British Columbia

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Sep 3	Help Us Help Our Children (in Opinion): Feminism has been failing the mothers of people with serious mental illnesses. \|
Sep 3	The Best Way to 'Zero Waste' (in Opinion): We need to rethink our recycling policies and adopt a better approach. \|
Sep 3	Blockbuster Poem VI (in Tyee Books): This week, an opportunity to immerse yourself in language. \|

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Stephen Rees's blog

Sep 1	David Suzuki: Our obsession with private automobiles is unsustainable: Georgia Straight In this opinion piece, the sainted Suzuki is really guilty of lazy thinking. It is much too easy to blame the victim – and concentrate on the vehicles and the people who use them rather than point fingers at the truly guilty parties. The automobile industry would never have...
Aug 30	Portland streetcar success has fueled interest elsewhere: USA Today Sightline’s daily says this piece appeared yesterday, but there does seem to be something very familiar about it. Anyway, I am just back from San Francisco – which seems to be a place which really understands how to use transit – and there is going to be a UBC symposiu...

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Public Eye Online

Sep 2	Brown Envelope hits inboxes: Today, we released the twelfth issue of the Brown Envelope, our exclusive newsletter for Public Eye's donors. Inside, you'll find out: the inside scoop on our future plans for the publication; select findings from our reader survey; and the California... \| Today, we released the twelfth issue of ...
Aug 31	Zeroing in: Last month, we reported former provincial cabinet minister Rick Thorpe recently registered as a lobbyist for a Fortis Inc. subsidiary. Fortis is the same company which will now own 51 percent of a proposed new powerhouse at Columbia Power Corp.'s... \| Last month, we reported former provincial cab...

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paulhillsdon.com

Aug 21	Update on my 2010 resolutions: Although I missed the midpoint of the year, I thought I’d post an update on my 2010 resolutions. This was the first time I’ve ever made any concrete goals for the year, and it’s true what they say – writing down your goals is one of the most important steps to making them ...
Jun 17	Down memory lane: Chretien and Romanow saved ’82 Constitution: I’ve been doing some research lately into Canadian politics in the Trudeau and Mulroney eras in preparation for a history course. While rummaging through the CBC Digital Archives (fantastic resource btw), I found two very interesting clips, especially considering the recent discussions arou...

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BC Election 2013

Sep 2	Letter of support to Jordan Bateman: Langley Township councilman Jordan Bateman made some headlines (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) recently with his comments regarding BC Finance Minister Colin Hansen. Bateman subsequently redacted the comments, and put up an apology instead. The media is going nuts about the matter, but I am simply writing to exp...
Sep 1	Government was contemplating the HST before May 2009: According to a Vancouver Sun post by Vaughn Palmer, there are government documents available (bottom of the article) that clearly discuss the contemplation of implementing the Harmonized Sales Tax before May 2009. The government (specifically Premier Gordon Campbell and Finance Minister Colin Han...

Beyond Robson | Vancouver blog

Sep 3	The Vancouver Fringe Festival 2010: The Vancouver Fringe Festival takes over Granville Island (and selected locations beyond) from September 9th to the 19th. This year's Fringe has plenty of variety and is one of the best bangs for your buck for live theatre in Vancouver. With over 600 performances of its 82 works over an 11 day r...
Sep 3	The Top 10 things to do in Vancouver this fall: We Vancouverites are so spoiled with our summers. We're guaranteed at least 12 weeks of solid, uninterrupted, fabulous weather and we enjoy every minute of it. This year, I refuse to get sad that summer's on its way out. The air is a lovely mix of warm and "winter's coming" breezy and we can st...

The Vancouver Observer

Sep 3	Buzz around Canada's Homeless Soccer team grows: The buzz around Canada's Homeless World Cup team is growing. \|
Sep 3	The American, Going the Distance, Life During Wartime, Machete and two gems at the VanCity Theatre arrive: George Clooney doesn’t say much as The American, a killer hiding out in Italy. But watch those facial expressions and those eyes. ( and read more) \|

David Eby - Blog

Sep 1	The battle for truth over conditions for women in Kamloops cells: There's nothing like taking a long planned (and well deserved) vacation at the end of August to recharge before the fall. Unfortunately for the Executive Director of the Kamloops Elizabeth Fry Society, a group that works on women's prison issues, her vacation has coincided with the biggest women'...
May 21	Mark Emery deported: Marc Emery was deported today to a maximum security prison in the United States. He sold pot seeds to willing American buyers. Not secretly mind you, but openly, paying his taxes to the feds and the province. They took the taxes. They didn't arrest or prosecute him. But when the DEA came knocki...

Dogwood Initiative

Sep 3

Technology: During the course of human history, what three technological inventions have had the most environmental impact in terms of resource consumption and disposal? |

Currents

Sep 1

Political Re-Education Boot Camp: The latest good stuff from those freedom-fighting bad boys (and girls) at The Propagandist. Terror and Liberalism The Roots of Terror Are Ideological Making Hamas Irrelevant The End of Press Freedom in Argentina? Related posts:The Propagandist Goes To War It’s a weird, scary w...

Bill Tieleman

Sep 2

"Refugees in Canada get more government financial aid than seniors"- the phony, lying email that goes around the world: Refugees in United Nations High Commission for Refugees camp - UN photo Refugees Get More than Seniors? Not True!A viral email says refugees in Canada get 'more money than seniors.' I checked it out, and guess what?Bill Tieleman's 24 hours/The Tyee columnTuesday August 31, 2010 By Bill Tieleman ...

BC Vote

Jun 21

Oil Spill in the Gulf: Our coverage of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, its impact on surrounding communities and the natural environment, and the efforts to stop it. | Our coverage of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, its impact on surrounding communities and the natural environment, and the efforts to s...

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