Reader Larry Elford left an interesting comment when The Tyee asked How do you like the new Globe and Mail: I call this and other “business” media in Canada a “salespaper” instead of […]
Salespaper, not a newspaper
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.
More friends helping friends?
It is a good time to consider one or two existing stories, while sycophantic media fans are “busily wiping Gordon Campbell’s tears.” Emily Barca is not one of those. At Vancouver Observer, […]
AGT shames the MSM
Alex Tsakumis throws a high, hard strike on the inside corner: “And now a word to those in the media, who are busily wiping Gordon Campbell’s tears: Shame on you. Are you […]
Sergeant Schultz was not the only one, again
From the Globe and Mail, Tory MP’s former employer targeted by CRA over Swiss tax shelters: While working as a banker more than 15 years ago, Conservative MP Andrew Saxton approved the […]
They’ve never lied to us before, right?
Squamish newspaper The Chief examined evidence put forward by Vancouver power-blogger Laila Yuile and statements of PAB media spokespersons with the Ministry of Transport. Document reveals Sea to Sky Highway being ‘shadow’ […]
Open, democratic and civil debate, for whom?
To have an open, democratic and civil discussion, all citizens must have a voice and a platform. The mainstream media in this province knows little about open discussions. I tried to engage the Editorial Pages Editor in correspondence, asking Vancouver Sun to open the Op-Ed page to people with ideas that occasionally stray from the newspaper’s agenda. Mihlar had not the courtesy to respond. So how do opponents of mainstream concepts participate in open, democratic and civil debates?
We are owed an honest explanation
Omnia causa fiunt – everything happens for a reason. When the captain who carefully plots his own course suddenly and radically alters direction, I ask why. What changed for Premier Gordon Campbell […]
Recognizing a deserving citizen journalist
Monday night, I left this comment at The Legislature Raids, a website by BC Mary (AKA Mary Mackie). Campbell will be the first major Canadian politician chased from office by a citizen’s […]
The people spoke
Please, preserve the evidence. Does Paul Taylor now get another six figure handshake and goodbye? Campbell’s pending departure is a major story because it demonstrates there is a new game today when […]
What the meaning of ‘is’ is, again.
The defining moment of Bill Clinton’s political career might be his statement to a grand jury, claiming he wasn’t lying about Monica Lewinsky when he said, “There’s nothing going on between us.” […]
D’oh!
CBC News is reporting that the new sort-of-partially-retractable $600 million roof at BC Place cannot open or close when the weather is rainy or windy. I suppose that means none of the […]
Laila Yuile refutes the BC Government refutation
What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; Laila Yuile offers another chapter in her reporting about Shadow Tolls. It seems the […]
Premier still doesn’t get the need for honest debate
I usually whine about the Vancouver Sun’s lack of balance when reporting on political and economic affairs. So they deserve credit for publishing this piece, a Chad Skelton item that does not praise […]
Judges "must be seen to be independent and impartial" – Beverley McLachlin
“In its majestic equality the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets or steal a loaf of bread.” Anatole France – 1894 Justice Anne Mackenzie had […]
Fair and balanced – to whom?
I notice the Globe & Mail is hosting a Thursday morning live discussion to examine Gordon Campbell’s $100,000 speech to the province. Or, was that a $568 million speech? Columnist Gary Mason […]
Which services should be eliminated to pay for the income tax cut?
Quick thoughts on the Premier’s address: Hope Global TV and Corus were well paid for broadcasting this. They’ve been loyal soldiers for the Liberals, deserving of rewards. The tax cut offers something […]
BC’s police accountability shame will continue indefinitely
Globe and Mail’s Ian Bailey writes Police related deaths in British Columbia: British Columbia had twice as many jail and police-related deaths as much more populous Ontario in a recent 15-year period […]
No crooks in this story
Like Fox News, I want In-Sights to be fair and balanced. Therefore, after the encomium of my previous blog entry, this one will demonstrate how Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer pulls punches to […]
Aunt Blabby wants to know who is using her name?
From Neal Hall, of the Vancouver Sun’s Nothing to See Here Department: Kieran’s e-mail said he had been fishing that day with Paul Taylor, then deputy minister to finance minister Collins, and […]
From July 2010 – A cheapjack’s parachute is stained
Tales from the True History of a Young Man’s Adventures as a Fortune-Teller, Grafter, Knocker-Worker, and Mounted Pitcher on the Market-Places and Fairgrounds of a Modern and Enterprisingly Romantic British Columbia: April […]
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