A Reader contributed again
Sorry, but I can’t show you a recent federal government ad. But you're likely to see it. It’s a shocker…
Norman Farrell
Unusual calls to 911
E-Comm releases its annual top ten list reminding the public to keep 9-1-1 lines free for emergencies only:
Watershed Watch Salmon Society
Watershed Watch Salmon Society is a small non-profit organization working hard to protect fish habitat in BC's rivers, lakes, wetlands, and the Pacific Ocean. This five-minute video explains their recent…
Party control of municipal councils?
Ken Boon, a respected citizen of northeastern BC, is a regular contributor to the newspaper based in Fort St. John. He is concerned about provincial political parties dictating local government…
BC was deaf to cautionary tales
Many people are to blame for Site C, a facility that will produce electricity at a multiple of the cost of other clean power systems. No persons in positions of…
BC Hydro customers paying for “doublespeak masterpiece”
In the Times Colonist, Les Leyne reacted to a recent BC Hydro report about Site C: B.C. Hydro has written the blandest, most blameless account possible. When it comes to…
Nincompoops ranting in their underpants just might have been right
Thanks to RanD Hadland at Facebook's Say "NO" to Site "C" Dam! for drawing my attention to a recent Vaughn Palmer column. The Sun's pundit mentions BC Hydro's "pathetic" excuse…
Above and beyond the rule of law
Gordon Wilson should have been Premier of British Columbia. Instead, Vancouver power brokers of the 1990s wanted a more tractable person waiting to be Premier. Gordon Campbell replaced Wilson as…
Happy holidays to all
I hope 2026 will be a good and peaceful year for everyone. My contributions at IN-SIGHTS have become a little less frequent because of good and bad personal issues. I…
The future casts a shadow on the present
Who better to represent Canada than Mark Wiseman former senior managing director and global head of active equities at BlackRock Inc. in New York. ...Almost anyone?
Smile, or frown. Your choice
Found in the internet. As a recent traveller through YVR, I wo argue with Jonathan Winters. Getting to the airport is relatively easy; getting through airport to the aircraft is…
Housing – a wealth extraction tool
With commodification of housing in Canada, homes are treated as investment assets, not just shelter. Investor-led speculation has led to soaring prices, rental increases, and rising homelessness. Housing has been…
Lessons from Vienna: Rethinking Vancouver’s Housing Affordability
Professor Patrick Condon compares Vancouver's adverse housing policies to the highly successful public housing projects in Vienna.
Housing affordability
Patrick Condon is a Professor at the University of British Columbia. With UBC law student Thomas Kroeker, he authored The 50 Year Vancouver Experience on Housing Affordability with Adding Housing…
Confronting Wealth Inequality: The Billionaire Class Explained
Billionaires control a massive and growing share of global wealth. The most affluent 1% of adults control roughly half the world’s assets, while the richest 0.001% have three times more…
Affordable housing
Four months ago, BC Premier David Eby and Housing Minister Christine Boyle received a letter signed by 27 housing and urbanist experts. Text of the letter follows:
F-35 Lightning – guest post by former RCAF fighter pilot Erik Andersen
Former RCAF F-86 jet fighter pilot and air transport economist Erik Andersen has firm opinions on Canada's acquistion of Lockheed Martin F-35 single engine jet fighters. Here, he shares his…
Eavor is producing clean electricity
Western Canada’s foremost energy journalist has provided information about Eavor’s geothermal project in Bavaria. If the subject interests you, be sure to follow Markham Hislop at Energi Media. It is…