“One of the most troubling aspects of all of this is the imposition of a non-disclosure clause. “This involved public funds paid out at the eleventh hour, and the clause was added […]
Wild salmon protection – add your name to the message
Dear Prime Minister of Canada – Stephen Harper Your proposed Federal Pacific Aquaculture Regulations http://www.gazette.gc.ca/cg-gc/about-sujet-eng.html were supposed to bring salmon feedlots into compliance with the Constitution of Canada, but instead you are […]
Pogo was right – the enemy is us
This guest column in oregonlive.com is worth reading. While written about Portland, I suspect the admission that too many cyclists flaunt the rules of safe riding could be made in any westcoast […]
Truthiness will set us free
http://www-tc.pbs.org/video/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know.
Substitute "Northeast BC" for New York
While industry ramps up environmental destruction, the British Columbia government moves to self-regulation while reducing royalties and increasing tax credits. Worse than financial gifts to the energy industry are blind eyes turned […]
Some people don’t give a fratteratterpeggaloomer
Forbes, a magazine popular with business people, ranks the happiest countries in the world: “The five happiest countries in the world–Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands–are all clustered in the same […]
Neverending stories never end, chapter n+1
From the Ottawa Citizen, September 2009: The RCMP paid a firm in Arizona more than $44,000 for “executive coaching” and other training for its top official, Commissioner William Elliott, as part of […]
Global News and stealth advertising
Has anyone noticed that Global TV’s Brian Coxford, formerly an award winning investigative newsman, is now doing infomercials in his reports for the News Hour? Finished the recent series for Kevin Falcon and […]
Are we there yet?
Remember that BC Liberals promised us a rose garden. The pain-free HST would amp up the economy, create thousands of new jobs and lower prices through elimination of cascading taxes, greater business […]
I shall fear no evil, because I am the meanest son-of-a-bitch in the valley
Vancouver City Police face a difficult challenge policing in the Downtown Eastside. For as long as anyone breathing today can remember, the DTES has been a receptacle of misery. The reasons are […]
Government helps fund anti-government campaigns
Columnist Don Cayo is one of the Vancouver Sun’s advocates for big business. In the nineties, he ran the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, a corporate-funded charity operating as a think-tank based […]
Refudiate this!
Yesterday, Sarah Palin offered her opinion on a proposal to build a mosque in the vicinity of the September 11th site. Her words: “Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn’t it stab you in […]
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Bigger, better and largely empty – UPDATED
After the folks at Pavco completed the gold plated Vancouver Convention Center and kept the budget overruns down to a few hundred million dollars, they rewarded senior executives with bonuses and “incentive pay.” That is unlikely […]
This guy rants and raves…
The esteemed Columbia Journalism Review, published bi-monthly by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, gets involved in examining how Canadian media has addressed the G20 demonstrations and police counteractions. Craig Silverman […]
To serve and protect
Close Closer Munch !! .
Satire, ridicule or ?
BC Mary’s The Legislature Raids presents Democracy under attack in Canada by Robin Mathews “. . . As if writing a satire or a piece of straight-faced ridicule, Globe and Mail […]
Global TV News will issue a "correction/clarification"
Northern Insights has been a modest blog about political issues affecting Canada’s west coast. So, it was a surprise two days ago when readers began arriving at an hourly rate measured in […]
Oh, the irony
Reddit, an Internet referral site, brought thousands of readers to Northern Insights in the last 24 hours to read about the Global TV News story. Reddit allows readers to comment about any […]
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My stepsonn posted a meme on his Mastodon account with both PP and MC claiming, à la Spartacus, "I'm Stephen…