aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu, former BC NDP candidate for Vancouver Fraserview To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB].During the last provincial election, the BC Liberal Party stated in black and white that ...

topics: bc-government, bc-rail, business, candidate, concert

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu, former BC NDP candidate for Vancouver Fraserview To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB].The BC Liberals often claimed that economic development and management are their strength...

topics: 2010-winter-games, business, candidate, economy, election

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

The full title of this film is Encirclement: Neo-liberalism Ensnares Democracy. But I couldn't fit it all into one line, so there you have it. The long title of this film is fitting as the film itself is a rockin' 160 minutes. And those are 160 minut...

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

(Sorry for not updating. Am going to HK for a month& so much to finish before I take my annual holiday.)Anyway, this s just in:Mason Loh loses his nomination bid in Richmond (see previous story). Joe Peschisolido gets it. Raymond Chan loses out in fi...

topics: election, liberal, liberals, nomination, political

aggregated from: North Vancouver Politics.com

I caught up with the popular and former North Shore BC and Federal Green Party candidate Jim Stephenson to ask him if it was true that he was seeking the North Van. Federal Liberal nomination. He said at first he wasn't going to run at all and that i...

topics: candidate, elected, election, environmental, liberal

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

It's our duty to protect the homeless. Should the homeless be allowed to risk their lives by sleeping outside in winter? Should drivers be allowed to risk their lives, should smokers be allowed to risk their lives, should extreme athletes be allowe...

topics: liberal, mayor, ndp

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

After two weeks of intense election-no-election drama in Ottawa, it s obviously by now that we will not have a fall election.Ignatieff has shown he s a gambler, and he has strategically changed the ecological environment in Ottawa. Now after years of...

topics: economy, election, employment, federal-government, health-care

aggregated from: Legislature Raids

.Liberal Sen. Mobina Jaffer to undergo conduct review by BC Law SocietyBy: Tamsyn BurgmannTHE CANADIAN PRESS - Sept. 15, 2009VANCOUVER, B.C. - Liberal Sen. Mobina Jaffer is being disciplined by the B.C. Law Society over allegations she bilked a relig...

topics: investigation, liberal

aggregated from: Paying attention

The last NDP government blew up in spectacular fashion, tossed out in 2001 for a long list of sins. Two were critical. The public decided the New Democrats were both untrustworthy and incompetent. (Rightly, I would add.)It's early days, but the Libe...

topics: election, liberal, liberals, ndp, new-democrats

aggregated from: Stephen Rees's blog

Vancouver SunFederal money in Canada does not come easily. It comes with conditions and a timetable. In this case infrastructure spending intended to boost the economy was authorised for only shovel ready projects that could start straight away...

topics: economy, election, environment, gateway, liberal