The U.S. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and other cattle producers and meat companies have sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture over country-of-origin labelling rules. Many consumers and groups such as…
With the death toll at 35 and rising, Quebec’s Lac-Mégantic oil train disaster is not just tragedy, it is corporate crime. At the root is eagerness of big business to…
Failed NDP candidate Matt Toner provides commentary: Let’s reboot the Old Democratic Party into something new for the 21st century. Toner would offer much as an MLA and I’m surprised…
An old friend passed a while ago. I’m sad about that and full of regret that we went separate ways long ago and never reconnected. Dave Hardon wasn’t famous outside…
I’s bin livin my life wrong for three score and more years. I shoulda listened to that fire and brimstone Baptist preacher when I was a kid in East Vancouver.…
“An investigative reporter who analyzed hundreds of FBI counterterrorism stings says the case of a Surrey couple accused of plotting to bomb the B.C. Legislature rings eerily similar. ” ‘…you…
An illustration of why corporate media is in a death spiral: “…Modesty is not my long suit and I believe that had I stayed, the general public would have been…
In 70 plus years of the communist eastern bloc, elites exercised tight control of communications. Pravda and Izvestia were mouthpieces of USSR state agencies and censorship was pervasive, including control…
A convergence of health and other personal and business issues consumed my attention recently and kept me from blogging. However, I expect to be back on line mid-week. Thanks for…
To help us decide which image best represents the Senate, Toronto Star provides a helpful resource HERE.
I’m heading off to vote. Before that, I’m joining my blogging colleagues and providing a seat count prediction: BC NDP – 58 BC Liberal – 23 BC Green – 1…
An article I published almost three years ago is timely on this election day. Voters have an opportunity to change direction. If we do not, the plundering of British Columbia…
From The Common Sense Canadian.
Tuesday’s vote provides a rare opportunity for citizens to choose a course for our province and our children and the children of our children. Do we want this: Or, this:
And only one will say, “It was a very good year.”
From Kevin Logan, contributor to The Common Sense Canadian click here to read The New West Partnership Trade Agreement Part I states operating principles, including: ESTABLISH a comprehensive agreement on…
Long time Liberal Warren Kinsella, only guy in the four years of Northern Insight who threatened to sue this humble blogger, wrote the most precise description of Christy Clark yet…
This item is written by a regular Northern Insight reader who I’ve known for years. He’s done business regularly with the BC Government but in recent years, it’s been a…
I noticed this at Bob Mackin’s website and my thoughts match his. So, it is easier to steal Bob’s words than crank out ones of my own that couldn’t be…
