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PoCo Mayor Pleads Guilty to Battering Ex-Girlfriend and Partner
METRO VANCOUVER - Port Coquitlam Mayor Scott Young has pleaded guilty to assaulting his former girlfriend Colleen Preston and her new boyfriend.
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WHO study backs universal health care
GENEVA (Reuters) - Major inequalities in health and life expectancy persist worldwide, according to an independent World Health Organization commissio...
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Tibet Freedom Torch on way to Vancouver
Vancouver didn't get a chance to celebrate the passing of the Beijing Olympic torch in the same way that cities like London and Paris did. But on Ma...
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Five Vancouver Mayoral Candidates: Their Views on The Homeless Crisis
It s clear by now that Vancouver has a world-class problem on its hands. The result of last month s official homeless count has proved what ...
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Xander |
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Sammy Sullivan to Run in the Federal Race?
Mayor Sam Sullivan lost an ally last week in his ongoing public relations assault on how good the 2010 Winter Games will be for Vancouverites.
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cosmo_girl |
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so we're spending how much on the 2010 a games?
With the DTES being Canada s poorest postal code do we really think it s a good idea to spend billions on the 2010 games?
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Gregor Robertson, eatART and Mondo Spider
What do mechanical spiders, crazy artists and Gregor Robertson have in common? The future of Vancouver.
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Lynn Valley Residents Pay for Damage to Public Property?
A North Vancouver man is warning residents to take another look at their insurance policies after a recent water main break damaged public land next t...
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cosmo_girl |
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Quadra Island MP Proposes Tax Breaks for Cyclists
Prospective cyclists could get a tax break if a local MP's proposed legislation survives Parliament.
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cosmo_girl |
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TEAM Comes to the Paradise Makers
Former city planner Ray Spaxman, when asked to discuss Vancouverism , had this to say in a recent Courier article: I see Vancouverism not as an...
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Northern B.C. grow-op forfeited
WILLIAMS LAKE -- The site of the largest marijuana grow-op ever subject to civil forfeiture action -- one that could have produced more than 22,000 pl...
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Councillor blogger?
It's great to see young people getting involved in politics. My fear that the next generation is too apathetic to participate and will drop the ball ...
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VANOC won't tell sweatshop watchdogs where Olympics gear is made
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Organizers of the 2010 Olympics refuse to tell the public where gear for the games and Olympics-branded products are made, though critic...
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If Africa is George Clooney, Canada is Stephan Dion
Many High school and university students from Metro Vancouver who are looking to make a difference this summer are heading to Africa. As volunteers f...
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Sydney paper: 'Western media shows its ugly face'
An article appears on Sydney Morning Herald reflects on how the western media have been handling the chubby face, crooked teeth incident. Hope we ca...
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Edgemont Residents Are in a Tizzy Over Cell Tower
SOME residents of North Vancouver's Edgemont neighbourhood are up in arms over a plan by Bell Mobility to erect an 18-storey cell tower in close proxi...
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Locals Lobby to Save Arbutus Mini-Mall
An Arbutus Ridge group of citizens is so upset by the consultations about their local mall, it filed a complaint with the provincial ombudsman.
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Unions Push Back Over Government Imposed Gag Law
B.C.'s seven largest unions will challenge a controversial law limiting spending in the run-up to the 2009 provincial election.
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Jumping Through Hoops: The Bol Kong Story
Bol Kong is one of Canada s best basketball talents. After escaping war-torn Sudan over a decade ago, Kong came to Canada to start a new life. ...
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Feds want to restrict traditional cures
Doctors of Chinese medicine are gearing up to fight a controversial federal government bill they claim would make many natural health products unavail...
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Inside Vancouver’s Women's Shelters
At an anonymous Vancouver-based women's shelter women who are victims of violent relationships are encouraged leave the situation they are in and en...
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Capitol Hill candidates urging inaction on global warming
The science behind global warming doesn't really explain why the past models haven't been accurate, or why there are holes big enough to drive a Ma...
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Tories Give Two Thumbs Down on Liberal 'Green' Plan
OTTAWA -- The federal Conservatives open up a new front this week in their public relations war against Liberal Leader Stephane Dion's green shift pla...
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White Guilt
People of Metro Vancouver! You re symptoms aren t going unnoticed! You choose sushi over the bologna sandwich! It s K-os over Michae...
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VanRamblings Undergoing Renovation
With the counsel, support and guidance of VanRamblings' webmaster, Michael Klassen, of Thinking Cap Strategic Communication, for some weeks n...
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Saying Sorry Isn't Enough (in Views)
Komagata Maru and the politics of official apologies. ...
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TheTyee.ca |
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Blair Wilson Pilgramage
I have to say I like his approach - take off on a private trip with your daughter and then come back and take it straight to a reporter. Of course, ...
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Threat to a people, not patriotism, matters
I'm completely appalled by some comments made by Mr Cheuk Kwan to the Globe and Mail today in an article/discussion titled Has Chinese patriotism cha...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Michael Byers's nomination acceptance speech
Via Michael Byers on Politics, Vancouver Centre, and the NDP, his nomination acceptance speech. Excerpt:Last year, I wrote a book entitled Intent for ...
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View from Seymour |
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Finally, a Canadian who understands...
I particularly admire Chretien for having the gut to point out that We are at the bottom of the ladder in terms of having any influence with China. I...
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FIFTY AMAZING YEARS for TIM LOUIS
Oldtown NewsVancouver, BCFIFTY AMAZING YEARS for TIM LOUISTonight at the Vancouver Rowing Club, I had the opportunity to attend former City Councillor...
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BC Deputy Ministers Receive Fat Cat Pay Raises
Even while a team of theleftcoast.ca is away in New Mexico and Texas, politics in BC continue to fester away. The latest news was brought out while Go...
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Taxes, Brasstronaut, Language Arts, and David Eby: Great Music and Compelling Local Politics
I complain about our largely apolitical populace on a pretty regular basis in the Morning Brew, and recently drew attention to the fact that in the 20...
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The BC Liberals have not been championing their ca
The BC Liberals have not been championing their carbon tax as much as one would expect, given it is their marquee policy of 2008.Local MLAs Harry Bloy...
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Bravo, Zhang Yimou, on the Olympic opening show; and thank you
Just finished watching the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic. I have to admit, I was stunned, surprised and totally moved. My tears fell s...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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NDP Affirmative Action A Poor Substitute for BC-STV--but it's Better than Nothing
The NDP's new policy of restricting the first nomination of a retiring incumbent's constituency to female candidates is unlikely to improve the party'...
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B.C. Policy Perspectives |
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NDP Affirmative Action A Poor Substitute for BC-STV --but it's Better than Nothing
The NDP's new policy of restricting the first nomination of a retiring incumbent's constituency to female candidates is unlikely to improve the party'...
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Morning Brew: August 8 - Born to Be Kings
The second black bear was shot by police in Coquitlam this week, while the... shit, I'm losing count... one more is dead as another BC flight goes dow...
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Beyond Robson |
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Paris Hilton's Energy Policy [video]
So who knew Paris Hilton was an energy pundit. Outside of her platform on offshore oil, I think she hits the nail on the head. But the whole painting...
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A Mass Transit Mess
Washington PostThe United States has a national transit program, which put them well in advance of Canada. Our federal government has been trying to p...
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Bob Woodward's The Secret Man
I read Bob Woodward's The Secret Man over the long weekend, and thought I'd pass along my thoughts. This is Woodward's story about his relationship wi...
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Langley Politics Dotcom |
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Clayoquot Sound: Diverging Interests of Native and Environmentalists
Mark Hume has a terrific article in the Globe and Mail (or here) about the politics surrounding aboriginal involvement in the environmental movement i...
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Celebrating Five Years of Blogging: Our Different Seasons
I know, I know, another anniversary post. But Sam and I are on a bit of a sentimental journey and we want to share it. I think the first real change i...
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Langley Politics Dotcom |
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The problem with subisidies
Two articles in today's Globe and Mail look at why our governments are going wrong, in an entirely predictable way, in tackling global warming.Neil Re...
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Sick Politics (in Tyee Books)
What flu epidemics tell us about social justice and mass amnesia. ...
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TheTyee.ca |
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5 Years of Fun -- LP.com in the Mainstream Press
Back in 2000 when Jordan and I were first thinking up this website, we really envisioned it should be like some of the many fan/news websites for prof...
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Langley Politics Dotcom |
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Politics Heats Up North of the River
Lots of mayoralty race action happening north of the mighty Fraser these days, as both Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam are shaping up to be good races.In...
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Langley Politics Dotcom |
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Senator John McCain the Oil and Gas Presidential Pick
The Washington Post has a story out today on the dramatic spike in campaign contributions to John McCain right after the Senator reversed his opposit...
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Langley goes Broadway
This doesn't count as one of my retrospective posts, but I thought it was worth posting about.Last night, a friend and I took in the Broadway show, Sp...
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Langley Politics Dotcom |
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Five Years of Langley Politics Dotcom
Dateline: Chinatown. A hole-in-the-wall restaurant with some kicking Kung Pow Chicken. Sam Politics Kirk and I sit, chatting about five years of Lan...
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