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Posted in General on Oct 29th, 2014
As the oldie Frank Sinatra sang about love and marriage, “you can’t have one without the other”. Without free speech, there can be no free press and without that, there can be no democracy. Even at the best of times which these surely are not, A.J. Libeling summed up the sad truth when he said, […]
Posted in General on Oct 27th, 2014
In today’s Sun sports page, there is a wonderful article by Mike Beamish on the 1964 BC Lions, who that year won their first Grey Cup. This was the year after they lost it in Vancouver when Angela Mosca of the Hamilton Tiger Cats, their 1964 opponents, very illegally piled on Willie Fleming after the […]
Posted in General on Oct 20th, 2014
It is with some regret that I form today Apple Haters International. I will be the interim president until the thousands of prospective members from all around the world come, as I suspect, within the next few hours, and we can democratically elect a Board of Trustees, militant variety. There is, of course, a reason […]
Posted in General on Oct 13th, 2014
I am off hockey as many of you will know. It should’ve been a great start for the season. For the Rafe of old, the Canadiens beat the Leafs on opening night, in Toronto, 4 to 3 scoring the winning goal with 33 seconds to go and not on a power-play. In days of yore […]
Posted in General on Oct 7th, 2014
The Christy Clark government’s back down on LNG, as evidenced by the throne speech, is an admission that Ms Clark and her colleagues misled the public in the 2013 election and is an unmitigated disgrace. As we all remember, Ms. Clark, found herself badly behind in that election. Something had to be done. She turned […]
Posted in General on Oct 2nd, 2014
Learning that a substantial donation has been made to UBC for Alzheimers research brought to the attention of the public that former premier Bill Bennett is in an advanced stage of the disease. This is something that friends have known for some time. Wendy and I had dinner with Bill and Audrey just before Bill […]
Posted in General on Sep 21st, 2014
Like millions of Canadians, I consider myself a Scot. Notwithstanding the fact that my maternal grandfather, last name Leigh, came from a distinguished English family – his grandfather was an editor of Punch magazine and has his name carved on the famous table – I tended to go with his wife, my Gram, who was […]
Posted in General on Sep 19th, 2014
Who is this cat Vince Ready, anyway? He seems to drift in and out of labor disputes, like the magic fairy, touching things with his wand and all is well! Don’t get me wrong. I have enormous admiration for Mr. Ready. For many years he has been a positive factor in labor disputes and obviously […]
Uncle Rafe’s first sports analysis 2014–15, or, what to do during the “void”. The “Void” is that time between the end of the World Series and the beginning of spring training. For me, a shut-in, the question arises as to what I shall do during that period. The options, of course, are many. Most would […]
Posted in General on Sep 9th, 2014
The government has won the teacher strike. I use the word “won” advisedly because this is an ongoing struggle which is a long way from over. What they have won is this particular battle. Why do I say this? The teachers are now backed into a corner. There is no face-saving way out. The government […]
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