Will Tom Mulcair Blow Up the NDP?
It's looking more and more like Tom Mulcair will survive his leadership review. Or at least get a two year reprieve. New Democratic Party Leader Tom Mulcair should have two…
April 2016
Is Donald Trump’s Campaign Heading for Disaster?
He's still standing. He's still leading the chorus line from Hell to the Republican nomination.But Donald Trump is looking and sounding a lot less confident these days.And with good reason.…
Who does the Government of BC serve? UPDATED
The material below was published June 21, 2014. Since this was written the proponents sold to an Alberta company that is financed by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, not exactly…
Who does the Government of BC serve? UPDATED
The material below was published June 21, 2014. Since this was written the proponents sold to an Alberta company that is financed by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, not exactly…
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Tame Impala - Let It Happen
Could Exxon Meet Its Waterloo in a New York Courtroom?
It's quite a posse on Exxon's trail - the attorneys-general of New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut, Virginia, Vermont, California, Delaware, D.C., Illinois, Iowa, Maine, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington…
Fixing the shared services agreement
First, some history: for 15 years, Collus – now Collus/Powerstream – had a beneficial, mutually-agreed-on and successful agreement with the town to provide services back to the town at reasonable…
Licence Suspensions for Driving and Driving
Drinking and then driving while impaired by alcohol is a serious criminal offence. This is true regardless of what type of motorized vehicle is being driven. Recently an Ontario man…
B.C. First Nation’s Four-Decade Fight for Diesel-Free Clean Energy Caught in Bureaucratic Limbo
This article originally appeared on The Tyee. Cameron Hill will never forget the cold October night in 1975 when a diesel generating plant breakdown cut all power to Hartley Bay's…
April 1: you have to learn to hate…
...luckily, it's easy to teach.Section A has its usual display of non-news - like court reports, government announcements that it's getting ready to do something. It's trivial; but it's cheap;…
BC Voters: Clean Up Your Act..
B.C. Energy Minister says clean power projects aren’t the priority JUSTINE HUNTERVICTORIA — The Globe and Mail Published Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 10:21PM EST Premiers’ exclusive fundraisers violate conflict of…
Stiglitz to Trudeau – Don’t Sign the TPP
The Trudeau government should be grateful for free advice - when it comes from a Nobel prize laureate economist, Joe Stiglitz.Dr. Stiglitz' advice to Trudeau is that the Trans Pacific…
A Lament For Toyota
My first drivable car was a 1972 Toyota Celica. I was all of sixteen or so when I bought it, and it was near the end of its useful life.…
A Lament For Toyota
My first drivable car was a 1972 Toyota Celica. I was all of sixteen or so when I bought it, and it was near the end of its useful life.…
A Lament For Toyota
My first drivable car was a 1972 Toyota Celica. I was all of sixteen or so when I bought it, and it was near the end of its useful life.…
You See, It’s In the Fine Print
You don't hear much about it except periodic references in military and aviation journals. One (hyphenated) word: "multi-band." It's the key to effective stealth cloaking. It's the successor to the…
Is Elon Musk the Henry Ford of Electric Cars?
Tesla has unveiled its new $35,000 (USD) car, the "Model 3." The car is said to have a range of 320 km. on a full charge.Will the Model 3, a…
Erdogan’s Thuggery Follows Him to Washington
Not for nothing is Recep Erdogan called "the Boss of the Bosphorus."Erdogan recently came to Washington for the nuclear terrorism summit. He's pissed because Obama wouldn't greet him at the…
The Battle That Nobody Wins
The primate population is embarking on a losing battle with climate change. From Scientific American:According to a new study, climate change will adversely affect every single primate species on Earth.…