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Posted in General on Dec 11th, 2011
A guest blog by Phil Carson of Coombs, BC: Why should we care about 150 acres of Coastal Douglas Fir forest with an uninspiring bureaucratic name like DL 33? Alberta’s tar sands have already turned 1000 times as much boreal forest into a heart wrenching industrial waste land. The British Columbia government removed a forest [...]
Posted in General on Dec 10th, 2011
This article is a shameless, self aggrandizing, humble and blatant bit of self promotion. I have a new book called The Home Stretch published online through Amazon.com for the modest price of $9.99 (apparently $10 is too high but 9.99 is just right.) This book arose out of research I did for my TV show [...]
Posted in General on Oct 18th, 2011
Rafe is interviewed by Jay Peachy on Oct. 16, near the Occupy Wild Salmon tent at the Vancouver Art Gallery. “It’ll work if one thing happens; that the people here, particularly the young people, get out and vote in the next election.”
Posted in General on Sep 26th, 2011
Back in my radio days I would always do a bit of a travelogue after a trip. I haven’t done so for many years but the cruise Wendy and I just took was so extraordinary I thought you might like to hear about. It – including a couple of dodgy bits none of which detracted [...]
Posted in General on Jul 9th, 2011
I have had a rocky relationship with royalty although I must admit it doesn’t seem to have troubled them! It started when I was a little boy of 8 when my cousin Hugh Bardon and I stood on 41st Avenue to watch King George and Queen Elizabeth whiz by so fast that had I sneezed [...]
Posted in General on May 28th, 2011
I’m astonished and hugely flattered to learn that a long time listener and reader of my stuff, Gavin Bamber, has nominated three of my books for recognition as the top Canadian political books of the past 25 years by Samara. This about Samara and the awards. 25 Influential Books on Politics: Samara will be collecting [...]
Posted in General on Apr 15th, 2011
This will not be the most popular column I’ve ever done but it must be said. I want to talk about the Allan Schoenborn case, the one where the killer of his three children is to be allowed out of hospital on a limited basis. The attitudes of both Attorney-General Barry Penner (who should know [...]
Posted in General on Mar 9th, 2011
The following will demonstrate, as if that were necessary, that the Liberal Government has lied through its teeth. Below is a direct quote from Colin Hansen, found by Googling “Colin Hansen, private power” Here’s what Hansen says: “ … where we can encourage small companies to build small scale hydroelectric projects that are run [...]
Posted in General on Dec 29th, 2010
I must warn you that I’m meaner than a junkyard dog today – and on two unrelated matters that somehow focused my attention on one big issue. It started when I went into the Hudson’s Bay in Park Royal North to buy some underwear and could find no one to direct me. I had to [...]
Posted in General on Dec 20th, 2010
I can’t for the life of me understand why any Liberal would vote for Christy Clark nor why any sane voter would vote for her. Here again is the time I say (truthfully, I assure you), that it’s very hard to pillory people you like but as Ms. Clark evidently never learned, political journalists are [...]
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