"Moving beyond Left & Right"
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 such …
Continue reading “A big thank you to our loyal readers!” ~ 24 Hours Vancouver
****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’s …
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, …
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 quickly …
Columnists Laila Yuile and Brent Stafford battle over the issues of the day. The winner of last week’s duel on the proposed ‘urban resort’ in Vancouver was Brent with 71%. This week’s topic: Is it time to review and change the Agricultural Land Reserve? News flash for Brent: you don’t have to be from the …
Continue reading This weeks column for 24Hrs Vancouver: BC Needs to Strengthen local Food Supply
THE DUEL Sunday, July 14, 2013 Columnists Laila Yuile and Brent Stafford battle over the issues of the day. The winner of last week’s duel on Canada’s secret surveillance program was Laila Yuile with 55%. This week’s question: In light of the Quebec disaster, should we transport more Canadian oil by railway or pipeline here …
The winner of last week’s duel on the education system was Laila Yuile with 65%. This week’s topic: Should the Senate be elected or abolished? Brent has done an excellent job this week of deflecting attention away from the deeper issues behind our nation’s dysfunctional Senate. He defends a solution — electing senators — that …
Continue reading This weeks column for 24Hrs Vancouver: Time to cut the cord with bloated Senate.
In this weeks column, Kathryn and I tackle the question : Does B.C. need a change in leadership? This column, was the catalyst for yesterday's post here, because the closer I was to reaching my column word length, the more I realized there was so much more to be said. I have a confession. Even though …
Winner of the last duel on the value of the Canadian Senate was Laila Yuile with 64%. This week’s topic: Is the recent B.C. budget really a Liberal budget — or an NDP-style one? Premier Christy Clark — who still hasn’t been elected to that title by voters — may have taken a couple of …
With this stunning and somewhat rare West Coast Sunshine, we should all be outside enjoying the weather before it returns to nasty rain again! However, I know a lot of people down with flu and colds now, and so I've compiled a few items of interest I found that I think you might want to check out! 1) …
