Vancouver Attractions
Vancouver Attractions
July 2015
On leadership failures
Among the many responses to the Cons’ latest Senate shenanigans, one (from someone who’s not exactly known for his recent NDP ties) stands out as being worthy of mention: In…
Congratulations on 10 Years, Progressive Bloggers! ( @Prog_Blog #cdnpoli )
Today, I'm heading out to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of Progressive Bloggers - hoisting a few jars with some great bloggers, blog readers, and political activists. I'm…
Congratulations on 10 Years, Progressive Bloggers! ( @Prog_Blog #cdnpoli )
Today, I’m heading out to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of Progressive Bloggers – hoisting a few jars with some great bloggers, blog readers, and political activists. I’m…
Congratulations on 10 Years, Progressive Bloggers! ( @Prog_Blog #cdnpoli )
Today, I'm heading out to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of Progressive Bloggers - hoisting a few jars with some great bloggers, blog readers, and political activists. I'm…
Congratulations on 10 Years, Progressive Bloggers! ( @Prog_Blog #cdnpoli )
Today, I’m heading out to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of Progressive Bloggers – hoisting a few jars with some great bloggers, blog readers, and political activists. I’m…
Saturday Photo: Resilience and that Other Goldilocks Planet
There’s been a lot in the news this week about the discovery of a planet that might be hospitable to life as we know it. The scientists have amused themselves,…
Harper Under Seige
Once more, editorial cartoonist Graeme MacKay scores a solid bullseye. As does Corrigan over at The Star: And let’s not forget Star readers: Since the post-2008 Great Recession, Stephen Harper’s…
They Don’t See Much
http://aclayjar.blogspot.ca The Harperites want to build a monument to the “victims of Communism.” China is one of the last officially communist countries. Yet Mr. Harper and Rob Nicholson, his Foreign…
Firefighters run towards fires; politicians should stay out of the way
Stephen Harper's forest fire firefighter photo-op gone wrong this week reminded me of the time a campaign I was involved in was faced with a similar fire-related choice.In the summer…
Firefighters run towards fires; politicians should stay out of the way
Stephen Harper’s forest fire firefighter photo-op gone wrong this week reminded me of the time a campaign I was involved in was faced with a similar fire-related choice. In the…
Tommy tours Ontario.
Whoever convinced New Democrat Leader Thomas Mulcair to paste that smug smile on his face should be cashiered out of the NDP. The poor guy looks more constipated than happy.…
Trudeau’s blunt rejection of coalition will cost the Liberals more support
Justin Trudeau’s blunt rejection of the idea of a coalition will cost the Liberals more support I predict. There are several people in the country who sincerely believe that Harper…
Progressive Bloggers
I would like to give a quick tip of the hat to Scott (of Scott’s Diatribes) and the others behind the scene who make the blog aggregator – Progressive Bloggers…
Celebrating 10 years of Progressive Bloggers today
Today is a pretty neat day – I’ll be in Toronto gathering with some of our blogging afffiliates past and present to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Progressive Bloggers…
Can Stephen Harper and his Cons Really Buy the Election?
Well there he was in Saskatchewan yesterday, looking as ghastly as I have ever seen him.Announcing his plan to shrink the Senate by attrition. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is vowing…
Justice Served?
Yesterday’s court ruling concerning Robert Dziekanski reminded me why I start this blog. And why things have gone from bad to worse under the Stephen Harper Conservatives.
BC lumber exports drop $46 billion over 9 years
These graphs are drawn from softwood lumber exports data published by BC Stats. My aim is to compare results in recent years to those from the desperate nineties when wild-eyed…
Celebrating Ten Years of Progressive Bloggers
Progressive Bloggers, the blogging aggregator, is celebrating it's 10th anniversary. Scott Tribe and others are getting together in Toronto today to mark the occasion.And they have every right to celebrate,…
Two polls, widely different results, and Postmedia only reports one – what gives?
PHOTOS: “It is indeed Christmas in July for Conservatives!” Maybe it’s July, but is this guy really Santa Claus? Below: Pollsters Quito Maggi and Lorne Bozinoff. A Forum Research Inc.…