Gwen and I raised three adult children in North Vancouver. Each lives in our community with seven grandchildren, 12 years and younger. I have worked in accounting and financial management and publish IN-SIGHTS.CA with news and commentary about public issuesv.
The Times, Dec 11/09, Terror police to monitor nurseries for Islamic radicalization Nursery-age children should be monitored for signs of brainwashing by Islamist extremists, according to a leaked police memo obtained by […]
Sometimes, it is easy to separate truth from codswallop. Further Evidence of Richard Colvin to the Special Committee on Afghanistan Stephen Harper’s Government might be astonished to hear allegations of Canadian complicity […]
Lululemon Athletica was publicly scolded by VANOC for unveiling a cheeky product line in honour of a “Cool Sporting Event That Takes Place in British Columbia Between 2009 & 2011.” For the […]
“Maybe the salmon will return a year later,” [federal fisheries minister Gail] Shea said in an interview on CBC radio’s All Points West during her visit to Prince Rupert yesterday. “Nobody knows […]
Much of what I’ve written on this blog is critical of the administration of justice, particularly in policing and specifically within the RCMP. Critics suggest that I am naively unfair and misunderstand […]
The Independent, Dec 3/09 Jerome Taylor: I was questioned over my harmless snapshot I was on the South Bank of the Thames trying to compose a shot of the Houses of Parliament […]
The Sunday Edition for December 13th, 2009: Introduction: Paul Kennedy is both the RCMP’s strongest critic and its staunchest supporter. With his findings on the horrific death of Robert Dziekański and its […]
Michael Enright introduction: There are two public images of the RCMP. There’s the historical almost mythical image of the Horsemen in Red Serge taming the west, bringing law and order to a […]
An editorial by The Globe and Mail, December 9, 2009: By giving out false information on the fatal tasering of the Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski, and refusing to correct the errors for […]
Update: voices heard. The artwork is restored. From Marsha Lederman at the Globe and Mail, Vancouver orders removal of anti-Olympic mural: The city of Vancouver has ordered the removal of a mural […]
I talk to the wind My words are all carried away I talk to the wind The wind does not hear The wind cannot hear. I’m on the outside looking inside What […]
Well, there is good news and bad news about my Christmas decorations this year. Good news is that I truly out did myself this year with my Christmas decorations. The bad news […]
From Andrew MacLeod at The Tyee, Sun’s Olympic Reporter Was Paid to Write for IOC’s Magazine: The Vancouver Sun’s lead reporter on the Olympics, Jeff Lee, has over the years written […]
From a forum at RadioWest.ca I was listening to the 11:30 news on CKNW yesterday morning. It was sponsored by doggydoo.ca, a pet waste removal company. Could there possibly be a more […]
As you read this American story, consider how BC Liberals aim to privatize health services to corporations who will put profit before people. Exclusive: Temp Firms a Magnet for Unfit Nurses By […]
April 1, 2009, Statement from Metropolitan Police: A member of the public went to a police officer on a cordon in Birchin Lane, junction with Cornhill to say that there was a […]
In the news we find another community sports person accused of sexual misconduct with a child. This one hits close to home, literally and figuratively, because it originates in my home area, […]
Returned from a quick visit south of the border, I cast the one good eye over news of recent days. There is a target rich environment but I couldn’t decide on a […]
Thomas Jefferson: The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be […]
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