agricultural Land Commission to be plowed under for gas industry
Read this Nov. 7 story from The Globe and Mail’s Mark Hume on documents obtained by the paper which suggest the BC Liberal Government is planning to dismantle the regulator…
I’m Getting Bad Vibes
Not so much because of the invite/event itself: …although it does strike me as a bit silly. Your “favorite virtue”? What? Is this some kind of virgins only event? But…
Toronto needs a mayor: Rob Ford says “make sure he’s dead”
Toronto Sun exclusive. Other statements by Rob Ford: • “I’m going to kill that f..ing guy. I’m telling you it’s first-degree murder … He dies or I die, brother.” •…
Senate a corrupt mess long before Harper
Some people are claiming the senate was this wonderful institution of “second sober thought” before Harper came along. Pure hogwash. Let’s not forget one of the four corrupt senators caught…
Could California’s Shale Oil Boom Be Just a Mirage?
Since the shale rush took off starting in 2005 in Texas, drillers have sprinted from one state to the next, chasing the promise of cheaper, easier, more productive wells. This…