Before he was elected Premier, Gordon Campbell wrote, When government does its business behind closed doors, people will invariably believe that government has something to hide. Secrecy feeds distrust and dishonesty. Openness […]
RCMP intention without action is useless
Superintendent Wayne Rideout appeared again at the Braidwood Inquiry and talked about the RCMP’s ability to conduct investigations of itself. Speaking personally, he said the present system results in an unwinnable predicament, […]
Papering the house
Opening and closing pageants, figure skating finals and the hockey medal round; those are easy sells. Hockey tickets for Germany vs Belarus or for sports such as skeleton, curling, biathlon, synchronized snow […]
BC Liberal movement grows stinky
How many Liberal MLAs does it take to change a light bulb? Forty-nine. One to do the job, one to supervise the motion from the Speaker’s chair and 47 to blame the […]
And, the winner is . . .
KABUL, Sept. 20 — The big winner in the fraud-ridden, never-ending Afghanistan elections is turning out to be a party not even on the ballot: the Taliban. A stream of revelations about […]
Slow ferry fumble
Judging by the increases in BC Ferries’ executive compensation, I must be missing something. Fares are up and service is down. Ridership has declined after years of unbroken growth. Something else must […]
Not easy being clean . . .
Hot day, cold fudgsicle. What else would you expect? Now fully grown, she turned out quite perfectly. Happy birthday Jenn!
Wild Salmon Circle, a citizens’ group
A RALLY FOR WILD SALMON SAT. OCT. 3, 2009 Turn the Tide – Stand up for Wild Salmon WHERE: The Vancouver Art Gallery, on Georgia between Hornby and Howe WHEN: October 3, […]
Not out of sight, not out of mind
Afghanistan is a conflict that can no longer be out of sight or out of mind. Bill Moyers made that statement to Americans but it is apt in this country with the […]
The Pundit’s Progress
In the archives of this blog, readers might find one, two or more blusters directed at very experienced—and highly visible—professional pundits. For example, I wrote that both Vaughn Palmer and Keith Baldrey […]
Stop BC Education Cuts!
A forum to help all BC parents and public education advocates stand up together and send a strong message to our MLAs and provincial government that our public school students cannot afford […]
Too good to miss
At Public Eye Online, Dawn Steele, a person who makes comments that are always perceptive and incontrovertible, talks about schools being unfunded for urgent maintenance while gigantic infrastructure projects proceed. She says: […]
Keeping BC strong
Pre-Election – The Promise Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon talks about building BC’s transportation network: We’re providing TransLink with $4.8 million to purchase a new, third Seabus and help reduce traffic and greenhouse […]
One more election promise betrayed
This man is guilty of deceit. Remember when he asked for your vote and promised to protect education and health care? It’s one thing to let an old guy wait for by-pass […]
Waiting for the rest of the story
June 9 2009, Delta police recommended charges of dangerous driving causing death and impaired driving causing death against RCMP Corporal Benjamin “Monty” Robinson. The Delta police department refused to explain why it […]
The Piper extracts payment
Are recent BC Liberal supporters – the ones who claim to be leading guardians of the environment – satisfied with 2009 Budget Redux? We should ask the David Suzuki Foundation, Tzeporah Berman, […]
Verdict unanimous: guilty of deceit
The consensus is clear. Gordon Campbell, Colin Hansen and their Liberal colleagues based the 2009 election campaign and the two 2009 budgets on centrally crafted deceit. Both deserve no confidence and should […]
Letter from Alexandra Morton
BC is in the Pink! Thank you all.As I cruise the waters of northern Vancouver Island, near Sointula, Port McNeill, Alert Bay and the Broughton, fat and sassy little pink salmon are […]
Back to front
With the pols back at work or play in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, I thought an early entry at Northern Insights should come back to the front. It will help […]
HST wound festers
In his blog Paying Attention, Paul Willcocks makes an interesting point about the impact of HST on ordinary citizens. The effect is larger than initially announced. Paul offers The six things you […]
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Is Reality finally having an adverse impact on The White House? https://www.rawstory.com/leavitt-miller-pretti/ "White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt refused to defend…