Politics

Gordon Campbell to reflect on Olympic lessons in Vancouver Board of Trade speech

Gordon Campbell to reflect on Olympic lessons in Vancouver Board of Trade speech

By Stephen Hui | February 8, 2012
Former B.C. Liberal premier Gordon Campbell is coming to town to give his first public address to B.C.'s business community since becoming Canada's high commissioner to the United Kingdom in August.
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News flash, NDP MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan: Canada's population is much higher than 9 million

News flash, NDP MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan: Canada's population is much higher than 9 million

By Stephen Hui | February 7, 2012
You don't need to be an MP to know that the population of Canada is upwards of 30 million.
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Roseanne Barr wants to whup the asses of the Republicans and Democrats

Roseanne Barr wants to whup the asses of the Republicans and Democrats

By Charlie Smith | February 5, 2012
The left-wing comic says she's going to seek the Green party nomination for president of the United States.
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Stephen Harper celebrates Canada's gruesome seal slaughter

Stephen Harper celebrates Canada's gruesome seal slaughter

By Stephen Hui | February 2, 2012
Prime Minister Stephen Harper deemed fit to hold a media event in Ottawa in order to trumpet his Conservative government's support for the bloody massacre known as the Canadian seal hunt.
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Washington state poised to legalize gay marriage; pastor calls for Starbucks boycott

Washington state poised to legalize gay marriage; pastor calls for Starbucks boycott

By Craig Takeuchi | February 2, 2012
Will Washington state become the seventh American state to permit gay and lesbian nuptials?
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Justin Trudeau stands up for transgender people on discriminatory airline rules

Justin Trudeau stands up for transgender people on discriminatory airline rules

By Stephen Hui | February 1, 2012
Canada's transgender community is up in arms over federal rules that could stop people from boarding airplanes if their appearance is deemed to not match the gender on their identification.
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Change at the CRTC: Weekly update from OpenMedia.ca

Change at the CRTC: Weekly update from OpenMedia.ca

By Lindsey Pinto | January 26, 2012
This week's video update features change at the top of the CRTC, "online spying" legislation, and the "cellphone squeeze".
Australian cabinet minister's speech plagiarizes Michael Douglas movie

Australian cabinet minister's speech plagiarizes Michael Douglas movie

By Stephen Hui | January 25, 2012
Australian infrastructure minister Anthony Albanese has been caught lifting lines from the 1995 film The American President.
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Vice President Newt Gingrich?

Vice President Newt Gingrich?

By Charlie Smith | January 25, 2012
Gingrich, the meanest and most cynical Republican since Dick Cheney, is running neck-and-neck with Mitt Romney in Florida.
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Shit students can't say (about Israeli apartheid and the Gaza massacre)

Shit students can't say (about Israeli apartheid and the Gaza massacre)

By Stephen Hui | January 25, 2012
Some of these Shit So-and-So Says videos aren't meant to be funny.
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SOPA and PIPA shelved after Internet blackout protest

SOPA and PIPA shelved after Internet blackout protest

By Stephen Hui | January 20, 2012
The sponsors of the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act pulled the contentious U.S. antipiracy bills.
Washington state one vote away from marriage equality, the Stranger calculates

Washington state one vote away from marriage equality, the Stranger calculates

By Matthew Burrows | January 19, 2012
Within the next few months, Washington could become the seventh U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.
Clay Shirky explains why SOPA and PIPA must be stopped

Clay Shirky explains why SOPA and PIPA must be stopped

By Stephen Hui | January 18, 2012
Kind of makes you want to black out your Twitter feed, eh?
Sacré bleu! Mitt Romney speaks—gasp—French?

Sacré bleu! Mitt Romney speaks—gasp—French?

By Doug Sarti | January 18, 2012
The latest attack ad from U.S. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich details a startling new fact about front-runner Mitt Romney.
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Ian Baillie leaving as Vision Vancouver executive director

Ian Baillie leaving as Vision Vancouver executive director

By Carlito Pablo | January 16, 2012
Vancouver’s governing civic party will have to look for a new executive director.
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