Saturday, July 24, 2004

Resource towns fight back against arriviste rock stars

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VICTORIA - When Randy Bachman and Neil Young are rocking in Duncan this fall, raising money for the next round in a fight against a nearby p...
Thursday, July 22, 2004

Watchdog sounds children and families warnings

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VICTORIA - It's a remarkable disgrace, the way the children and families ministry has been mismanaged. The people the ministry serves r...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2004

Martin's new cabinet good news for B.C.

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VICTORIA - Expect a few quiet cheers from the BC Liberals at the news that Victoria MP David Anderson has been dropped from the new federal ...
Monday, July 19, 2004

Bar on family care shows an uncaring government

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VICTORIA - Remember the Baulnes, the Kelowna family whose lives ended in despair after the government refused to provide money to help cope ...
Saturday, July 17, 2004

Government cruelly fighting against families of disabled

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VICTORIA - It should make you ashamed to see how your government is treating Cheryl Hutchinson. Ms. Hutchinson is 34, a bright, accomplishe...
Thursday, July 15, 2004

CRTC closure of radio station a threat to freedom

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VICTORIA - On the surface, the CRTC's decision to shut down a Quebec City radio station because its announcers were offensive jerks just...

MLAs are in it to serve, not for the money

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VICTORIA - The Liberals deserve a little grief for the quiet way they let cabinet ministers up their expense claims. And some MLAs' cla...
Monday, July 12, 2004

Liberals in dire straits outside Lower Mainland

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VICTORIA - The Heartland, Region 250, the rest of B.C. - whatever you want to call it, the people there have little use for the Liberal gove...
Saturday, July 10, 2004

Polls show fractured B.C., Liberal health care problems

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VICTORIA - The Liberals should be spooked by dueling poll results that revealed a destructive urban-regional split and some major political...
Thursday, July 08, 2004

Ombudsman, gay porn legal battle both deserve our money

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VICTORIA - It would have been a heck of a federal election campaign issue, I bet. How would the parties react to news that tax dollars are ...
Wednesday, July 07, 2004

Caged boys case highlight family justice issues

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VICTORIA - The facts are clear enough - if you slap someone around, you'll be in less trouble in court if you hit someone in your family...
Monday, July 05, 2004

CN the winner in BC Rail deal

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VICTORIA - More questions about the BC Rail deal, as new information emerges just as the federal Competition Bureau approves the sale. The ...
Sunday, July 04, 2004

Liberals get to the 'exciting part' - spending

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VICTORIA - So it's on to the "exciting part," says Finance Minister Gary Collins, when the government can stop talking about c...
Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Liberals' election campaign plan based on more spending

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VICTORIA - Gary Collins gave a good sneak preview of the Liberals' campaign strategy when he unveiled the latest look at the province...
Monday, June 28, 2004

B.C. fares badly in the federal election

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VICTORIA -That was a discouraging election. We didn't matter here in B.C. - again. We established that Canada effectively has a one-p...
Saturday, June 26, 2004

Why it's good that you're backing fight against gay porn ban

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VICTORIA - You're going to be picking up the legal costs for a Vancouver book store's fight to bring banned gay porn into Canada. A...
Thursday, June 24, 2004

Luna campaign a weird waste of money

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VICTORIA - I'm getting increasingly peeved at the way the federal government is churning through money on the great Luna relocation proj...
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Tuesday, June 22, 2004

Seven steps to deciding who to vote for

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VICTORIA -It's been a grim election campaign. The issues have been small, and negative. No party has come close to offering an inspirin...
Sunday, June 20, 2004

Harper win means tougher times for BC treaty talks

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VICTORIA - A perfect storm is about to slam into First Nations treaty talks. Things were already getting bumpier in B.C. Add a Conservative...
Friday, June 18, 2004

New Democrat on FN Summit; a mine plan dies; and lessons from polls

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VICTORIA - Random notes: A long-time New Democrat and former deputy premier takes a leading First Nations' role, a mining company stock ...