In an event that proceeds so slowly that it may not end until next week, America celebrates couch potatoes and gladiators. It is a good time to remember George Carlin:
Talking tough, empty words and empty head
There is nothing more laughable than a politician trained in nothing providing direction to executives of the province’s $14-billion dollar monopoly insurer. Speaking to ICBC, British Columbia’s chief law officer “delivered a […]
Don’t miss The Real Story
Ian Reid posed questions about the sale of BC Rail. He asked BC Rail: who knew what, when? Like many other deals constructed by the BC Liberals of Gordon Campbell and Christy […]
Questions about oily business aims
Good thing we have The Tyee and other independent media. If we did not, politicians and industrialists would have an unrestricted pass to conduct business in ways that best line their own […]
CBC pained by public reaction
Jennifer McGuire is general manager and editor in chief of CBC News. Today, with no shortage of hubris, she posted a defence that attempts to explain the broadcaster’s determination to act against […]
BC’s income disparity worst in nation
Look past the political rhetoric, the paid advertisements and the work of reporters shilling for the B.C. Liberals. Look at information generated by the provincial government’s own statistical agency. It tells a […]
Setting economic policy for Canada’s west
China Cheats: Push May Come To Shove, Robert Borosage, Campaign for America’s Future “China cheats – it openly flouts trade laws – and routinely denies it. It restricts access to its markets, […]
Time for BC’s media to admit its conflicts
CBC finally responds publicly, but not completely. Read for yourselves and add your comments. CBC Editor in Chief responds to Ombudsman decision. Be aware though, they do not approve intemperate comments, even […]
Gerald Amos on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway
NO APOLOGY FORTHCOMINGby Gerald Amos, January 8, 2012 “Recently there has been a lot of criticism by supporters of the tar sands, and oil industry front groups, of Canadian non-profit organizations who […]
What Enbridge will bring to coastal BC
Oil spill in Dalian, China, Boston Globe July 2010, in the northeastern port city of Dalian, China, two oil pipelines exploded, sending flames hundreds of feet into the air and burning for […]
What happened to Canada?
Corporations Have No Use for Borders, Chris Hedges, Truthdig “What happened to Canada? It used to be the country we would flee to if life in the United States became unpalatable. No […]
Downstream, from Babelgum
http://www.babelgum.com/embed/3015242 The first original production by and for Babelgum, Downstream focuses on the controversy surrounding the development of Alberta’s oil sands. This beautifully photographed documentary is an eye-opening investigation into one of […]
A modern corporation
Apple: made in China, untaxed profits kept offshore, David Gewirtz, ZDNet Government: “It’s been a banner week for Apple. With Apple’s announcement of Q1 2012 results, the company is now apparently worth […]
Alberta life
Birds Boats Lake Off-Roading Rivers Scenic Drives Louis Helbig aerial art photography Big City Life
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song – Byron
CBC Programming To Highlight “New” Standards? Harv Oberfeld, Keeping it Real
NEB: "ally", First Nations: "adversaries"
Confidential federal tar sands strategy targets Aboriginal and green groups, Greenpeace Canada, January 26, 2012 “As controversy increases over the Harper government’s attacks on environmental groups, Greenpeace Canada today released internal government […]
Ignore this if you don’t believe in science
From Forbes, by Dr. Peter H. Gleick, co-founder and President of the Pacific Institute in Oakland, California. He is an internationally recognized climate and water expert with M.S. and Ph.D. from the […]
The press and the pipeline
Have you noticed a lack of fairness and balance in reporting on Northern Gateway by corporate media? It is not accidental. A similar project in the USA has been examined in detail. […]
Eminent journalists on CBC dilemma
With the CBC’s stubborn refusal to deal with or disclose the conflict of interest faced by its BC Legislative Bureau Chief, Alex Tsakumis and I took the issue to our readers. We […]
Economic development whatever the cost!
For me, whatever might be worthwhile in Stephen Harper’s speech is degraded by his choice of location for delivering it. The Prime Minister of Canada flew to Switzerland to join the world’s […]
in-sights.ca 
Mr. Edwardson, Not that there’s any reason to suspect that what appears in commercial print is “managed” but it’s a…