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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This has to be some encouraging sign: The NPA are having an event that is relevant to their reelection chances that will actually focus on something other than navel-gazing. But wait, wasn’t that the same NPA getting swamped at the Pride Parade? And then this last weekend, at a Chinatown event, AGAIN, NPAers swamped by [...]

I have no idea why so many of you are exorcised by the Hornby bike lane. There’s more to come. This insane group of Vision radicals is not going to stop until YOU get to the voting booth and vote them out. It was decided long ago. City engineering is already doing advance prep, RIGHT [...]

You read it here, first, a while back and it caused the Mayor’s people significant indigestion. He might not be running for Mayor in 2011. Here’s the calculus: 1) The Mayor has clearly underperformed. Inside polling shows a flatline on his popularity, BUT his negatives were high enough even through the Olympics that the manipulated [...]

Why does a gay man need to be called a “faggot” after they’ve been assaulted for the act to be considered a hate crime? I mean brutally assaulted. A sucker punch to a guy who never had a fight in his life is like administering a ten minute beating to guy like me. I was [...]

In case you missed it, the feds and province were front and center today announcing funding for some of the deteriorating tanks at the Vancouver Aquarium–among other assistance (which is wonderful news to those of us who strongly support VanAqua). The Prime Minister is also in town today for a BBQ at the ranch of [...]