Item: Vancouver school year shortened 10 days to deal with a budget shortfall. Item: Between the 2001–02 and 2008–09 school years, 176 public schools in BC have been closed, unprecedented in BC […]
Final solution
Leadership race warming?
Victoria pundit Les Layne says, “Before she became a very adroit politician, [Carole] Taylor was a veteran broadcaster. She never says anything by accident.” B.C.’s Carole Taylor joins outcry against HSTBy Justine […]
Markets – incorruptible gods, unless they are not
Indisputable evidence that self-regulation leads to disaster, one more example:From McClatchy Newspapers, Apr 22/09 WASHINGTON — A Senate panel investigating the causes of the nation’s financial crisis on Thursday unveiled evidence that […]
Site C – first purpose
On April 10, Northern Insights reported that Liberals will force BC Hydro to provide firm-power to private producers for export. Privates want a choice of selling to BC Hydro or contracting with […]
Modern public service
Justice Department lawyer Alain Prefontaine would not provide a date for the Military Police Complaints Commission as when it could expect the release of documents relating to the transfer of prisoners by […]
Voters have not forgiven . . .
On April 17, AngusReid Public Opinions published a poll on the British Columbia political scene. BC Liberals Plummet as HST looms; British Columbians Want a New Party This is the analysis provided […]
The fix was in
Harvey Oberfeld may be the éminence grise of the western Canadian blog world. Or, perhaps I should rephrase that to the more respectable ‘world of online journalism.’ He says he writes now […]
Sandler said, "I can’t stand the abuse of power. . . ‘
Northern Insights / Perceptivity repeatedly directs readers to ProPublica, an American non-profit investigative news agency. I link to that site because it is one of the most useful sources of original news. […]
Crown Prince of Untruth speaks
Backed against the wall, British Columbia’s Crown Prince of Untruth complains about Vander Zalm’s veracity? It could only be more absurd had King Gordon spoke those words. Absurdity, thy home is British […]
When regulators do not believe in regulation
I began writing an article about tobacco companies convicted of multi-billion dollar fraud through smuggling schemes to escape punitive taxation of poisonous products sold to slow-witted youth and the addicted. I thought […]
BBC Radio 4 – audience participation
I get a political fix from the BBC Radio4 Now Show
When the lead story is nothing at all
Would you be surprised if the federal government announced they were going to begin checking airliners for missing jet engines, pilots for defective vision or horses on the payroll for signs of […]
Influence byond reason – Rerun
Update:People involved with a certain unnamed think tank have been making noises about articles in a certain unnamed blog. They are concerned about that which is politely called “publication of allegedly defamatory […]
Other inconvenient truth
Alex G. Tsakumis is using his opinion site to pummel a few people at Vancouver City Hall. He’s pounding the lightweights but also the presumed heavyweights. Truth is they have all been […]
Life summarized by four bottles
Thank you David R., who, incidentally, was an actually funny class clown 50 years or so ago. He says, “Shit, we’re on #3!” Priceless.
Why independent online journalism matters
For profit potential, newspapers are not attractive investments today. In fact, operating returns, if they exist at all, are ancillary. The primary purpose now is to affect public opinion and leverage that […]
Happy birthday to us
On today’s first birthday of Northern Insights, we’ve had more readers than ever before and also enjoyed a record for weekly readership this past 7 days. I’m proud to have participated in […]
One more raygun with scary sound fx off the street
We learned this week of four brave gun-toting Quesnel RCMP officers doing a violent take-down of 90 pound Rodney Moffat, a disabled, mentally challenged, 49 year-old man. Someone had reported Moffat might […]
Quid pro quo: softball treatment of Liberal improprieties
Today, Global TV is applauding their ‘exclusive’ role in broadcasting the Kevin Falcon press release news story about patient centered funding in hospitals. Global says big changes are coming that will be […]
Save Your Skin Foundation
I am discouraged by near endless stories of people who wrong society and care little because they value financial gain above all. It doesn’t matter if it is an unethical business person […]
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The US influence extends it's foreign policy to unwitting allies with the UK and Canada being prime examples. With this…