Richard Hughes
Alberta’s Rachel Notley Wins Majority–BC NDP’s John Horgan “People and Elections Matter and Change Can Happen.”
BC’s NDP leadership feeling optimistic after Alberta’s historical win Vancouver, BC, Canada / (CKNW AM) AM980 Zahra Premji May 06, 2015 02:18 am “People and elections matter and change can…
That’s It For Jim Prentice-He Does Not Want To Stay as Leader of 3rd Place PC’s
Start your shredders gentleman. We lost, they won and I am getting out of Dodge! Now in truth PC ‘s defeated leader Jim Prentice might not have said that or…
CHEK TV Breaks News That A Stop Work Order Has Been Issued for Shawnigan Contaminated Soil Dumping
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Could this be the BC Liberal’s exit strategy? The opposition is broad, deep and committed. The CVRD has dusted off their BC Supreme Court action…
The Koch Brothers Grip On Alberta Has Made Them Rich
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The National Observer’s Digital News is an off shoot of the Vancouver Observer that has been embraced on the ‘Left Coast.’ Canada is ready, change is in…
Should political parties get inside information on whether you voted or not? – Part 1 By Peter Ewart
Peter Ewart Peter Ewart offers thoughtful well researched and reasoned posts on wwwNews250.com This 4 part series takes a look at issue of identifying those voters who cast ballots…
Toronto Globe & Mail Endorsement of ‘Jim’ Will Help Elect NDP’s Rachel Notley in Alberta
The smart grey suited thin lipped editorial guys at Toronto’s Globe and Mail have once again thought it over and surprise, surprise they are backing the PC ‘s Jim Prentice…
Will we see an NDP majority in Alberta?
Polls have been suspect for some time, especially in BC and Alberta.However repeated polls by a number of polling outfits continue to show remarkable growth for Rachel Notley and the…
NDP Leading–Alberta’s Vote May Be the Most Important Provincial Election in Decades
OK, here we are with the Alberta NDP poised to form the next Alberta provincial government. Yes, as Tommy Douglas used to say ‘Politics is the Art of the Possible’…
From toilet to table: Peecycling research at U of M investigates urine as fertilizer
I tripped across this article in the Treehugger this morning. Interesting project taking place in Michigan that utilizes urine as a beneficial resource providing nitrogen and phosphorous sans industrial production.…
Cowichan Bay’s Nick Verstegg Reported To Be Safe in Nepal Following Earthquake
Yesterday’s story in the Victoria Times-Colonist-By Sarah Petrescu and Richard Watts is being welcomed by Nick Verstegg’s wife, Elly Driessen and friends throughout the Cowichan Valley. Cowichan Bay’s Nick Versteeg,…
It’s On: Bernie Sanders to Announce Bid for Presidency on Thursday
Will we look back at spring 2015 as a volatile period of immense change? Vermont’s Independent Senator Bernie Sanders is going to pursue the US presidency. He will do it…
Liberals back on top in new Nanos poll
Canadian politics has livened up spurred on by the sluggish economic performance, the Duffy trial, the Alberta elections, and the ongoing troubles in the Oil and Gas industry. The National…
Canadian stranded in Nepal says Ottawa not doing enough to help citizens go home
It seems that ever since the mean spirited Steve Harper has been our Prime Minister Canadians who run into difficulty abroad are poorly served. Canada’s pride and generosity had been…