New Vancouver Band Kick The Ashes are heading into the studio to record their first full length CD. Boy, its gonna be a good one. At only 17, their sound takes you back to the sounds of classic rock. Lead...
opinion by pickledtinker | 16 wks ago | updated 13 wks ago 102 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Barry Artiste Op/Ed Yep, pretty seet work if you can get it! I am sure many believe it, especially those born yesterday! Yeah, ah, really officer, I was collecting pop cans, so I could get airfare for...
Saturday night I attended a Western Lacrosse Association game played by young men. The sparse but enthusiastic crowd cheered on the local Timbermen as well as the powerhouse New Westminster...
A former secretary to two CUPE Presidents has sent a letter to the RCMP requesting that they investigate tactics to which she was subjected after blowing the whistle about CUPE Local 116 executives staffing their...
created by jr | 27 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago 213 views | 3 recommendations | 1 comment
Since moving to Vancouver a year and a half ago and living in 4 different locations within that time, I have come to the conclusion that New Westminster is the best location to live in. Well, at least it is for a poor, struggling student. Rent is reasonable,...
opinion by mal16 | 35 wks ago 617 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa will perform same-sex blessings, making it the first Canadian Anglican Diocese to make such a move since the worldwide church called for a moratorium in 2004." In 2004, the worldwide...
Premier Gordon Campbell and CKNW talk show host Christie Clark, may wish they had left their pink shirts in the closet as their own bullying baggage is dragged out along with the shirts. Campbell has declared Feb....
created by jr | 38 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago 552 views | 39 recommendations | 7 comments
"The animal pedophile who was in over 200 pictures molesting young boys has been arrested in Thailand without giving up a fight. Typical of these losers. " A Canadian schoolteacher suspected of sexually...
While attempting to maintain law and order and protect citizens, police have had to deal with the 'enemy within' yet again when three off-duty officers from three different Lower Mainland Vancouver forces were...
Soviet-style political psychiatry practiced in Vancouver has been attracting attention internationally but I’d never heard it mentioned by a candidate in the civic election campaign. Until Monday. At an All...
created by jr | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 264 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
I recognized the name right away when I opened 24 Hours newspaper. Layne Clark. She looks a lot like her father, former British Columbia Premier Glen Clark, especially around the eyes. The first year student at Simon Fraser University has started writing a...
created by jr | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 286 views | 0 recommendations | 5 comments
If it's anything like last week's even it'll be worth checking out."Sunday June 22nd in New Westminster (Sapperton). Easy to get to by bike or transit (SkyTrain). They don’t call it a Car Free Festival, but there’s no traffic on East Columbia all day. Something to...
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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...
created by jr | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 866 views | 2 recommendations | 5 comments
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...
created by jr | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 453 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments