Ask General Kang: Do you pardon your followers, even if they did something wrong?
I would never pardon a follower if they did ME wrong, but if they made a “mistake” and were then penalized by the legal community, I might decide to save…
Nostalgia can be taken to the extreme
I’m a history buff – in particular a Canadian history buff, so I didn’t mind the Conservatives were trying hard (and still are trying hard) to get Canadians to pay…
Quebec’s Lac-Mégantic oil train disaster not just tragedy, but corporate crime
Five days after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, the rural town resembles a scene of desolation. Its downtown is a charred sacrifice zone. 50…
Quebec’s Lac-Mégantic oil train disaster not just tragedy, but corporate crime
Five days after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, the rural town resembles a scene of desolation. Its downtown is a charred sacrifice zone. 50…
Disposition costs in valuing family assets
Willie v. Willie, 2013 BCCA 318 deals with the often confusing issue of when disposition costs ought to be considered in valuing family assets. The British Columbia court said in…
Emails Undeleted
Hard to figure out exactly what’s going on here, at least for me. Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian’s statement suggests that Ministry of Government Services staff found the long-gone…
Highly Diffused Government #nlpoli
By now, plenty of people in Newfoundland and Labrador have likely heard finance minister Jerome Kennedy’s comments about his party’s last election platform. “You used the word promise,” Kennedy said…
Yet Another Disaster You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
The Eastmain fire is the largest wildfire in Canada since 1959, and is almost as big as all the wildfires that have burned in the US so far this year.…
B.C. Premier Christy Clark wins Westside-Kelowna, returns to legislature
by: Obert Madondo | Twitter: @Obiemad: Premier Christy Clark. (Photo: via Facebook) Christy Clark got what she desperately needed to remain premier of British Columbia: a seat in the provincial…
David Hardon, R.I.P.
An old friend passed a while ago. I’m sad about that and full of regret that we went separate ways long ago and never reconnected. Dave Hardon wasn’t famous outside…
Changes on way to BC private power policy? Energy minster offers interesting answers
BC Liberal Energy Minister Bill Bennett came on CBC’s Early Edition Monday to answer some of the mounting questions regarding BC Hydro’s financial troubles and his party’s energy policies. Suffice…
Full beauty…
Such gorgeous fat positive images here if what you’re reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages…
Full beauty…
Such gorgeous fat positive images here if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages…
Full beauty…
Such gorgeous fat positive images here if what you’re reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages…
The Harper Regime’s War on the Maple Leaf
I have no idea why Stephen Harper and his Con minions have such a love affair with royalty.I have no idea why they want to turn us into a colony…
Tall tales in the post-truth era
I’ve often wondered why Grouse Mountain’s single wind generator sits idle, even as the breezes blow. Talking about the wind machine standing above North Vancouver, BC Hydro’s CEO said, “Grouse…
Forum, deconstructed
Here. Will anyone at the Star listen? Don’t be silly.
As the tables turn
Hey! Good news, pretty well the entire planet has become more corrupt. Of course corruption is great for business! Just look at the markets over the same period of time!…