Fresh from the CKNW Newsroom: AUG252010 NPA COUNCILLOR SUZANNE ANTON SAYS THE MAYOR’S ALREADY ISOLATED. IN FACT SHE SAYS COUNCILLORS DON’T EVEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO WALK FREELY INTO HIS OFFICE…. “He (the Mayor) has a closed door in his own offices so you can’t just walk in and just chat and that’s very unusual and that’s certainly [...]

Remember, if you will, how just a few years ago we were being bombarded with stories about how the salmon run in British Columbia was rapidly diminishing due to global warming. One of the more mindless of the Kennedys flew up here and started about how the planet was in peril and lo and behold, [...]

The now well-covered piece by the Sun’s Jeff Lee was what I was referring to a couple of weeks ago when I wrote that a major piece was coming, by a major reporter from Vancouver. I wasn’t sure why it was delayed but I didn’t much care. The bottom line here is that seven out [...]

The below is a comment that I received from MMA fluffer and general blind-supporter Tom Robson. Mr. Robson is a defender of the MMA faith, and, as such, he decided in his diatribe below to illustrate exactly what MMA promoters lack: Truth in their comments. Watch below how he has carefully, and most willfully, tried [...]

Good Heavens! I leave for a little rest and all of a sudden you’re all aflutter. “Where have you been, Alex?” “Is everything ok with you?” “Did you get knocked off by a Vision Vancouver hit squad?” “Did the Premier have you silenced?” “Someone close to the Mayor of Vancouver told my brother they hoped [...]

I recently spent some time recalling what it was like to watch a Premier fall. I was young, but experienced, and it still stunned me. It’s quiet a demeaning process. The man falls and so do so many around him. But it;s the people who suffer the greatest humiliation. It’s the people who I worried [...]

I would be delighted to eat my words, when I predicted this seemingly directionless crew will go nowhere. IF (!) they can stop Suzanne Anton from killing their fundraising by telling the downtown gang that she’s considering running for Mayor; if they can attract more candidates like Michael Geller and Ian Robertson; if they can [...]

Yesterday’s post on Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) has quickly gone viral. Over 11,000 readers from all over North America and some from Russia and Europe. I would not add a back-to-back story series if it weren’t for the following letter (by email), which I received from an IP address in Burnaby. It is similar to [...]

When I wrote, this, other than the usual raft of hate mail from bleeding hearted liberals, who clearly think we should be the world’s trash bin, I was pleasantly surprised with the response from several Tamils–now Canadian citizens, who are AGAINST the illegal boats coming from their embattled homeland. They came here legally, like my [...]

When I first wrote for you about Mixed (Up) Martial Arts, here, I never would have imagined that the British Columbia Medical Association would eventually be calling for a ban of this “sport.” I’m of two minds on this: Firstly, I think completely banning it before trying to regulate it (as was done with boxing) might [...]