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Whistleblower protector a 'disaster' say watchdog groups
By October 27, 2010 12:07 pmThirty-one good government groups have joined in urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to install a new public sector integrity commissioner with a rewritten job description. Read more…
Filed inBC seeking framework for new 'hybrid' businesses with social missions
By October 26, 2010 05:02 pmThe BC government is exploring how to foster a new "hybrid" form of business in the province which combines some aspects of charitable non-profits with traits so far reserved for for-profits, including returns to investors.
The Ministry of Finance posted this invitation to consultation about the idea... Read more…
Filed inFirst Nations say relationship with DFO must change to create sustainable fishery
By October 26, 2010 04:47 pmDepartment of Fisheries and Oceans attitudes about aboriginal fishing rights is an obstacle to sustainable management of the Fraser River fishery, First Nations representatives said today at the Cohen Commission. Read more…
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Senior’s care report is priority for HEU
By October 26, 2010 04:23 pmWhen a final report on senior’s care is released next year, the Hospital Employees Union will make sure the government takes action to improve the system, Judy Darcy, secretary-business manager of the Hospital Employees Union, told members at a Vancouver convention Tuesday. Read more…
Filed inStudents, profs baffled by split of ministries
By October 26, 2010 03:55 pm 2 commentsStudents and professors alike are confused about the way post-secondary education was split yesterday into two separate ministries as part of Premier Campbell's cabinet realignment. Read more…
Filed inProsperity Mine supporters 'cheated' on online poll: activist
By October 26, 2010 02:43 pm 14 commentsSupporters of the Tsilhqot'in National Government say their opponents hijacked an online Globe and Mail poll last week about a mine proposal near Williams Lake.
“It appears someone hacked the system to dump thousands of votes in at a time,” wrote Susan Smitten a filmmaker and executive director of the group Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs in an email to supporters. Read more…
More waterfowl land on Syncrude tailings pond
By October 26, 2010 01:01 pm 1 commentsEDMONTON - More birds have landed on gooey, toxic Syncrude tailings ponds in Alberta's oilsands, just days after the oil giant agreed to pay more than $3 million for a similar incident that killed 1,600 ducks in 2008. Read more…
Filed inCharge corporations that profit from conflict with war crimes, BC prof says
By October 26, 2010 11:17 am 5 commentsCorporations that exploit conflicts to illegally extract or purchase natural resources from war-torn countries should be charged with war crimes, a University of British Columbia professor argues in a document he hopes will encourage governments and prosecutors around the world to pursue such cases.
James Keller reports for The Canadian Press. Read more…
Filed inFish farm industry denies keeping 'secret' data on sea lice epidemic
By October 25, 2010 04:56 pm 12 commentsB.C. Salmon Farmers Association director Mary Ellen Walling says that this information is already available online. A quick search on Marine Harvest, B.C.'s largest aquaculture company, proved her right. Graphics showing sea lice averages can be found for specific fish farms over a five year period. Read more…
A few surprises as Campbell shuffles cabinet
By October 25, 2010 04:20 pm 20 commentsBritish Columbia's embattled finance minister remains in his portfolio despite a massive cabinet and bureaucracy shakeup Monday. Colin Hansen was minister when the government introduced the much-hated harmonized sales tax and has echoed the premier's admission that BC Liberals did a lousy job of getting the public on board. Read more…
Filed inMorton finishes four-day paddle down Fraser as sockeye inquiry begins
By October 25, 2010 12:58 pm 6 commentsGreeted by Squamish Chief Bill Williams, 100 supporters and heavy rains, Alexandra Morton and 80 others beached their canoes at Vanier Park this morning after four days of paddling down the Fraser River.
The biologist and activist left Hope, B.C., four days ago to raise awareness about salmon farming and the Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon, which begins today. Read more…
Shutting down Carleton school would be a tragedy: Supporters
By October 25, 2010 10:10 am 1 commentsClosing Sir Guy Carleton Elementary would rip the heart out of the surrounding community, school supporters said Sunday. Read more…
Filed inFlooded farmers desperate for supplies
By October 25, 2010 10:06 am 2 commentsFarm animals in Bella Coola are at risk of starving to death after recent floods washed away or soaked tonnes of stored winter feed and hay -- but farmers can't get any help from the province. Read more…
Filed inKhadr pleads guilty to war crimes; can ask to return to Canada after one year
By October 25, 2010 10:03 am 6 commentsYears of political hand-wringing over Guantanamo Bay's youngest and only remaining western inmate appeared close to an end Monday as Canada's Omar Khadr pleaded guilty to war-crimes charges in the death of a U.S. special forces soldier in Afghanistan eight years ago. Read more…
Filed inNo GHG exemptions for oil sands: Environment Minister
By October 22, 2010 03:48 pm 2 commentsAlberta’s oil sands industry must live up to Canada’s greenhouse gas reduction goals, the federal environment minister said Friday. Read more…
Metro Vancouver immigration gets animated
By October 22, 2010 12:00 pmThe patterns of immigrant settlement that have shaped Metro Vancouver have been brought to life. Read more…
Filed inFar right warms to carbon tax
By October 22, 2010 06:37 am 3 commentsAn influential right-wing think tank has released an energy policy proposal that includes support for an American carbon tax. Read more…
Filed inBalance new laws with better system, says refugee services head
By October 22, 2010 06:21 amHuman smuggling must be addressed and the Canadian government has every right to apply new laws, but legitimate channels of immigration for refugees must also be advanced, Mario Ayala, director of refugee services with the Inland Refugee Society of B.C.(IRSBC), told the Tyee. Read more…
Filed inBC's experimental health funding model adds costs: British MP
By October 21, 2010 05:47 pm 1 commentsBritish Columbia should reconsider its move towards patient-focused funding for surgery, former British secretary of state for health and current Labour Member of Parliament Frank Dobson said today.
“It doesn't work and it's very expensive to administer,” Dobson said in an interview. Read more…
Public transit good for weight loss: Doctors
By October 21, 2010 05:20 pm 1 commentsIf you think the bus is the “loser cruiser,” you’re right -- but not for the reasons you think. Read more…
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NDP leader James finds support from New Westminster
Cohen Commission to begin evidentiary hearings October 25
Little debate in politics, says Taylor
Giveaways hinder EU carbon market: NYT
Coast Mountains District loses superintendent, secretary treasurer in one week
Survey finds BC artist-run centres hard up
Feds should lobby less, regulate more, oil sands report says
BC won't follow Ontario's ban on taxpayer funded lobbyists
Surrey-Green Timbers NDP support James, leadership review
Sudden Basi-Virk trial ending will be costly for taxpayers – and BC Liberals
Set limits on oil sands water use: DFO report
Cold Lake wants worker cap increased
New study shows kids in care underperforming in school
Fight HST recall campaign gathers steam
Hundreds of Vancouverites protest oil tankers
Children in B.C. disadvantaged, more data needed for research: report
Up close and personal with Mexico's drug war
Surprise guilty plea in Basi-Virk trial brings call for public inquiry
NDP leader James acted unilaterally to oust Simpson: Macdonald
Khadr doco goes to trial
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Morton calls 'all wild salmon people' to Vanier Park on October 25
NDP leader James is on right track, says former premier Harcourt
Proposed trade treaty a threat to food security: Farmers' Union
NDP caucus strong despite resignation says James
New farm standard hopes to tap demand for local
MLA Macdonald resigns as BC NDP caucus chair
Written question period raises Langley Teachers Association's suspicions
DNA found in BC EnCana pipeline bombings case
Downtown Ambassadors 'well-liked' by homeless, video claims
Denman Island parkland preserved through carbon offsets
Tory bloggers happy about Security Council loss
'Serious trouble' if BC allowed lead on environmental assessments: Chief
Metro mayors nix property tax for transit
Greens seeking winnable ridings, talking to disaffected MLAs
Canada withdraws from race for Security Council seat
Booting Simpson sign of weak, scared NDP leadership: Corky Evans
Campbell's mining stance insults First Nations: Chief
Former NDP minister Perry sides with Simpson
Salmon farms, sea lice main cause of huge drop in coho: Studies
Psych nurse pink slips are "health policy by calculator" to union president
We're staring down the barrel at one scary week here, people.
First the mystery of the missing 2009 Fraser River sockeye. Sure, this year our freezers runneth over and we're all getting ready to give out sockeye treats instead of Mars bars for Halloween. But a year ago those freezers were empty and we thought the Fraser River sockeye fishery was going the way of the Atlantic cod.
What gives chills is that we still don't really know where they went or why they came back in such numbers. With any luck, the Cohen Commission, which starts this week, will find some answers. Stay tuned to The Hook for regular reports.
And then there's the ongoing saga of our fledgling premier. He's done shaking up his cabinet and wants to talk at you (through your TV) Wednesday night. No doubt there will be some treats thrown into your bag of candy but your trusty Hook reporters will watch for any dastardly tricks.
Come back all week and watch as our murder of reporters attack these and other stories like a flock of Hitchcock-ian birds. All this and more cheesy Halloween metaphors!
Geoff D'Auria
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