My Paper is Better than Your Paper
I came to understand how much I appreciate picking up the Times Colonist from my doorstep when I brought in this morning’s edition. I fully expected the front page to…
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Job Openings – B.C. Liberal Party
The prospect of more than $100K in compensation, an extraordinary pension plan, living allowances, expenses and generous payments for special duties assigned by party leaders appear not enough to fill…
Campbell’s wasted weekend with willy-wagglers – updated
One-percenters making changes. Anonymous reader provides interesting links in the comment section after a shuffling of deck chairs among Bilder-burglars. It's also worth bringing to the top because Paul Fraser…
Bonuses for bureaucrats – a phony scheme
Fine editorial from the best daily in British Columbia: CLBC bonuses call for inquiry, Times Colonist, June 22, 2012 “…Last fall, as reports of CLBC’s mismanagement and cover-ups mounted, the…
When they don’t care about the answer
Jack Knox column: Students show the way to a fair hearing, Times Colonist, May 13, 2012 “…This is what all of Canada could use right now: a listening competition. “Had…
I’ll tell you what I really, really want
Is Times Colonist becoming BC’s newspaper of record? It might be the go-to place to follow BC current events, except for political commentary provided by that guy whose son toils…
Mostly fools
When asked the population of England, Scottish historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle gave as his answer, “Thirty millions, mostly fools.” If asked about British Columbia’s population, Time Colonist writer Les…
VIHA CEO Howard Waldner in the news again
After Paul Krugman wrote in the New York Times about the affluent exercising self-interest to make gains over the rest of us, Pamela Fayerman published a local illustration in the…