Paying attention

I'm baffled by the B.C. Liberals' focus on attacking the leaders of the other parties. So far, the efforts have looked amateurish an...

I don't take public positions on what should or shouldn't happen in Honduras, mostly because I don't know anywhere near enough...

So who’s behind the mystery Canadian company ready to put up big money to build a private city in Honduras? The concept’s appeal is cl...

David Schreck draws useful attention to a significant effect of the cancellation of the fall sitting of the legislature. The rules for the...

The CBC report on terrible problems in public housing in Vancouver's core is worth reading here . It's shameful for government to...

When Christy Clark made the long overdue commitment to raise the province's minimum wage, the warnings of job losses came from the usual...

I make it 29 Liberal MLAs who have yet said they will not be running next year. The cabinet shuffle left only two without posts of some kind...

It's time for the media to push back at the epidemic of stupid, self-serving email responses to questions from politicians and governmen...

I've spent a lot of time telling people that Honduras isn't really as dangerous as the news reports make it sound. Yes, it has th...

The Hondurans central bank has put out a tender call for 140 million coins, in four denominations. Which I find puzzling. Coins are little ...

La Prensa Tough choices. Let squatters build wood shanties on the banks of flood-prone rivers, even though they might die in the rainy...

They do look like TV people I was good at understanding how things worked in Canada, or thought I was. In Honduras, I often ...

I had to walk home in the rain last week, because technology’s tentacles had reached Copan Ruinas. I buy fruit and vegetables in the...

Canadian cross-border shopper filling garbage bags with gas. I worry sometimes that my blog posts are too critical of Honduras, especia...

A government internal audit has apparently discovered mismanagement at ICBC. The Crown corporation president is leaving, and it has pledged...

President Lobo in Copan Ruinas    La Prensa As a stranger here, I struggle with how much to rely on my observations about Honduras, base...

Gang members, Adam Blackwell, in El Salvador jail      elsalvador.com Canadians don't make the papers in Honduras very often. Bu...

  Back from a weekend bus trip to Santa Rosa de Copan, a town about 105 kilometres away - or three-and-a-half hours. The roads aren't ...

La Prensa I've been following two sewage treatment debates this week, in Victoria, where I used to live, and San Pedro Sula, about t...

Every couple of days, a plane carrying discouraged Hondurans lands in San Pedro Sula or Tegucigalpa.  They aren’t business travellers,...