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Anabel Hernández:

"If we remain silent, we kill freedom, justice and the possibility that a society armed with information may have power to change the situation that has brought us to this point."

In dealing with the Climate Emergency, our biggest enemy is no longer climate denial but climate delay – Ed Miliband

“Nothing is more dangerous than the illusion of action.”

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Enright talks to Kennedy, again

By Norm Farrell on December 14, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

CBC’s Michael Enright talked to Paul Kennedy

By Norm Farrell on December 14, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

News about the dark side

By Norm Farrell on December 13, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

More artwork

By Norm Farrell on December 13, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

Civic irony, but the mural is now restored

By Norm Farrell on December 13, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Talking to the wind

By Norm Farrell on December 11, 2009 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

A friend says we need levity here

By Norm Farrell on December 9, 2009 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

Lying with dogs, rising with fleas

By Norm Farrell on December 8, 2009 • ( 2 Comments )

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 […]

Synergy?

By Norm Farrell on December 8, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Privatization offers one sure result

By Norm Farrell on December 5, 2009 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

A story evolves

By Norm Farrell on December 4, 2009 • ( 2 Comments )

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 […]

Time for something completely different

By Norm Farrell on December 3, 2009 • ( 2 Comments )

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, […]

Meddling in affairs of wizards

By Norm Farrell on December 2, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Not keeping the waters pure

By Norm Farrell on November 28, 2009 • ( 5 Comments )

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 […]

Monumental monumentality

By Norm Farrell on November 25, 2009 • ( 4 Comments )

Alex G. Tsakumis, online journalist, describes Gordon Campbell and doing so, provides a text book example of word economy. When the American Psychiatric Association, which knows naught about word economy, describes Narcissistic […]

They gots some ‘splainin’ to do

By Norm Farrell on November 24, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

The platinum crew on the bridge of the good ship B.C. Ferries has got some ‘splainin’ to do. The provincial comptroller-general reported that executive salaries and director’s fees, which exceed public-sector guidelines, […]

Global TV, one thumb up

By Norm Farrell on November 24, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

I complained repeatedly about reporting inadequacies of Vancouver’s Global TV News so, to be fair, I’ll say well done for tonight’s story reporting on West Vancouver School Superintendent Geoff Jopson. Strangely, the […]

Patronage, applied Liberally

By Norm Farrell on November 23, 2009 • ( 1 Comment )

Northern Insights recently reminded readers about the BC Liberal Gravy Train that rumbles through obscure and remote locations, boarding a few special travelers. Despite disposition of its main operating assets in 2003, […]

Sell Out

By Norm Farrell on November 20, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

“Sell Out” is a song by fabulous California ska punk band Reel Big Fish, released as the first track on their 1996 album Turn The Radio Off. It may be a good […]

Justice still waiting – Why?

By Norm Farrell on November 20, 2009 • ( 6 Comments )

October 25, 2009 was the one year anniversary of Orion Hutchinson’s death. There are still no charges against the driver of the car that struck the young cyclist. Attorney General of BC […]

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