Two Faces of Education Minister Don MacRae
For those who don’t know who Don McRae is, he is the current in a long line of BC Education Ministers. The BC Liberal government has a habit of chewing…
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Exit
Christy Clark’s B.C. Liberals may well be looking for the exit door soon. Martyn Brown, former premier Gordon Campbell’s chief of staff, doesn’t think yesterday’s budget holds good news for…
Foggy Family Day
Thank you, B.C. government, for declaring a new stat holiday. We needed one in February and my family are fortunate enough that we all have a day off work and…
Our Pristine Coast Is Worth Saving
The Enbridge and Kinder Morgan pipeline proposals, and Kitimat LNG export plant fantasy, threaten our coast for a fistful of dollars that will end up in the hands of land-locked…
Only 3 in 10 Calgary Centre Voters Voted
Seems shameful, no?
B.C. School Seismic Safety
See article in The Georgia Straight: B.C. schools are still waiting for seismic upgrades According to the B.C. Ministry of Education, 121 seismic projects had been completed as of August…
Vancouver Riot 2011: Apologies Not Accepted
To you, it’s just a fight. To me, it’s the ER social worker looking for a teddybear to console a 4 year old girl because she just witnessed her dad…
MIA: Federal NDP Constitution
A number of times this year I’ve gone looking for the federal NDP constitution on-line, with no success. During or before the last federal election the party pulled the constitution…
Riot Reportage
Vancouver Police have crowd-sourced the identification of suspects. Check out: http://www.identifyrioters.com/ Must-read coverage from an individual: In the belly of Vancouver’s hockey riot Posted by Emily Elias on Thursday, June…
Ban Asbestos Mining, Sale, Export
From CanadaCausesCancer.ca a little humour driving home a point: Click on Read or Watch and then Sign the petition.
Harper’s Joy Ride To Boston
A message from Stephen Harper: I've got big cuts in mind for Canadians but not for me and my buddies. Suck on it Canada. Today Prime Minister Stephen Harper illustrated…
No Tankers: A Visual Campaign
To learn more, visit the Dogwood Initiative's No Tankers campaign information pages ; to sign the petition click here.
Fact Check: NDP Largest Opposition in Years
I'm seeing some pundits take Jack Layton to task for claiming his NDP opposition caucus at 103 members is the "largest ... opposition in 31 years". Notwithstanding insinuations to the…
Disaster: Slave Lake Burning To The Ground
With relatively little news published Sunday on the wildfires raging in northern Alberta, many Canadians will awake Monday morning to learn with surprise and shock the town of Slave Lake…
May Responds to Expense Query
Elizabeth May in a tweet just now responded to my query last week about travel expenses for a recent coast to coast trip May took to attend a memorial. @ElizabethMay…
PC Party Confusion
A word association test: If handed a federal election ballot that displays a candidate's name beside the "PC Party" label - what do you make of that? Some may mistakenly…
Dear 16 year old Me
One bad sunburn before you are 18 doubles your chance of developing melanoma... This is a very powerful video. I'm showing it to my children, tonight.
John Manley: Forget About Healthcare
Former Minister of Finance (Liberal) John Manley on CBC's Power & Politics today as much as said that he'd like Stephen Harper to scrap the Canada Health Act. (Video) Today…
The Fall of Christy Clark?
B.C. by-election Wednesday to decide if the un-elected Premier of British Columbia gets a seat in legislature One incredibly obvious plant was from a woman named Anna Lilly. I'm rarely…