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Komagata Maru: The story behind the apology

05/19/2016 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Rod Mickleburgh At long last, a formal apology has been delivered in the House of Commons for Canada’s racist behaviour in its shameful treatment of Sikh passengers aboard the Komagata Maru, who had the effrontery to seek immigration to the West Coast more than a hundred years ago. Not only were they denied entry, they […]

Filed Under: Features, Komagata Maru: The story behind the apology Tagged With: Asia, bad behaviour, Britain, British Columbia, Canada, history, immigration, India, law, racism, Sikhs, Vancouver

The Libs pass the science test

02/06/2016 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Mark Leiren-Young In yet another sign that Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have a very different approach to drugs than the previous government, federal Health Minister Jane Philpott yesterday toured Insite, the long-standing supervised injection site on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and called the experience ‘incredibly moving.’”– CBC News Federal Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo says science will […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Conservatives, drugs, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Hunter Tootoo, Jane Philpott, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, oceans, Ontario, Stephen Harper, Tony Clement, Vancouver

Sophie chose

06/16/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Rod Mickleburgh One of the early things I did after ending my daily journalism career of 119 years, besides endless Googling of past Montreal Expo games, was take in the Vancouver public hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in September, 2013. The experience was overwhelming. It’s one thing to read about the unspeakable […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: aboriginals, art, Bill Reid, British Columbia, Canada, education, family, First Nations, genocide, Haida Nation, racism, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Vancouver, Victoria, visual arts

Allen Ginsberg, photographer

04/21/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Rod Mickleburgh I met William Burroughs once. It was during my magical year in Paris (sigh). I’d read in Libération that morning that the legendary icon of the Beats would be at the City of Light’s annual Salon du Livre at the Grand Palais. I thought ‘”What the hell,” and went down to catch […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: books, British Columbia, celebrity, literature, Paris, photography, poetry, U.S., Vancouver

The Video: “The irony is the clean-up contractors are from Kinder Morgan”

04/16/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

From Vancouver spill: About that 2700 litres . . .: “Officials in charge of cleaning up a bunker fuel spill in Vancouver’s English Bay now say the estimate of what leaked from a grain carrier was a conservative figure. Owen Rusticus with Environment Canada says the 2,700-litre spill estimate wasn’t based on gauges, but was […]

Filed Under: The Video Tagged With: British Columbia, Canada, Conservatives, energy, James Moore, Kinder Morgan, National Energy Board, oceans, oil, oil sands, tankers, Trans Mountain pipeline, Vancouver

The Video: Vancouver oil spill: “Like, why are we here first?”

04/16/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

From World class assness: “Volunteers were out cleaning up the gunk off the shoreline themselves and putting up home-made signs warning to keep dogs and children out of the oily water. Good on them. Still, sea birds are notoriously poor readers and some had to be rescued when they got soaked in the gunk after […]

Filed Under: The Video Tagged With: British Columbia, Canada, Conservatives, energy, James Moore, Kinder Morgan, National Energy Board, oceans, oil, oil sands, tankers, Trans Mountain pipeline, Vancouver

Vancouver spill: About that 2700 litres . . .

04/16/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Montreal Simon As I’m sure you know by now, I never believed what Cons like James Moore and Greg Rickford had to say about that oil spill in Vancouver’s English Bay. Especially when they and the Harper Coast Guard said that only about 3,000 litres of toxic bunker had leaked out of that freighter, […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: British Columbia, Canada, Coast Guard, Conservatives, energy, Environment Canada, Greg Rickford, James Moore, Kinder Morgan, National Energy Board, oceans, oil, oil sands, tankers, Trans Mountain pipeline, Vancouver

World class assness

04/15/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Say, remember last year when Rachel Maddow was absolutely gob-smacked to learn that Kinder Morgan had included the economic benefits of oil spills in its National Energy Board application to triple the size of the Trans Mountain pipeline? Well, funny story there . . . Kinder Morgan-owned company called in to clean up oil […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: British Columbia, Canada, Conservatives, energy, James Moore, Kinder Morgan, National Energy Board, oceans, oil, oil sands, tankers, Trans Mountain pipeline, Vancouver

CBC’s diminished news world

04/07/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher The CBC cut some more jobs last month. Where’s the news in that, you say? It was just 140 jobs, you say? Just a droplet in the bloodletting of 1500 jobs projected to be lost by 2020? Well sure, but besides the fact that another swack of people are out of work, […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Alberta, British Columbia, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Senate, CBC, CBC News, CRTC, digital media, Jean-Pierre Blais, Naheed Nenshi, online media, Pierre Juneau, PMO, Reform Party, Stephen Harper, Toronto, Vancouver

The book of Heather

03/05/2015 by the editor 1 Comment

By Rod Mickleburgh Like many Vancouverites, I presume, I have a love-hate relationship with the big box Chapters bookstore downtown at Robson and Howe. Stocking the main floor with almost everything BUT books, bringing in the flag-waving American Girl franchise to what is supposed to be a Canadian bookstore, and, worst of all, the shameful […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: books, British Columbia, business, Canada, Chapters, cities, Heather Reisman, Indigo, toys, Vancouver

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Fort McMurray: Shopping time!

By Brady Tighe We’re now officially in the aftermath phase of the northern Alberta wildfire crisis. The fire is long gone, and everyone with a home to return to is back in its … [Read More...]

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Electoral reform: Hashtag fresh thinking

By Alison@Creekside The most interesting and innovative idea to come out of the first meeting of the all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform, or ERRE, was Nathan Cullen's suggestion, … [Read More...]

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The Trudeau gush fest is getting old

By Jim Henshaw There have been several bewildered as well as angry accounts coming out of the USA lately about how little media time has been spent covering the Democratic Presidential Primary … [Read More...]

Rick Meyers in Nanaimo Pride Parade

My friend, Rick, at the Pride Parade

By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don't want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, … [Read More...]

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Triumph of the drama nerds

By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

From “Our Rape Blog”: Shooting the Moon

Originally published on Our Rape Blog, the author's account of the aftermath of a violent sexual assault. By Mary Fraughton Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, … [Read More...]

First Nations defending Lelu Island

The video: Lelu Island: “They will come.”

From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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