First Nations Summit congratulates Yale First Nation
The First Nations Summit congratulates the Yale First Nation leaders, negotiators and community members for reaching their final treaty agreement and the introduction of the Yale First Nations Treaty Settlement legislation in the BC Legislature. “The Yale First Nation should be commended for their significant efforts to reach a final agreement that is appropriate for and supported by […]
The ongoing evil of asbestos exports
The ongoing fight to get this country to ban the export of the world’s deadliest industrial material has finally reached the Comedy Network and Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show. The sheer absurdity of pretending that chrysotile asbestos can be used safely caught the eye of the popular show and they recently did a five minute segment, […]
Markham City Council bans criticism of Apartheid regimes
On May 3, a majority of Councillors from Markham City Council adopted a motion to censor “Israeli Apartheid Week” that is organized each year in March by students on Canadian universities. Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is a week of lectures and film screenings that takes place peacefully on campuses each year and hosts prominent academics and […]
The election by the numbers
To the Editor: Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, 1976 edition, describes “democracy” as “government by the people,” “rule by the majority,” “government in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation.” On March 27, after 58 years in government, the Conservative Christian Democratic Union […]
Day 2 of Marchanacional: Protesters enter Mexico City
By Geraldine Juarez This post is part of a series of posts on Mexico’s ‘march for peace.’ The silent caravan of the Marchanacional (national march) left Coajumulco early on Friday morning, May 6, to continue on its way to El Zócalo in downtown Mexico City. Jesus Robles Maloof has been blogging about the march, and he […]
Will Libyans see us as saviours?
Canada is at war again but you would hardly know it from the media. We should pay attention, for our part in the Libyan “mission” is a stunning example of how easily the self-righteous West can get involved in war without considering the consequences. First it was Afghanistan then Iraq, classic examples of imperial hubris, […]
HST: So where ARE those lower prices?
The Liberal government of Premier Gordon Campbell told us the HST would be “revenue neutral.” Not true. They promised 100,000 jobs by 2020 as a result of all the money companies would be saving and reinvesting. Latest estimate: a quarter of that. And they assured consumers, onto whose backs the HST transfers the tax burden, prices will come […]
I'm Laila Yuile and This Is How I See It: Politics and the press
“Democracy has become a government of bullies, tempered by editors” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson A strong statement and I think most would agree, an exact one. Particularly at this point in Canadian history. Here we are, a couple of days after yet another federal election, and there are many who still are jubilant in victory, many […]
OP/ED: One election down, three to go.
I will forever remember election 2011 as the “ambivalence” election. I was glad to see incumbent Atamanenko retain his seat, not out of any loyalty to the New Democrats, but because I didn’t feel the other parties fielded candidates worthy of ousting Atamanenko. I think the only real competition for the seat came from […]
City organizations benefit from $110,036 in CBT funding
Twenty Castlegar organizations are feeling the love after city council made its recommendations for the distribution of Columbia Basin Trust’s Community Initiative Funding grants. Working with a kitty of over $110,000 this year, council gave the largest sum, $20,000, to SculptureWalk. “SculptureWalk has been incredibly...
