Officials fear dog was poisoned in Burnaby park

I am not a dog owner but i'm animal lover, hope whoever did these heinous acts against beloved pets is caught and and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, before someone else loses their pet. " She was...

New Math: 2.3¢ carbon tax now means 10 ¢ a litre at Gas Stations.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorFollowing British Columbians accepting that  $100.00  carbon tax cheque from our Provincial government, today we will have cheque cashers remorse now that BC's...

Happy 50th to Vancouver's wooden coaster

Vancouver doesn't have many claims to fame, but one of the most important is its wooden coaster that resides in the Playland - and it turns 50 today.I get so scared when I ride it but everytime I go to the Playland I...

Demonstrators Carry Blank Signs Outside "Islamophobia" Trial to Protest Free ...

The signs protesters carried at the courthouse said it all by saying nothing.Protesters carried blank signs in front of the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal in Vancouver Monday morning to draw attention to erosion of freedom of expression. They say...

Police recover some artwork stolen from UBC museum

Some of the artwork stolen from UBC last month has been recovered, though police are releasing few details at this time. No word on whether any of the recovered art is that of artist Bill Reid.The original story can be found here."Police in B.C. say some of the artwork stolen...

Burnaby BC: Mass Decontamination after Meth PreCursor Chemical Spill?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe Chemical spill which happened yesterday, was far more serious than many believed.  Here is a tidbit the Newspaper didn't tell you, most likely because they have no...

Executive Asst. in Lyndon Johnson's West Wing Fights for Democracy in Powell ...

Patricia Aldworth went to the coastal pulp mill city of Powell River to retire. But the woman who had learned about politics while an Executive Assistant in the West Wing during Lyndon Johnson's Presidency, couldn’t retire. Not when she saw that democracy in Powell River...

'For Better Or For Worse' Cartoonist To Divorce

It wasn't for better or for worse after all. Lynn Johnston whose "For Better Or For Worse" comic strip is based on life with her husband, Rod Johnston, and their two children, intends to divorce."He fell in love with somebody else," the cartoonist known to a hundred million...

Colin Hansen "Rewarding" History of Sexual Harassment at SFU

Colin Hansen is rewarding sexual harassment. That’s how a former Simon Fraser University student views a visit by BC’s Minister of Economic Development two weeks ago to the Downtown Eastside, to...

Disclose "Sexual Harassment Ring" to Donors, SFU Board Told

The Simon Fraser University Board of Governors has been asked to meet their obligation to disclose to prospective donors, SFU’s unresolved history of allegedly “operating a sexual harassment ring”...

Canada: Is 'visible minority' still relevant?

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Like the Beer Commercial says, “I AM CANADIAN” words to live by, regardless where you came from, you’re here, you’re Canadian, end of discussion....

Surrey RCMP: Top 10 car thieves named

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorGranted, not as Funny as Letterman's Top 10 List.These Winners of the RCMP's Top 10  list of Car Thieves leaves many Taxpayers in British Columbia wondering  why...

Customers pepper sprayed at B.C. bank

"Unsuspecting customers of a bank branch in Burnaby, B.C., were pepper sprayed Monday by a brazen group of would-be robbers. "Customers of a bank in Burnaby, B.C., were pepper sprayed Monday by a group of would-be robbers. (CBC) " Police say a group of young men in their...

SFU: Trapped on the Mountain

Due to the snow in Burnaby and Vancouver, SFU staff and students could be stuck on campus for the night."so i'm stuck up the mountain cause of heavy snowage...it's funny cause the last time i was stuck at sfu it was...

Did Fraud Allegations Contribute to United Way Shortfall of $3 Million?

  At breakfast in Vancouver on Thursday, United Way of the Lower Mainland President, Michael McKnight, did not utter a word about criminal allegations swirling around United Way. He was speaking to over 1,000 people on at the United Way breakfast awards ceremony...

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