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Make the news, then report the news 24 Aug 2013 | 10:07 am
After The Fraser Institute reported it's never been easier financially to raise a Canadian child, Business in Vancouver surveyed Twitter response to the think tank's featherbrained newspeak and found ...
Bring on the consultants - Replay 23 Aug 2013 | 11:15 pm
How CEOs Jack Up their Pay, Kimberly Weisul, Editor & Founder of One Thing New: "Poor, downtrodden, underpaid CEOs finally have someone they can turn to in their hour of need: compensation consultant...
News reporting or press release reading? 23 Aug 2013 | 06:11 am
On CKNW's August 22 afternoon news, Marcella Bernardo reported this about Verizon, the American cell provider that may offer service in Canada, "Last year's [Verizon] revenues of 116 billion dollars ...
Transnational racketeers at work 22 Aug 2013 | 07:05 am
Barrett Brown, Glenn Greenwald, and the Mafia State, DS Wright, Firedoglake.com "...you should know what Western states like the United States and the United Kingdom have become in the world today – ...
That was then; this is now 19 Aug 2013 | 03:14 pm
Much of my youth was spent in the coastal mill town of Powell River. Paying excellent wages, the pulp, paper and lumber company directly employed almost 2,500 workers. It hired the town's young people...
Sun Media provides platform for racism 17 Aug 2013 | 04:12 am
I realize the Sun Media Corporation markets itself to rednecks and racists, but this comment attached to Cold Lake Sun article Man dead after being shot by RCMP on Cold Lake First Nations should have ...
A sad and costly police problem 15 Aug 2013 | 02:55 pm
Last Sunday, a large group of family, friends and associates gathered and paid tribute to Pierre Lemaitre, an officer who once was the RCMP's senior media relations officer in British Columbia. I expe...
Twitter feed for your consideration 15 Aug 2013 | 04:16 am
Canadian citizen Maher Arar has lived in this country for more than 25 years. He has an undergraduate degree from McGill and a graduate degree in telecommunications, is married and father of two child...
Distracted 14 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
“From One Second to the Next” is a 35-minute documentary the German filmmaker produced for AT&T’s “It Can Wait” campaign about the lethal hazards of texting while driving.
Five Myths of Terrorism 14 Aug 2013 | 03:11 pm
From Michael Shermer, monthly columnist for Scientific American, a respected science magazine founded in 1845. Link to Dr. Shermer's complete article, Five Myths of Terrorism. It is worth reading, par...
