The following is a filed story with a local media outlet from August 2007, shortly after B.C. MLA’s approved significant pay raises for themselves. The editor of the outlet at the time refused to publish the story, citing its “irrelevance” and stale-datedness during the dog days of that year. That the House which was to [...]

Gordon Gibson, OBC, may have a long line of learn-ed political credentials — most recently, or notably, his appointment to run B.C.’s 2003-2004 Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform. In greater light, his opinion piece in last Saturday’s Globe and Mail that suggests a win for both the BC New Democratic Party and a proposed Single [...]

Introspection I’ve spent the past few months on a regular, freelance beat covering Port Coquitlam city council. It’s a city I spent most of my formative, young years in — a city I basically grew up in. There are times that make me want to quit, however, and last night was almost one of those [...]

Since when does the motel control the message? Well, if you’re Globe and Mail reporter, you might very well believe the federal Conservative Party does. Today’s Globe and Mail (online edition) ran a story about how journalists were kicked out of the hotel where the Tories are holding a caucus retreat on Prince Edward Island. [...]