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Friday, March 25, 2011

Read The Tyee (thetyee.ca)

Well, I seem to have found a Canadian left-wing political site -- from B.C., too!

It's called The Tyee, and its headlines today include:

PoliticianSpeak: Help Write the Dictionary

We offer this start of a handy guide just in time for a federal election. Please add your own definitions!

news

Oil Sands War graphic, Dembicki series
A Tyee Series

Scandal Rocks Key Player in Canada's Oil Sands PR Push

Bruce Carson was the 'grey-haired sage' linking PM Harper to oil lobby. Now he's accused of influence peddling for a young former prostitute. Latest in a series.
By Geoff Dembicki, Today

opinion

canadian-american-flags.jpg

Harper's $130 Million Rollover to NAFTA

He set a precedent, making us pay foreign investors if we stop giving them access to publicly owned resources.
By Scott Sinclair, Today

artsculture

Coca-Cola written in blood

'The Coca-Cola Case'

More than a documentary, it's a vehicle for a global movement for corporate accountability and union rights.
By Tom Sandborn, Today

Recent Stories

news

Rain in Vancouver

So Much Rain! Why Not Put It To Work?

Exasperated our wet winters turn into water-scarce summers? Get your own 1000-gallon rain barrel.
By Christopher Pollon, Yesterday

books

Vancouver historian Chuck Davis

Chuck Davis's Love Affair with Vancouver

The historian, to be memorialized Saturday, stuffed his pockets, and his mind, with his beloved city's past.
By Daniel Wood, Yesterday

mediacheck

Graph of radiation in Japan

Shaky Coverage in Japan

The quake and nuclear risk were bad enough. Why did some media have to make it worse?
By Crawford Kilian, Yesterday

artsculture

Bob Dylan and Doug Sahm

The Groover

Doug Sahm was the funkiest cowboy of them all. A new retrospective captures the man on the rise.
By Adrian Mack, Yesterday

life

JapanTV

Do I Go Back to Tokyo?

And join my family there? Or bring them to Canada, where I happened to be when the earthquake triggered nuclear disaster? I've made my decision.
By Steve McClure, 23 Mar 2011

news

Oil Sands War graphic, Dembicki series
A Tyee Series

Canadian Officials 'Aggressive' in Selling Congress on Oil Sands

Albertan and Canadian government reps spin hard to US lawmakers say Capitol Hill insiders. Latest in a series.
By Geoff Dembicki, 23 Mar 2011

mediacheck

InternetLove

Why We Fight (for the Internet)

Let them close the Net by metering or throttling, and it's a defeat for sharing, creativity, and human potential.
By Steve Anderson, 23 Mar 2011

news

HarperCountry

Canada through Stephen Harper's Eyes

What might he do with a majority? Well, he once called his country a "welfare state in the worst sense." Here's that speech.
By Stephen Harper, 23 Mar 2011

news

Oil Sands War graphic, Dembicki series
A Tyee Series

The Kochs: Oil Sands Billionaires Bankrolling US Right

They process about one in four barrels of US-bound Alberta bitumen, and pump millions of dollars into highly conservative, anti-green causes. Latest in a series.
By Geoff Dembicki, 22 Mar 2011

news

Protest for awareness of DTES missing women

Mounties Privately Slammed Vancouver Police Claims on Pickton Case

VPD made 'inflammatory' and 'incorrect' criticisms of Mounties' serial killer investigation, accuses BC RCMP memo.
By Stanley Tromp, 22 Mar 2011

mediacheck

Copyright symbol with crossbones

Everything You Know About Pirates Is Wrong

Few copyright pirates are gangsters. The market, not the law, is to blame, says report.
By Michael Geist, 22 Mar 2011

opinion

Christy Clark

Liquor, Guns, Grits and Christy Clark

Look who the premier hired as her office staff, and brace for controversy.
By Bill Tieleman, 22 Mar 2011

opinion

Cartoon drawing of a hold up

Harper's Crime Floggers

The case of the Macdonald Laurier Institute, key accomplice to Tories in their assaults on truth.
By Donald Gutstein, 21 Mar 2011

opinion

Christy Clark stamp, cartoon by Ingrid Rice

Good Luck with Your New Team, Premier

Does Christy Clark know the difference between a caucus and a cactus? To survive, she'd better.
By Rafe Mair, 21 Mar 2011

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Well, that's it for tonight; I've got some reading to do.

 

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