Before the May 2013 election, BC Liberals promised the entire provincial debt, budgeted this year at $62.5 billion, could be eliminated within 15 years with government proceeds of natural gas…
After shifting his focus in recent months, Alex Tsakumis is blogging again and getting ready to launch yourshow.ca as a 3-hour a day webcast on politics, media and other current…
At 1 pm, independent journalist Laila Yuile chats on Victoria’s CFAX 1070 radio with Ian Jessop. Laila won’t be there to sell anything, defend anyone or shill for any business…
When Gordon Campbell led BC Liberals into the 2009 election campaign, his platform promised, “We will maintain our competitive advantage from low cost heritage power, for residential and industrial users…
A reader comments at my recent article In the dining room, an OOPs moment: Norm You may have hit on to something really big here. I recently learned that an…
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“Those who educate children well are more to be honoured than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.” ― Aristotle This…
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An eastern blogger who I mentioned in this estimable piece from 2011, is a loquacious commentator for one of Canada’s preeminent welfare bums. On his website Saturday, he joined the…
Sun columnist Stephen Lautens (@stephenlautens) has an eye for worthy stories and a deft way with words. This example can be found at his blog, Stephen Lauten’s Parking Space: “The…
On CKNW’s August 22 afternoon news, Marcella Bernardo reported this about Verizon, the American cell provider that may offer service in Canada, “Last year’s revenues of 116 billion dollars were…
Barrett Brown, Glenn Greenwald, and the Mafia State, DS Wright, Firedoglake.com “…you should know what Western states like the United States and the United Kingdom have become in the world…
Canadian citizen Maher Arar has lived in this country for more than 25 years. He has an undergraduate degree from McGill and a graduate degree in telecommunications, is married and…
“From One Second to the Next” is a 35-minute documentary German filmmaker Werner Herzog produced for AT&T’s “It Can Wait” campaign about the lethal hazards of texting while driving. “The…
From Michael Shermer, monthly columnist for Scientific American, a respected science magazine founded in 1845. Link to Dr. Shermer’s complete article, Five Myths of Terrorism. It is worth reading, particularly…
Alberta lands may be temporarily disturbed by tar sands activity but a site of extraction undergoes active reclamation and, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, gains new life. At…
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From RossK, The Gazetteer, A New Market For A New White Powder “…it has become religion among conservatives to denounce regulation, saying it stifles business and hinders economic growth. But…
One of the most significant articles you’ll read anytime is by John Naughton, professor of the public understanding of technology at the Open University, published in The Observer, July 28,…
