AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME: By Brian W. Zelley, B. Com., C A As I look back through the decades of amateur boxing history of the BC Golden Gloves from 1939 to 2009, there have been many BC Golden Boys such as...
opinion by B. Zelley | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago 98 views | 1 recommendation | 3 comments
Barry Artiste Op/Ed What? Where? Who? Me? Oh this? Goodness how did all that gold get here? Again, you have to ask yourself, is Canada once again being played as an All Day Sucker? Mr. Nawaya, apparently a man...
Harry Bloy, Burnaby-Lougheed Liberal MLA, said in the Legislature that the 2010 Olympics protesters are "terrorists" with "limited intellect". Bloy made the comment after the disturbance on the Olympic torch event in Victoria. In an interview the next day, Harry Bloy showed...
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Barry Artiste Op.Ed Language! We all speak it! Language is a message of conveyance from one person to another to get a point across. Conveyance for instance, a 15 century term used today. One would think...
New rules for payday loan companies take effect in British Columbia on November 1, 2009. A payday loan is usually less than $1500 borrowed for up to 62 days,and it is unsecured debt. The borrower is usually asked to provide a postdated cheque or a preauthorized debit form...
The CFIA in conjunction with Classic Smokehouse(2003) Inc. are issuing a recall notice for Classic Wild Sockeye Lox Trim because of the possible contamination by Listeria bacteria. Description follows:"The affected product, Classic Canadian Wild Sockeye Lox Trim, was sold in...
On June 8, 2009 I published a post of photos titled, Strange Clouds in the Afternoon These photos were taken of strange clouds that had appeared hovering above a mountain top close to my home. Checking my...
created by Jessica Tucker | 6 wks ago | updated 6 wks ago 328 views | 14 recommendations | 9 comments
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative Government survived a non-confidence motion last week. This was made possible by the NDP abstaining from the vote. Harper is now set to call 4 by-elections...
Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) has received $467,000 in federal funding today after an unexpected cut of BC provincial gaming grant. The new funding is part of the Marquee Tourism Events Program, for marketing the event to tourists. Canadian Heritage Minister...
created by Scott Wu | 9 wks ago | updated 9 wks ago 74 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
"So, how important is art? I don't mean the question facetiously, or worse, fatuously. When you work in the arts, all day, every day, it occasionally comes as something of a shock to realize that there are large...
created by Michelle Hoar | 11 wks ago | updated 11 wks ago 78 views | 10 recommendations | 0 comments
Kate Armstrong takes on the Provincial Government over their brutal cuts to the arts. "B.C. Liberal government has cut funding for arts and cultural organizations by 50 percent this fiscal year, and by 92...
created by mtippett | 11 wks ago | updated 11 wks ago 218 views | 46 recommendations | 20 comments
BC's Grizzly Bear trophy hunt season begins today for yet another year, and despite calls to save the bears or pay attention to the dwindling numbers, the government has once again said that they will allow the hunt...
opinion by Amy Judd | 12 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago 406 views | 64 recommendations | 6 comments
As a follow-up to "B C BOXING NEWS - Flashbacks & Memories, a new story is to begin which blends some of the issue raised in the past story with expanded information, and fresh new bits and pieces of...
opinion by B. Zelley | 12 wks ago | updated 10 wks ago 485 views | 0 recommendations | 16 comments
Barry Artiste Op/Ed Lets see? MMMMMMM, I have been to no less than 300 Grow op and Meth Lab busts for various Police agencies and Municipalities, to ensure chemicals, booby traps etc used in these drug labs...
As of September 1, British Columbia is number one in Canada on at least one list: worst minimum wage in the country. In April of 2009, New Brunswick tied B.C. for lowest minimum wage, raising the lowest hourly pay...
created by Annina Bergman | 13 wks ago | updated 13 wks ago 888 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments