Honorable Mention Michener Awards Mark Hume has had a distinguished career as a BC journalist and he certainly deserves fair treatment. After correspondence with Mark, I want to clarify statements about the […]
Globe & Mail writer Mark Hume responds
Norm Farrell
Gwen and I raised three adult children in North Vancouver. Each lives in this community, as do our seven grandchildren. Before retirement, I worked in accounting and small business management. Since 2009, I have published commentary about public issues at IN-SIGHTS.CA.
From the highly principled world of business
News item from Financial Times Hedge fund managers are hiring security firms to sweep their offices and homes for listening devices, security experts say, in reaction to the US government’s insider trading […]
Accountable to no one, part 2
This is a question I directed in the last week to P. Kariya, Executive Director of the Independent Power Producers Association of BC, AKA Clean Energy BC. “Does your organization have a […]
Accountable to no one, part 1
Before today, I sent out a few messages asking questions related to alleged journalists being paid to attend events sponsored by those associated with groups the journalist, or their colleagues, may cover. […]
Friends help friends
In the preceding article, Motorcycle guy pointed us to the speakers schedule for a conference of the Independent Power Producers of BC, the savvy folks who changed their name to one that […]
Green Day says "Know Your Enemy" – updated
IPPBC – Attendees by Company 2005 http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=49158924&access_key=key-29r1tysn3ja8ke0mi6lv&page=1&viewMode=list Panel Schedule 091031 http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=49230050&access_key=key-qjnf5gh3bngc6q0yvdy&page=1&viewMode=list
About debt and interest, public interest
If you sold your house and put the money in your chequing account would you say you had a surplus? This is what the Liberals have done by selling BC Rail and […]
Globe deserves this comment: "Cancel my subscription"
The Globe and Mail’s western bureau has usually ranked ahead of Postmedia newspapers in its coverage of British Columbia politics although that is like winning a $500 claiming race in which the […]
Susan Heyes press release – Canada Line Appeal Decision – Feb 18 2011
We have a Legal System here in BC – but do we have Justice? On May 27th, 2009, after four years of litigation, BC Supreme Court Justice, Ian Pitfield, awarded $600,000 in […]
Is he or is he not? REPLAY from 2009
A comment by a person known only as MONTY, titled “Mr. Campbell is not a well man”, showed up on a Rafe Mair article published in The Tyee: As a psychologist I […]
Hospital in "serious decay" is also "unmatched in the province"
February 17, Global’s News Hour showed an example of how real reporting gives way to messaging with another purpose. Brian Coxford, who usually handles the infomercials within Global’s newscasts, spent moments near […]
The true north strong and fairly free
When Egyptian people rose against the ruling order, government response shut down the internet and cell phone networks. Nine Internet Service Providers (ISPs) out of ten were affected. Noor Data Networks was […]
Breaking news from Alex Tsakumis
CTV and The Globe and Mail Had Documents in Advance of Hearing .
Madoff investors victimized twice
The army of lawyers and consultants helping to recover funds from Bernard Madoff’s fraud stands to earn more than $1.3 billion in fees, according to new figures that detail the cost of […]
Hansen – true to his word, sort of
Will McMartin notes the Finance Minister is unchanged, “Hansen was true to his word — he didn’t set out any ‘new directions.’ A new direction for a BC Liberal finance minister would […]
Where is the media outrage over lies of political appointees?
In Alibi for Ignorance, I quoted Will McMartin, one of BC’s few political journalists worthy of respect: “The paucity of comment [over increased public debt] is in stark contrast to the 1990s […]
Public service is so, so rewarding
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada 2/16/11 (PennWell) — Innergex Renewable Energy Inc announced it will buy privately-owned Cloudworks Energy Inc for C185 million (US187 million), expanding its hydroelectric power assets in the Canadian […]
The smartest guys in the room negotiate contracts
Since the beginning of time, the public built facilities in partnerships with private industry. Typically, government determined needs according to its priorities, hired consultants for design and tendering, awarded work to the […]
Get out your handkerchief – and your wallet
Gerry Hummel’s full size piece about this BC Liberal enrichment program may be seen at The Common Sense Canadian. While there, read BC Hydro Driving Rates Higher, the work of economist Erik […]
Alibi for ignorance: All I know is what I read in the newspapers
As protests targeting Hosni Mubarak`s regime mounted, broadcaster Bill Good said it was wrong for bloggers to babble about political corruption in British Columbia because wrongdoing in Egypt was so much worse. In […]
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