When the referendum delivered an unwanted result, BC's provincial government reshaped, polished and coordinated messages to the public. One particularly troublesome claim, made by Finance Minister Colin Hansen during the…
Perhaps an unknown telephone caller claims your computer is corrupted by viruses and involved in alarming errors and electronic transgressions. The scammer might say, "We've had a report from your…
Recently, I've posed the question: Is there an inevitable journey for professional environmentalists from impecunious youthful idealists to zealous hustlers loyally serving industrial interests for personal gain?I made the inquiry…
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The Globe and Mail presented an editorial this week that appears to be written by a confounded ideologue seconded from a Toronto high school paper. It really is the most…
While we consider the subject of contempt for the public by public officials, Damien Gillis provides a definitive view of its existence. In a must read report on testimony at…
Chief Justice Lance Finch issued a release defending Gordon Campbell's appointment to the Order of British Columbia. Finch's effort at exculpation is a rare event. For the most part, Superior…
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says "draconian" anti-terrorism measures that were scrapped in 2007 are once again necessary because Canada faces a major threat from "Islamicism." Interesting fact: the Christian and…
Tzeporah Berman was at Capilano University Wednesday evening performing at the North Shore Credit Union Centre for the Performing Arts. Her act was promised to be an exploration of the…
News Item, May 2011 VANCOUVER - Encana and the British Columbia government’s Pacific Carbon Trust have a new deal by which the Trust is purchasing 84,000 tonnes of carbon offsets…
CKNW's Bill Good took a little heat this week from callers but did his best to defend Gordon Campbell's appointment to the OBC. Good's ire rises quickly if callers slip…
Oil Exploration Under Arctic Ice Could Cause 'Uncontrollable' Natural Disaster by Michael McCarthy Published on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 by the Independent/UK "Any serious oil spill in the ice of…
The Canadian Press Date: Tuesday Sep. 6, 2011 8:06 PM ET VICTORIA — The New Democrat Opposition in B.C. says the rules may not have been followed when former Liberal…
Speaking with his disingenuousness dial set to maximum, Education Minister George Abbott talks as if the provincial government is merely an interested observer to the teachers' labour negotiations, "We do…
Motorcycleguy, a regular reader here, left a comment at The Vancouver Observer in response to Tzeporah Berman's defence of her support for the industry of power producers aiming to interfere…
I quoted from a Lewis Carroll poem The Walrus and the Carpenter in a comment thread at the Vancouver Observer. My obvious suggestion was that Tzeporah Berman had been like…
There seems to be no end to small details that paint a very disturbing picture in the coastal salmon farming industry. Why do we have to rely on private citizens…
Kudos to the Times Colonist editorialists for an honest examination of the Ordure of British Columbia fiasco: "...Campbell’s honour is premature for another reason — quite simply, it breaks the…
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax-- Of cabbages--and kings-- And why the sea is boiling hot-- And whether pigs have…
