2011 BC AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME

BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME: by brian zelley HONORARY DIRECTORS proposed effective January 1, 2011 Five persons proposed for honorary director positions are: IRENE BROUGH, DICK FINDLAY, FREDDY...

Kwan calls for NDP leadership convention

   NDP MLA Jenny Kwan is calling for a B.C. NDP leadership convention to be held as soon as possible because of what she calls "the steady erosion of our democratic principles" under leader Carole James.In a strongly worded statement issued by Kwan early Wednesday...

Raising BC's Minimum Wage? Isn't it about time!

Recently Moira Stilwell announced her candidacy for the Liberal Leadership.  Today, she urges the Provincial Government to raise the minimum wage to $10.00 over a 2 year period, with similar increases to...

More Accountability for the RCMP, or less for the Province?

And the games continue. According to the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />CBC on Sunday, the Government of British Columbia is again calling out for the RCMP to have more “Accountability.” By this they...

BOXING BC - The Harold Mann Boxing Achievement Award

THE ORIGIN  and PURPOSE; by Brian Zelley In recent years the Harold Mann award has been described as a lifetime achievement award. The award was never intended to be a lifetime achievement award for individuals.  However, the award created by Premier W AC...

Vancouver's Bedbug pandemic: Understanding and killing the enemy

The Bedbug pandemic is taking over.  North America is seeing a resurgence of bedbugs everywhere. Bedbugs are found not just in beds, but in taxicabs, clothing, transit systems and backpacks.  These...

BC First Nations Fight to Stop Enbridge Pipeline

"It's really not a question of if there’s going to be a spill, it’s when and where,” says Tara Marsden, former Director of Pipelines with B.C.’s Carrier Sekani Tribal Council (CSTC). The CSTC is...

Triple Win for Inner City's Pegues, Seehra and Lally

INNER CITY BOXING CLUB HITS THE MOTHER LODE of AWARDS:   By Brian W.  Zelley, B. Com, CA As the final boxing tournament of the 2009/2010 year was unwinding, the three top awards in amateur boxing in British...

Shipwrecked in Kitsilano

                    Randy van Eyk has lived the life of a true West- Coast Mariner. He has lived aboard his 40 foot...

Spring Grizzly Bear Hunt Starts in BC: Are Too Many Killed?

The Spring Grizzly Bear Hunts Begins April 1st in BC, But Are Too Many Being Killed? The David Suzuki Foundation released a report on April 1st, the same day that the spring Grizzly Bear hunt begins in British...

Who really, has access to your private information?

How much of your personal information do you share when filing out forms, documents, and surveys that are often needed to conduct daily life in the twenty first century?  Do you openly share important...

How would you spend a billion dollars?

Shhhh.... Can you here the gasps?  I know I sure did, after finding out this morning that the security bill for the recent Olympic Games in Vancouver almost reached a whopping billion dollar mark!  So, I...

Ice Hockey: A Giant Amongst Nations: USA, Canada and...Finland

Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics:  Men's Ice Hockey Final: Canada 3 USA 2 ("Sudden Death") Finland 5 Slovakia 3 So, Canada (Gold) has a population of 34,017,000 U.S.A. (Silver) has a population of 308,372,000...

Chilean Skier Noelle Barahona staying for Closing Ceremony

Chilean Skier Noelle Barahona will be staying for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony after learning her family is safe from the damage sustained in Chile when an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck...

British Columbia Under Tsunami Warning after Chile Earthquake

Due to the 8.8 magnitue earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday February 27 2010, tsunami warnings have been issued for places such as Hawaii and Australia, but also for the coast of British Columbia as the tsunami makes it way across the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii Evacuation...

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