Laila Yuile on people, politics and life in B.C.

“True leaders don’t give consoling answers, they take constructive actions.” ~Amit Kalantri

September 26, 2016 11:40 pm // 13 Comments

From UK media today: “One of British Columbia’s most influential First Nations chiefs has turned down an invitation to participate in a reconciliation ceremony with the Duke and Duchess of [...]

New Site C photos show continued mitigation efforts on slide prone north slope construction

September 21, 2016 10:41 am // 32 Comments

Finally back to the blog and I apologize for the absence but there is only so much time before winter and I have so much work that must be done outside the new place before fall unleashes its first [...]

Guest post:Keeping the Site C mistake in focus

September 2, 2016 11:10 am // 21 Comments

Rarely do I open up the blog to guest posts, but these comments from Roger Bryenton came my way via retired economist Erik Andersen as a normal matter of sharing information. Roger Bryenton is [...]

Three big problems in Surrey for Election 2017:Promises, Planning & Pandering.

September 1, 2016 1:16 pm // 6 Comments

It was July 26th when I sat down to pen a post on why nothing will ever change in the city of Surrey,until the council does.Why? Because it’s an oligarchy: “a small group of people [...]

Questions continue on the North Slope failures at Site C – and why no one else seems to be asking any questions.

August 29, 2016 10:09 pm // 12 Comments

Never fear I will be back to this blog about the second week of September and fall promises to be a good one with new stories, a new podcast and the updated version of 1oo + reasons the Liberals need [...]

In the midst of crickets,sunburns and painting…some really important items of note for readers near and far.

August 23, 2016 10:46 pm // 7 Comments

What has seemed like the summer that would never end, is coming to a close as the last days of August loom before me. I’ll be honest. I don’t want these days here to end. They’ve [...]

We’ve hit a point, BC, where each of us needs to decide what kind of province we are going to be.

August 18, 2016 9:07 am // 25 Comments

It was a magical moment, one of many this summer of discovery. Every night I’ve been here, I’ve made note of what time the sun sets and no matter what… step out onto the deck to [...]

“As for me, I know nothing more than miracles…” ~ Walt Whitman

August 11, 2016 11:04 pm // 25 Comments

“As for me, I know nothing else but miracles, Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan, Or dart my sight over the roofs of houses toward the sky, Or wade with naked feet along the beach just in [...]

It’s hard being right, when the wrong has already been done.

August 8, 2016 10:30 am // 9 Comments

It’s rainy and cold in the mountains today and the clouds are so thick and low that it feels as though I’m floating in the sky.So,until this weather lifts I’m socked in and its the [...]

“Going to the woods is going home.” ― John Muir

August 5, 2016 10:26 am // 15 Comments

“I felt like lying down by the side of the trail and remembering it all. The woods do that to you, they always look familiar, long lost, like the face of a long-dead relative, like an old dream, [...]

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