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…
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Christy Clark’s Personal Fight Against BC Teachers Is Taking its’ Toll
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…
John Horgan: Time for premier to set a new tone with teachers
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…
Amazon Indian Warriors Beat and Strip Illegal Loggers in Battle for Jungle’s Future
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…
Opposition Leader John Horgan: “The Teachers Should Keep Up Their Action.”
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…
Video: Deconstructing Christy Clark spin on teachers strike and lockout
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…
Ricochet
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…
Why I Left The NDP-Sana Hassainia, the MP for Verchères-Les Patriotes
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…
Jane Kilthei Spells it Out For The BC Liberal Premier
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…
Horgan Calls On Premier To Respect Teachers and our Public Educuation System
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…
Hey BCTF Teachers-Loose Lips Sink Ships–Tell Media to Call BC Federation President Jim Iker
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…
Ultra Zionists Protest Marriage Between An Israeli and a Muslim- Other Israeli’s Stood In Support of the Wedding
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…
BCTF-BC Government Continue Talks Behind Closed Doors
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…
Pivotal meeting underway between mediator Vince Ready, BCTF and BCPSEA
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…
Canada-EU trade deal threatened by EU lawmakers
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…
New York Times-As Truce Holds, Dazed Gazans Get Down to Business
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…
‘Severe… Pervasive… Irreversible”: IPCC’s Devastating Climate Change Conclusions
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…
Canada rated as peaceful but risking environmental practices that threaten natural beauty
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…
Shawnigan’s April Sanderson Works To Save The Blue Throated Macaws
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…