Regional Politics Archives - Page 15 of 35

Gun Fever is on the Rise in B.C. and Alberta Amid New Laws

Gun fever is on the rise in British Columbia and Alberta, and for a reason so comically Canadian, I feel like clown music should be playing as you read this article. This weapondemic (weapon+epidemic) paired wi...

Alberta Adds 82,000 Jobs, Canada Loses 9,500

Let me tell you about a magical place where the rate of unemployment is 4.9%. The unemployment rate is so low that business owners need to import workers from overseas to work unskilled jobs for above minimum w...

New Brunswick Legislature to Return For One Day For Pension Amendments

In a world strongly divided along party lines, it seems that one group is capable of uniting our leaders: old blue-collared retirees, specifically ones who used to work in a paper mill in Edmunston, New Brunswi...

Poll Shows Rob Ford Within Range of Victory?

A new poll by Forum Research out this morning shows Olivia Chow's support cratering, and Ford's...not really doing any better, but he's now statistically tied with Chow and Tory. Well, at least Rob Ford's in a ...

4 BC Events That Weren’t Archived, So We’ll Never Know About Them

The years of 2004 to 2014 will be forever remembered as a time in British Columbia when nothing happened. The wind may have blown, the snow may have fallen, but in terms of human civic history, not a peep was h...

Aboriginal Leaders Give Vancouver An Eviction Notice

When it comes to First Nations politics, Vancouver wants to have its cake and eat it too. There's a pattern here of two-faced policy that's got local Aboriginal leaders ready to evict the city of Vancouver off ...

Green Party Convention: Big Names, Beers, and Boredom

Over the past weekend, the Green Party of Canada held their annual convention in Fredericton, NB. Michael Luba, a Green Party enthusiast and employee, shares his thoughts. You’ve probably heard and...

Michael Ford Runs For Doug’s Council Seat: A New Ford Rises

“Ford for City Council!” Rob? No! Doug? Not even close. We aren’t talking about one of those old Fords who are too lame to know that the cool kids moved away from crack in the 80s. No, this is the Ford of a ...

Olivia Chow Called ‘Major League Biatch’ By Former MPP

First off, let me declare that I am not a fan of Olivia Chow. When we had a chance to meet in person a few years back at a charity ball, I walked away with the impression that she was a distant person. At the ...

New Ontario Healthcare Project Gets a Failing Grade

Mo' (lost) Money Mo' Problems. The Ontario government sure has an amazing track record when it comes to matters of provincial healthcare. As if racking up a billion-dollar bill in the eHealth scandal (remembe...