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- “The man of thought who will not act is ineffective; the man of action who will not think is dangerous.” ~ Richard Nixon.
- This weeks column for 24Hrs Vancouver: Find the party that is accountable for its actions.
- One of the best graphic images: The Election Web ( would the person who created this contact me for due credit?)
- “There has always been, and there is now, a profound conflict of interest between the people and the government…” ~ Howard Zinn
- BC Liberal members decline and ignore requests for interview with leading LGBT blogger and advocate as ‘too risky’.
- Just an opinion from a “retired Businessman who lives in the Greater Victoria Region.”
- This weeks column for 24Hrs Vancouver: Tackling child poverty essential to fixing broken school system
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- Updated with readers photos of their BC** I'm not saying that it's going to be easy.... I AM saying it is going to be worth it. The future is yours if you rise to the challenge.
- 100 + reasons the BC Liberals must go.
- “The man of thought who will not act is ineffective; the man of action who will not think is dangerous.” ~ Richard Nixon.
- Surrey ranks in the Top 10 Most Dangerous cities in Canada - so why not add slot machines to one of the poorest neighbourhoods?
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Tag Archives: gateway project
Falcon’s follies: Gateway,SFPR and the Railgate connection.
It was a very sunny day in September 2006, when Premier Gordon Campbell arrived for the grand opening of Simon Fraser University’s Surrey campus, smack dab in the heart of Whalley. Despite the demands of his busy schedule, Campbell did make time to sit … Continue reading
Bits and Bites – Thursday July 23nd, 2009
*** updated 11 am, July 23rd- Colin Hansen just announced that on July 1st, 2010, the BC government will “harmonize” the PST we pay with the Federal GST- in other words, they are going to combine the two taxes into … Continue reading
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Tagged bc liberals, Bc Rail, braidwood enquiry, burns bogs, CKNW Talk SHow Idol, criminal justice system, cut student aid, david bowie, enbridge, gateway project, gatewaysucks.org, Gordon Campbell, health cuts, kash heed, katherine quinn, Laila Yuile, matthew martin, obama, queen, railgate, robert dziekanski, running, sandra martin-toner, south fraser perimeter road, thomas braidwood, unversal health care, weightloss
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Bits and Bites- Wednesday March 4th, 2009
For those of you who are just stopping by, there was another shooting near my home last night. Read the full account, with exclusive photo’s, here: http://lailayuile.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/rcmp-investigate-reports-of-shots-fired-in-newton-again/ It was very late before sleep finally engulfed me, the heightened adrenalin from the evenings … Continue reading
Posted in crime, Laila Yuile, Laila Yuile Photography Portfolio
Tagged advertising, bc liberals, bc mary, benjamin monty robinson, CKNW Talk SHow Idol, gang violence, gangs in surrey, gateway project, Gordon Campbell, Laila Yuile, orion hutchinson, photoshop, railgate, RCMP, robert dziekanski, shooting in newton march 3rd, Surrey crime, tasers
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An open letter to Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon
Dear Mr. Falcon, I am still feeling rather confused this morning after watching your interview with CTV’s St. John Alexander on the 6 o’clock newscast last night. In speaking with St.John about why tolls are absolutely necessary for the construction of … Continue reading
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Tagged bc government, bc liberals, CKNW Talk SHow Idol, david shreck, gateway project, Gordon Campbell, kevin falcon, Laila Yuile, ndp, P3s, port mann, sea to sky highway, Surrey, tolls, transportation
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper,Premier Gordon Campbell and Stockwell Day offically launch construction on the contentious South Fraser Perimeter Road
*** reaction to this launch here: http://lailayuile.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/contrary-to-what-the-premier-and-the-transportation-minister-say-the-public-is-not-behind-the-government-on-this-contentious-issue/ ( Although you would never know it, by the lack of coverage on the evening news tonight, or in the major local papers online. Oddly enough, a reporter with CTV had … Continue reading
South Fraser Perimeter Road announcement scheduled today – no public access allowed.
******Update: See the following story on my home page here: http://lailayuile.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/prime-minister-stephen-harperpremier-gordon-campbell-and-stockwell-day-offically-launch-construction-on-south-fraser-perimeter-road/ ********* Gordon Campbell, Kevin Falcon, and Federal reps will be making an “announcement about the South Fraser Perimeter Road” at the Surrey Fraser Docks.This announcement may concern new Federal funding … Continue reading
