Sarah Palin has announced that she will resign as governor of Alaska on July 26.

Today, I sent an e-mail to to Clark Hoyt, public editor of the New York Times, asking if the newspaper will publish an itemized list of its reporters' and editors' speaking fees.

The Canada Day party I just came from was a sham!

The Office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles deserves credit for launching a consultation process on June 30 on distracted driving. Nobody wants to be in front of the guy who’s text-messaging his girlfriend. Kudos to the bureaucrats if they're considering a clampdown.

Wilf Hanni has resigned as leader of the B.C. Conservative Party, citing infighting among members of its board of directors.

Council of Canadians, Common Frontiers, and MiningWatch Canada today (June 30) sent the following letter to Senate leaders, criticizing the ratification of the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement:

The “lack of affordable credit” and “bleak prospects for investment” are just two factors that could lead to the loss of tens of thousands of jobs in the U.K.’s oil and gas sector.

Whatever one may think about the so-called "War On Terror", there are certain stories that both boggle the mind and dramatically highlight just how ridiculous this war without end really is.

For years, Premier Gordon Campbell has commandeered the B.C. government Web site as a means to promote himself.

(Ed: Think City, a Vancouver nongovernmental organization that focuses on public policies, distributed the following article this week, and gave Straight.com permission to republish it.)

> By Amar Sangha 

A laneway-housing-style development in Victoria is brimming with cute abodes, but it’s not exactly a poster child for small-footprint houses’ promise of affordability.

Is there a connection between the pending decision by the City of Vancouver on an application by the province for a demolition permit for Little Mountain Housing, and the provincial government’s foot-dragging on renewing its continued funding for homeless shelters in the city?

Lawrence Cannon, Canada's minister of foreign affairs, today (June 21) made this statement condemning the use of violence against protestors in Iran:

Our great country reported its inflation data for the month of May through Statistics Canada yesterday.