A typical Western Canadian scene: snapped in Edmonton, Alberta, in 2014. The Scotch, as we used to say when I was growing up in B.C., pretty much built Western Canada,…
In the old days of BC politics, Minister Bennett would fall on his sword, says Rafe Mair (Youtube / Got News Network) One day, in 1863, Mr. Byrne decided to…
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan continues to be a thorn in Kinder Morgan’s side (Image: Youtube) Read this Aug. 11 story by Jennifer Moreau in the Burnaby Now on Burnaby Council’s…
BC Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett (CP) By Alex Hanson The Bill Bennett dog and pony show has been wheeled out in the media once again, this time…
Blame the BC Liberals’ lax regulations for Mount Polley Mine, says Rafe Mair (BC Liberal facebook page) The Mount Polley Mine/Imperial Metals disaster is such that one scarcely knows where…
The Common Sense Canadian’s Damien Gillis discusses the BC Liberal government’s real fiscal track record with CFAX radio’s Ian Jessop in Victoria. The two contrast a history of serious cost-overruns…
Ex-BC Green Leader Jane Sterk (left) and Premier Christy Clark on the 2013 campaign trail (Facebook) In BC, conflating environmentalism and politics is a mainstay. Is it possible to restore…
Seeing red: The roof on BC Place Stadium is just one of many cost overruns on the BC Liberals’ watch Oh, for the days of the fast ferries…compared to what…
Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vancouver Council have some tough questions for Kinder Morgan (facebook) By Dene Moore, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – Kinder Morgan has failed to answer many of…
Read this April 9 story from the The Province on the decision by former frontrunner Mike Farnworth’s decision to step aside for colleague John Horgan, leaving the MLA for Juan…
BC Premier Christy Clark during talks with her Alberta counterpart on the proposed Enbridge pipeline Read this April 1 Vancouver Observer story on the revelation through leaked documents that BC…
Alex (right) and father (left) riding dirt bikes. (Photo: Matt Sutton’s Facebook) by Matt Sutton In November, 2013, I drove to Lacombe, Alberta, to visit my Dad and his family,…
Read this Jan. 22 Vancouver Sun editorial by Don Cayo on the folly that is BC Premier Christy Clark’s proposed provincial referendum on funding public transit going forward. You would…
This school playground in Farmington, BC, sits a few hundred meters from a sour gas well (Damien Gillis) Read this December 29 Vancouver Sun story from Stephen Hume on the…
by Sid Tafler As 2013 winds down, veteran BC journalist Sid Tafler looks back at the province’s 2013 election and the surprising (to some) victory of the BC Liberal Party.…
Public interest group IntegrityBC is calling for the resignation of Liberal Agriculture Minister Pat Pimm, following the revelation that he and Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman meddled in an…
BC and Alberta Premiers Christy Clark and Alison Redford (CP photo) Read this Nov. 5 story from The Globe and Mail on the deal reached today by BC Premier Christy…
A screen capture from Gordon Wilson’s youtube endorsement of Christy Clark Some years ago I got into hot water for calling a federal cabinet minister of the female persuasion a…
RED DEER, Alta. – Alberta Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith, under fire by critics as a weak leader and climate change denier, announced Friday she now believes climate change exists and…
Thousands of citizens spoke out against Enbridge at last year’s “Defend Our Coast” rally” (TJ Watt photo) The cynicism of both our senior governments regarding tankers and pipelines is appalling.…
