Cutting Through BC Government Boilerplate
Journalists are fed up with canned talking points in response to questions, but are they better than nothing?
Author Archives: David P. Ball
BC labour leaders praise premier with launch of LNG jobs training committee
Labour leaders admitted today that a recent liquified natural gas meeting with Premier Christy Clark was “surreal,” and praised the government they opposed only months ago in the provincial election.
Reconciliation Week Envisions ‘New Way Forward’
Events around Truth and Reconciliation Commission aim to foster healing, hope for a better future.
Coastal First Nations Vow ‘Good Fight’ to Stop Grizzly Hunt
Province, First Nations coalition in jurisdictional battle over controversial trophy hunt.
Spate of police killings, injuries re-ignite calls for reform
A spate of disturbing police incidents across Canada has re-ignited calls for law enforcement reform, in a summer that saw Alberta police shoot an Aboriginal star from the reality TV show Mantracker, and Québec police under fire for the beating of an Innu man, captured on video.
Vowing to ‘keep fighting,’ Idle No More blockader fined $16,000
Idle No More blockader Ron Plain, 51, has been ordered by a judge to pay CN railway $16,000 in fines for the 13-day protest that captured the country’s attention.
Tahltan blockaders call on their allies
Blockaders in Tahltan Nation issued an eviction notice to Fortune Minerals on Aug. 14 over the firm’s proposed $10-billion open-pit coal mine in what they say could destroy three northern B.C. rivers vital to their culture and lands.
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Native youth leader resigns over ‘unusual’ police DNA demand
Vancouver Police Department’s alleged refusal to issue a criminal record check for a prominent youth leader – because he wouldn’t submit a DNA sample – has forced him to abandon an organization he’s volunteered at for 13 years.
Lengthy hospital stay leads to ‘Nephew bandit’ arrest
The “Nephew bandit,” who police say conned money and valuables out of gullible seniors by pretending to be a distant relative, will remain in custody.
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