Blaise Salmon: Elected CVRD Directors Pawns of Management
Mill Bay’s Blaise Salmon has been monitoring the financial affairs of the CVRD with a special focus on runaway salaries for top management personnel. Guest Post by Blaise Salmon It’s…
Mill Bay’s Blaise Salmon has been monitoring the financial affairs of the CVRD with a special focus on runaway salaries for top management personnel. Guest Post by Blaise Salmon It’s…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger In 2002, then BC Liberal Education Minister Christy Clark ripped classroom composition provisions out of the legally negotiated contract. The teachers in 1998 had negotiated a contract…
BC NDP Leader John Horgan Tuesday should have been the first day of school in our province. Instead, it brought another day of frustration and disappointment for children and their…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger This amazing photo journal by David Sim, International Business Times, was posted on Facebook. The warriors are fighting to protect the slaughter of their forest so crucial…
BC NDP Leader John Horgan- We’ve Got Your Back! NDP Leader John Horgan speaking at the BC Fed-BCTF Rally in Vancouver today said that members of the teachers’ union have…
Charlie Smith was heard on CBC’s ‘On the Coast’s ‘Political Panel this afternoon. Bill Tieleman and Alise Mills were the other panelists. Charlie was cut short when responding to Alise…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We have read accounts which differ substantially from the MSM line accusing Russia of sending troops and military equipment into eastern Ukraine. Here is some video which…
I found this site the other day and was encouraged to see the youthful energy, the quality of journalism offered and the potential ‘Richchet’ bring us. Ricochet is a new…
Sana Hassainia MP – Left the NDP One week after her resignation from the NDP, Sana Hassainia, the MP for Verchères-Les Patriotes in Quebec, speaks about why she left and…
Letter to the editor from Jane Kilthei in case you’re wondering why schools are shut down. “Dear Premier Clark and Minister Fassbender, I write to ask you to respect the…
BC NDP Leader John Horgan VICTORIA – New Democrat leader John Horgan has written an open letter to Premier Christy Clark on the prolonged education dispute. In the letter, Horgan…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is a cynical game being played out by some media types regarding the BCTF struggle to negotiate a collective agreement with Premier Christy Clark’s anti-public education…
meaningful Richard Hughes-Political Blogger This video clearly shows the extremist views that drives the hatred fuelled attacks against Palestinians that our Canadian Government supports and extols. Other supporters of the…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Day 2 of talks with mediator Vince Ready, now seemingly immersed, are going well enough that are continuing and we are not hearing exactly how it is…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger This is really the first day where there is any chance of progress since the Strike-Lockout began. The gamey Education Minister Peter Fassbender had been insisting on…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Every once in awhile commonsense and decency trumps greed and avarice, not often, but it is news when it happens. Our PM Steve Harper has polished up…
From the New York Times By FARES AKRAM and JODI RUDOREN GAZA — The banks reopened, the markets were crowded, workers began repairing downed electric lines and bulldozers cleared rubble…
Here is a stunning report from Common Dreams by Jon Queally, Common Dreams staff writerA draft of the UN panel’s synthesis report on the global scientific community’s assessment of human-caused…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Canada has been described as a beautiful country, peaceful and inhabited by warm, friendly people. For decades we were respected and in part earned our reputation way…
The photo of this brilliant Blue Throated Macaw caught my eye and drew me in to read Cowichan Citizen reporter Kevin Rothbauer’s story about the amazing work of Shawnigan’s April…