Fractured Land, a Rayher/Gillis production
Visit the Fractured Land website for the entire story.November and December Screenings:• Nov. 28 @ 12:30 PM: Vancity Theatre, Vancouver, BC (purchase tickets, get more info)• Dec. 1 @ 6:30…
Norman Farrell
Stenographic journalism
Writing in Salon, maverick journalist Glenn Greenwald criticized news reporting that follows the stenographic model. It involves repeating what people say without any effort to judge the truthfulness of statements…
Ahem, indeed
A while back, I complained on Twitter that corporate media types were failing to report on the near complete disappearance of revenues from this year's monthly sales of petroleum and…
BC’s climate change hypocrisy
Today, Christy Clark's government provided talking points to favoured media about the province's financial report to September 30, the second fiscal quarter. According to Global's Keith Baldrey, natural gas royalties…
"Cause I don’t feel like having to shoot people…"
The Trudeau government will alter Canada’s harsh tone on international affairs to emphasize conflict resolution and peacekeeping. The Prime Minister said when deploying our men and women in uniform, the…
Alert Bay filmmaker wins San Francisco festival award
I’m headed to Alert Bay for Thursday’s showing of Barb Cranmer’s “Our Voices, Our Stories.” Ms. Cranmer, a partner in the Culture Shock gallery, just returned from the San Francisco…
Keep the same dance going
Psychologist Dr. Mike Webster writes often about relationships between senior management and the men and women delivering police services in our communities. He knows about moral disengagement, which allows virtuous…
Mourn all victims
CTV reported late Friday that “the streets of Paris are streaked with blood” and one of its star reporters spoke about “terror acts empty of human purpose.” If Tom Walter’s…
Pacific Northwest LNG
Letter to PM Trudeau re Lelu Island
The sparkles dim
Before the 2013 election campaign in BC, incumbent Liberals were trailing in the polls and Premier Clark dueled with Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter for the lowest approval rating among…
Investing our money in companies that kill us
BC Gov't pension managers invest over $125 billion without any stated plan to invest ethically. #bcpoli #climatechange — Norm Farrell (@Norm_Farrell) November 3, 2015 BC Gov't pension investment managers placed…
Orderly, efficient and accountable
Mainstream and alternative media have given a fair degree of coverage to Clark Government efforts to ensure few papers document its activities. Rather too little attention has been paid to…
Horgan in the BC Legislature
Hansard, October 28, 2015: Yesterday I asked the Premier if she would apologize to Tim Duncan, the courageous whistle-blower who came forward when he was bullied by an official in…
Judge by actions, not by words
2011 Year End Report, Premier Christy Clark We are working to make British Columbia the most open provincial government in Canada and I am committed to being the most connected…
Truth does not serve needs of crony capitalists
SNC-Lavalin Inc. is the kind of ethics-light corporation that BC Liberals likes to have as a partner. With considerable public flourish, after departure of Chairman Gwyn Morgan, the company announced…
Wheels of justice turn slowly
The legal processes may be slow but that provides years of opportunity for people devoid of morality and ethics to speculate in stockholdings of the merchants of death. In the…
Dear Globe and Mail
disposito, Prof. Holger Syme, October 16, 2015 You have the best arts coverage of all our Canadian newspapers. You have some excellent reporters. During this election campaign, you published a…
"Throw him some work"
Regular readers know my complaints about corporate media found-ins taking payments from parties affected by media coverage. People taking the cash don’t feel need to explain or excuse and indulgent…
Hitching to a busted wagon
LNG bust could last for years, Nasdaq.com, Oct 8, 2015 Commodity prices have crashed over the past year, and the market for LNG is no different. Over the past five…