“A big thank you to our loyal readers!” ~ 24 Hours Vancouver

I was very impressed to hear the news this evening, that our little paper, 24 Hours Vancouver, is now the second most read print publication, Monday to Friday, in all of western Canada!  ( The Province is #1, 24Hrs #2, and Vancouver Sun is #3) I am very proud to be a very small part of suchContinue reading “A big thank you to our loyal readers!” ~ 24 Hours Vancouver

This weeks column for 24Hrs Vancouver: Should the government provide more funding for the CBC?

****My apologies for posting this so late: generally I post my columns first thing in the am to give readers ample time to comment and vote, but unfortunately had an early meeting schedule that prevented me from doing so! The winner of last week’s duel on temporary foreign workers was Laila with 86%. This week’sContinue reading This weeks column for 24Hrs Vancouver: Should the government provide more funding for the CBC?

This weeks column for 24Hrs Vancouver: B.C. premier should get rid of referendum and work out a proper transit deal

Columnists Laila Yuile and Brent Stafford battle over the issues of the day. The winner of last week’s duel on marijuana laws was Laila with 61%. This week’s topic: Should the premier cancel the transit referendum and leave planning and funding to the existing process? A dream has been repeating itself lately in my mind,Continue reading This weeks column for 24Hrs Vancouver: B.C. premier should get rid of referendum and work out a proper transit deal

This weeks column for 24Hrs: Taxpayers deserve better value for costly Translink Faregate system

This week, Brent and I take on the latest Faregate Folly…. the Compass Card fare evasion loophole. This week’s topic: Does the latest Compass Card loophole undermine the value of the new system? Taxpayers were treated to yet another in a series of TransLink follies recently with the news that Compass Card testers had quicklyContinue reading This weeks column for 24Hrs: Taxpayers deserve better value for costly Translink Faregate system