Radical Rags fundraiser – Make government think twice
Radical Rags will showcase fashions over the past century By Paul Caune Civil Rights Now is having a fabulous fashion show fundraiser on Feb. 22 in Vancouver and we’re calling it Radical Rags. Civil...
View ArticleBC government debt growing rapidly because of CAPEX
Liberals claim budget surplus, but total BC government debt rising Finance minister Mike de Jong recently issued a flurry of press releases touting the high credit rating of the BC government debt by...
View ArticleManitoba Legislature a ‘Da Vinci Code’ puzzle
Manitoba Legislature designed by Freemason architect Frank Worthington Simon The Manitoba Legislature is the last place one might expect to find the bust of Medusa, recurring odes to “666” and the...
View ArticleSimushir update: Russian ship being towed out to sea
Russian ship Simushir lost propulsion off Haida Gwaii, raising fears of wreck and fuel spill A Canadian Coast Guard vessel continued to slowly tow disabled Russian container ship Simushir, which is...
View ArticleOttawa shootings statistically more likely work of madman
Too many rushing to judgement in midst of Ottawa shootings As I write this, roughly five hours have elapsed since this morning’s Ottawa shootings, when a gunman shot and killed a Canadian reservist...
View ArticleCanada is not ‘at war’ with Radical Islam
…and Canada was never “innocent” and will respond appropriately to recent attacks Across the land today, editorialists are opining that Canada has lost its innocence, that the deaths of two soldiers at...
View ArticleCanada should fight harder against radicalization – Kenney
BC Muslim Association agrees with Kenney, says radicalization has no place in Canada As Canada mourns two slain soldiers, the association representing a mosque that ejected the gunman who killed Cpl....
View ArticleFish habitat protection unchanged after MOU – Fisheries, NEB
MOU eliminates Fisheries review of fish habitat, which parties say was duplication of effort Federal officials say an agreement between Fisheries and the national energy regulator to “eliminate...
View ArticleTrans Mountain benefit analysis by SFU just not credible
Economist pokes holes in SFU study of Trans Mountain economic benefits Whose methodology do you believe? That’s basically the debate between SFU and Kinder Morgan over duelling reports estimating...
View ArticleAlberta earthquakes not caused by fracking – UofA prof
13 small Alberta earthquakes caused by nearby wastewater injection well A study by Alberta geo-physicists has established a link between oil and gas activity – a wastewater injection well – and small...
View ArticleSocial licence: Enbridge, Kinder Morgan losing BC battle
Who could lose social licence to BC eco-activists, who consistently get facts wrong, don’t understand basic technical issues, whose analyses are based on junk methodology? Have pipeline companies lost...
View ArticleCarbon tax based on BC model appears inevitable
BC carbon tax hailed as textbook case of good public policy If the CEO of Canada’s largest energy company thinks a Canadian carbon tax is a good thing, is it time to seriously consider one? Steve...
View ArticleEnmax preparing for future of Alberta renewable energy
Cost of renewables will drop, fossil fuel costs likely to rise, power grid becomes smarter – Enmax Whither renewable energy in Alberta? The answer to that question, according to Calgary-based Enmax, is...
View ArticleAlberta oil sands: Ontario, American manufacturing firms lining up
Alberta oil sands investing $30 billion a year in capital projects American and Ontario manufacturers are trekking to Calgary to persuade Alberta oil sands companies they can meet the demands of...
View ArticleDanielle Smith betrayal one of epic proportions
Was Danielle Smith undermining WRP by-election campaigns while negotiating with Prentice? Two and a half years ago, Beacon News was blackballed by the Wildrose Party for a story about leader Danielle...
View ArticleCanadian newsmakers who died in 2014
Former federal finance minister Jim Flaherty among Canadian newsmakers who died in 2014 Every year the nation looks back on the list of Canadian newsmakers who died, some familiar over many years for...
View ArticleAnti-intellectualism alive and well in Alberta, BC
Anti-intellectualism thrives in religion-based schools Recently, I was forwarded an article entitled “Anti-intellectualism is taking over the US.” In the piece an author, Isabel Allende, explains how...
View ArticleThe Odd Couple at Surrey Arts Centre is funny, entertaining
Surrey Arts Centre The Odd Couple isn’t perfect, but still worth the ticket price I grew up in the 1970s watching The Odd Couple on television, so the Surrey Arts Centre’s version of the Neil Simon...
View ArticleAnti-vaccine movement: One example of misunderstood science
Clear scientific evidence vaccines are safe, but anti-vaccine proponents not listening The anti-vaccine movement likes to claim it has science on its side. Does it? Beacon News asked Dr. Glen Armstrong...
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