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Posted in General on Sep 5th, 2014
I have not commented on the teacher’s strike for the very good reason that I can’t think of much to say. To start with I have no children or grandchildren in the system. They’re all too old for that now. I did, however, have a special needs grandson who went through the school system complete […]
Posted in General on Aug 23rd, 2014
I am going to try to provide a public service – one I have been concerned about for many years. It concerns the law of defamation. Athana Mentzelopoulos, Deputy Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training with the Provincial Government has sued Rob Fleming, NDP, MLA for making false and malicious statements about her salary, […]
Posted in General on Aug 20th, 2014
The announcement about the inquiry into the Mount Polley Dam disaster is outrageous! As a matter of fact I find it hard to write this article because I simply can’t believe the dishonesty of the minister Bill Bennett and the minister Mary Pollock. By careful but not very clever design, this inquiry from the outset […]
Posted in General on Aug 15th, 2014
I see that radio station CKNW is making some dramatic changes to its programming. Let me declare my interest. I worked for NW as a broadcaster for 19 years and I am very proud of the association. I still consider myself part of that CKNW that I always knew. I was very badly treated by […]
Posted in General on Aug 13th, 2014
The King is dead – Long live the king! To kill Tiger Woods off may be premature as it may be to crown Rory McElroy as the new king. That, however, is what the golf jocks are determined to do and, after all, drumming up the excitement that follows this theory is what being a […]
Posted in General on Aug 11th, 2014
“The Puritan hates bearbaiting not so much for the pain it gives the bear but the pleasure it gives the spectator” – Macaulay. I find as I trip through life that my attitude towards a lot of things has changed dramatically. So it is with animals. I grew up in a pretty ordinary family. My […]
Posted in General on Aug 5th, 2014
I find myself in a pissing match with a regular group of emailers I think I can categorize as those who are dubious about the mainstream media and invariably tend to come down on whatever side of an issue the United States is not on. I have no quarrel per se with such a group […]
Posted in General on Jul 29th, 2014
Ian Toothill runs Sense, an organization which started by fighting photo radar and is dedicated, so it says, “to traffic safety through education not controlling speed”. Somehow these two terms are supposed to be mutually exclusive. Dr. Perry Kendall is a BC Health Officer, who has that rare combination of information and common sense. He […]
Posted in General on Jul 26th, 2014
We have seen their sort before. I certainly have. The story is that James Moore, the leading Tory MP, so we’re led to believe, is critical of Justin Trudeau and Thomas Mulcair, Canada’s opposition leaders, coming to British Columbia to talk about the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal. He is quoted as saying “if Justin Trudeau […]
Posted in General on Jul 24th, 2014
This article was passed along to me by IC Magazine. It was written by Barbara Fraser, and published by Environmental Health News. Because of the importance of the subject matter, it is reproduced here it its entirety. CUNINICO, Peru – On the last day of June, Roger Mangía Vega watched an oil slick and a […]
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