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.
Bubble Girl Everything’s Cool When her partner speaks, the look says, “Hey, what?” Bystander talks to Mr. Serious Crime Fighter Item found at The Galloping Beaver and viewed at Creative Revolution.
An Oklahoma grandmother is suing El Reno police officers who injured the 87-year-old woman, tasering her twice as she lay in a hospital-type bed in her home. The lawsuit alleges as many as […]
Do you know this person? He was involved in vandalizing police cars in Toronto during G20 demonstrations. He is wearing this Arc’teryx jacket that costs $650 CAD. Bloggers, pass this picture on. […]
A few days ago, I wrote about the visit of an Uninvited Caller. Because of dedicated volunteers and modern conservation efforts, most outcomes of human/bear encounters end safely for both animals and people. […]
July 10, Global TV National 5:30 PDT reported on that day’s Toronto Day of Action for Civil Liberties. Rights advocates called for a complete and independent public inquiry into the police response […]
Wildlife Corridor Well, surprise, surprise. We had a visitor drop in unexpectedly tonight. It’s a warm day so the front door was open as we waited for a cool evening breeze. He […]
Fantastic fabulist Colin Hansen is spending our money advertising about HST. Why do they want to have a public discussion now? Why not before introducing the tax? Why not before the election? […]
Take a close look at the upturned boot. This is a brand new (? recently issued) very distinctive deep black colour combat boot. Note as at Montebello, the special thick heavy corrugated […]
Regular readers here likely visit BC Mary’s The Legislature Raids, the one site that provides or links to most every worthwhile thing written about the corrupt sale of BC Rail. Robin Mathews, […]
Paul Willcocks at Paying Attention wrote The business groups baffling attack on the anti-HST petitions. Paul wondered if it had been a hoax since the action seemed so improbable. Of course, anyone […]
Reader Zweisystem of Rail for the Valley commented on an earlier article. I believe his contribution deserves more exposure. It addresses a mounting concern, which is the efforts of hired guns to […]
“Conventional wisdom has it that education-obsessed Chinese parents send their children to years of arduous after-school tutoring to give them a leg up on the country’s brutal college admissions tests. There may […]
Actor, director, writer, producer Jonathan Lynn is one of those Brits who thinks he can do almost anything in the entertainment business. And, in more than 40 years, he’s pretty much done […]
British comedian Jo Caulfield says you can tell a lot about people from the newspapers they read. For example: If they read the Daily Star, they can’t read. If they read the […]
Rafe Mair says: The plain truth is that the Campbell government has wallowed in deceit and sharp practice from the outset . . . [The] government and especially the premier, have told […]
Corus Radio and CKNW have long featured “Business Analyst” Michael Levy. Lately he has been one of the point players in NW’s effort to help an unpopular government sell the unpopular harmonized sales tax […]
Paul Willcocks at Paying Attention writes No room for retreat on HST. He applies his usual unemotional, logical mind to HST. He cuts through the misinformation, posturing and partisan rhetoric and says the […]
NEWS ITEM: VICTORIA – Finance Minister Colin Hansen noted that business people from around British Columbia are joining the ranks of other business people from around British Columbia who recognize that HST […]
June 23, Global TV News Hour Final led with the Education Minister’s attack on the Vancouver School Board. It gave an in-depth, comprehensive, detailed analytical report on proposed service cuts (many seconds […]
Act of Defiance I’d love to know the inside stories at the westcoast newspapers now owned by American vulture capitalists and their frontman Paul Godfrey. I’ll bet there has been smoking correspondence […]
Calculating greenhouse gas emissions generally focuses on the combustion of fossil fuels. As we are witnessing this summer, another major…
Hi Norm- your recent post reminderd me of an article I just read. Perhaps you saw it https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/is-private-enterprise-best?publication_id=1063805&post_id=207429991&isFreemail=true&r=n60ya&triedRedirect=true
Surrey, White Rock and Delta residents are making their own contribution to this “crude sacrifice.” Based on approximately six northbound…
COMMENT FROM DAILY KOS BY "verasole": Fair point, although you could replace « Canadians » in your title with «…
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King of the Outrageous CEO to average worker pay ratio is Starbucks' Brian Niccol. https://thehill.com/lobbying/5523643-ceo-pay-soars-starbucks-lowes/