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Beautiful day to be an oil CEO, bad day to be a duck

Liberals upset NDP. Election results upset water fowl.

Wild salmon, the real economy

On the eve of the provincial election, it’s a good time to review the election issues including salmon farming in BC. Is this industry good for the province, or is it a threat to the BC's coastal...

Salmon Farmers Association says BC can have both wild salmon and farmed salmon

Salmon farming, its importance as a sustainable food supply and the important contribution we make to BC’s economy – are important discussions to have. Unfortunately, Alexandra Morton’s recent...

Risks of resource extraction must be considered

As a Vancouver-based business owner and a proud member of the real estate sector, I want to make sure that any new resource extraction proposal doesn’t risk our thriving local economy.

If at first you don’t succeed, buy the opposition

Gina Rinehart is an Australian mining magnate and the richest woman in the world. She doesn't think the mining industry is treated well enough in the media, so she's buying them.

BC election has global energy implications and likely making Harper twitchy

With the third largest proven reserves of oil in the world, and limited means of shipping that oil to foreign markets, the implications of the BC election now reach well beyond provincial borders....

What's charitable status, and why is Harper's Conservative government obsessed with limiting it?

Some of you may have heard that Physicians for Global Survival (PGS) recently lost its charitable tax status. After one year and $5 million, the CRA, under Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s express...

Why free food is not the highlight of Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan parade

Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan parade is not about free food. Period. I am tired of hearing the phrase “free food” in some media coverage without giving a context to it. Yes, the food is served free of cost...

Evil isn't simple

God-awful week south of the border.

It really is time for a change – no matter what happened in the election

 We now have a return to the status quo ante in BC – a majority Liberal government that cannot be stopped, slowed down, or modified in its pursuit of a public policy agenda that is a “carbon”...

Canada Can Do Better

We're still waiting to see if Christian Paradis, the Minister of Industry, will put an end to the Big Telecom’s backroom deal. This is the deal that would allow Rogers to acquire public assets from...

Bombs won't break a runner's spirit: reflections after Boston Marathon tragedy

If terrorists are trying to defeat the human spirit, marathoners are the wrong group to pick on.