Yamaha Motor Cycle Seized after 299 KMH Speed Race Down Victoria BC Highway – April 20, 2012
CFN – An unidentified 25 year old BC man is alleged to have gone on a wild ride on a Victoria Highway with speeds hitting 299 kilometers per hour! blue 2006 Yamaha R1 (not actual bike) The video was shown on you tube recently and has gone viral. Now we know why Motorcycle insurance is [...]
Letter to the Editor – Larry Kasdan of Vancouver isn’t Happy with the 2012 Federal Budget
Canadians are not well served by a federal government that shifts its costs onto the provinces, the environment, the unemployed and our most vulnerable seniors. The Conservative government will balance its budget, but as a consequence, you won’t balance yours. Larry Kazdan – Vancouver British Columbia (Comments and opinions of Editorials, Letters to the Editor, [...]
Letter to the Editor – Gary Allen of Nanaimo BC on being Bullied – February 29, 2012
To The Principal Facultity of Killareney School Copy to Vancouver School District 39 I was a student at Killareney School in 1979-1980 and I was recently interviewed by the CBC on bullying,I told my story as can be seen below. I was bullied since grade seven when besides the bullying I was thrown in [...]
Thomas Mulcair Picks Up Support on Way to Federal NDP Leadership Convention in Vancouver British Columbia – December 12, 2011
CFN – NDP Deputy leader and the man most likely to become the leader of the party, Outremont MP Thomas Mulcair has been busy as he heads for the leadership convention in Vancouver. Here are several reports. Today British Columbia MLA Claire Trevena, North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto and several other prominent New Democrats [...]
Actor Comic Jason Stuart Hits Whistler British Columbia for Winter Pride Gay & Lesbian Ski/Snowboard Week – February 9, 2012
CFN – JASON STUART celebrates with laughter at the 20th annual Winter PRIDE festival in Whistler British Columbia. . “Im the Daddy and I have Candy” Comedy Tour heads North to Gay Whistlers WinterPRIDE Gay & Lesbian Ski/Snowboard week to headline the Comedy Show. . Thursday February 9th, 2012 in Canada! You can check out their [...]
Letter to the Editor – Larry Kazdan of Vancouver BC on the Creation of a Canadian Department of Peace – December 2, 2011
Canadian flag lowered for the last time at Kandahar airfield, Lee Berthiaume, News, Dec 1, 2011 http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/12/01/canadian-flag-lowered-for-the-last-time-at-kandahar-airfield/ On the same day that the Canadian flag over Kandahar airfield was lowered for the last time, a private member’s bill for the creation of a Department of Peace supported by the NDP, the Liberals and the Greens [...]
2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship to Victoria BC – October 19, 2011
CFN – The City of Victoria, British Columbia has been awarded the 2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship, it was confirmed today in a joint announcement by the World Curling Federation (WCF) and the Canadian Curling Association (CCA). The championship will be held at the 6,500-seat Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre from March 30-April 7, 2013, the [...]
Letter to the Editor – Brian Marlatt of White Rock British Columbia on The Canadian Wheat Board – October 19, 2011
The Editor, The Canadian Wheat Board is 2011′s Attempted Potash Sellout In Saskatchewan let Brad Wall know that his MLAs will be held accountable if his party does not tell Mr. Harper “Hands off the CWB!” “The Harper Government” does not speak for Saskatchewan farmers and they do not speak a Tory voice. Harper’s neoCons [...]
Letter to the Editor – Lawrence Kazdan of Vancouver BC isn’t Happy with Stephen Harper Killing Party Subsidies – October 6, 2011
Re: Tories will kill political party taxpayer subsidies, Mark Kennedy, Postmedia News, October 4, 2011 LINK Stephen Harper is ending the modest subsidy program for political parties, not for partisan advantage, but to use Canadians’ tax dollars with great care, especially in a time of fiscal restraint, when families are struggling to make ends meet. [...]
Letter to the Editor – Jim Erkiletian of Nanaimo BC on Use of Canadian Military in Foreign Wars – September 8, 2011
Dear Editor, No good can come to Canada from participating in foreign civil wars. Regardless of which side wins, outsiders will be justly hated when the war is over. The overthrow of the democratic government of Jean Aristide in Haiti was a terrible mistake and a disgrace to Canada. Paul Martin should be charged as [...]
BC Company Converts to 100 % Wind Power with BULLFROG POWER® – July 25, 2011
PORT COQUITLAM, BRITISH COLUMBIA – Sequel Naturals, the purveyor of the internationally renowned line of Vega whole food health products, will “bullfrogpower” its head office in British Columbia with 100 percent local wind power. Through the agreement, Bullfrog Power’s generators inject renewable electricity onto the regional grid to match the amount of power Sequel Naturals’ head [...]
C.D. Howe Institute New Study – British Columbia Has it Right on the HST – June 29, 2011
Toronto ON – British Columbia is on the right track with its controversial move to a harmonized sales tax (HST), according to a C.D. Howe Institute report released today. In “The Time is Still Right for BC’s HST,” authors Finn Poschmann and Alexandre Laurin say the shift to a value-added taxes mirrors patterns in most [...]
Canucks take Game 5 in Double Overtime to head to Lord Stanley’s Cup for First Time! – May 25, 2011
Cornwall ON- Championships are made of the stuff of dreams and who as a young person; especially here in Canada doesn’t dream of scoring that big goal or making that big save? Last night Roberto Luongo showed that he truly can win the big game as his and Kevin Bieska’s heroics helped the Vancouver Canucks to a [...]
Vancouver Writer Derek K Miller Passes Away, but leaves his Words and Message – May 9, 2011
Cornwall ON – I don’t really like being considered or called a Blogger. Too many people use that word as though it’s something odd or freaky. A blog is simply another form of website which is a form of communication. It’s all too semantical for me. I run an online newspaper which I’m [...]
Letter to the Editor – Larry Kazdan of Vancouver BC thinks “Prairie Premier ignorant of the rules.” – April 22, 2011
Dear Editor, Premier Brad Wall does not understand how parliamentary democracy works. So let me make it easy. A government must retain the confidence of a majority of Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons. Mr. Harper has a third chance at winning a majority May 2nd. If he fails and cannot find [...]
Letter to the Editor – Mr. Eugene Parks of Victoria BC – A Vote for Mr. Harper A Vote to End our Parliamentary System? – April 16, 2011
Dear Editor, Is trashing democracy ok? Mr. Harper has abused every watchdog, every potential oversight, every attempt (from others) at making government transparent. He has refused to report to parliament and grossly misstates activities and budgets when he does. . He has prorogued parliament to avoid accountability. Those are facts. Doesn’t a vote for more [...]
Letter to the Editor – Lawrence Kazdan of Vancouver BC – Harper Chicken to Debate Ignatieff – April 1, 2011
Dear Editor, Re: Why won’t Harper take Ignatieff on in head-to-head debate?STEVEN CHASE, BILL CURRY AND JANE TABER, Thursday, March 31, 2011 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/why-wont-harper-take-ignatieff-on-in-head-to-head-debate/article1965334/ Was Harper being truthful when he said he would debate Ignatieff one-on-one? Gilles Duceppe has already called him a liar when Harper said there was no plan in 2004 to build a [...]
Letter to the Editor – Mr. Eugene Parks of Victoria BC on Nuclear Safety and the Harper Government – March 30, 2011
Dear Editor, What does the nuclear crises in Japan, Chernobyl and our federal election have in common? Mr. Harper’s administration has been responsible for Canada’s Chalk river nuclear facility, which had two Maple reactors that were unstable during normal operation plus a fifty year old reactor that was 20 years beyond its expected lifespan. During [...]
