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Frances Bula resigns from the Vancouver Sun

July 2, 2008
By Charlie Smith
The Vancouver Sun's veteran municipal-affairs reporter, Frances Bula, has quit her job at the CanWest MediaWorks metropolitan daily paper.
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John McCain stars in Madonna’s “Vogue” at the behest of Stephen Colbert

July 1, 2008
By Amanda Growe
The Colbert Report’s recent challenge to viewers to “Make McCain interesting” using footage of the Republican presidential candidate has resulted in a number of amusing clips. But one that parachutes McCain into the video for Madonna’s “Vogue” is truly impressive.
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David Emerson huffs and puffs about democracy

July 1, 2008
By Charlie Smith
What's happening in Zimbabwe is a disgrace. Everyone knows that a vicious thug by the name of Robert Mugabe stole the election from Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
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Gordon Campbell's carbon tax and Brian Mulroney's GST

June 30, 2008
By Charlie Smith
B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell has a few things in common with former Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney.
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The John Edwards standard and John McCain

June 28, 2008
This is the weekly update from Media Matters for America, an organization that monitors conservative biases in major U.S. media.
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Port Coquitlam mayor Scott Young's bio omits assault

June 28, 2008
By Charlie Smith
On weekends, I like perusing the council agendas in various municipalities. There is no meeting on Monday in Port Coquitlam, so I decided to check out the biography of Mayor Scott Young.
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Stop the presses: Mayor Malcolm Brodie worries about transit finances

June 28, 2008
By Charlie Smith
Today on the radio, I heard a clip of Richmond mayor Malcolm Brodie worrying about TransLink finances.
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Waking up the citizens in New Westminster to Zero Waste

June 25, 2008
By Helen Spiegelman
It was standing room only at the church hall in New Westminster last night when Paul Connett gave a rousing hour-long speech about waste incineration.
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Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe loses knighthood, clings on to power

June 25, 2008
By Travis Lupick
Right up until June 25, 2008, Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe was, amazingly, an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.
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Anti-anti-carbon tax lobby ups ante

June 25, 2008
By Matthew Burrows
Business owners, economists, and faith groups are about to up the ante in opposition to the B.C. NDP-led opposition to Premier Gordon Campbell’s gas tax.
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NDP's Garrison abandons lost cause in Vancouver Centre

June 24, 2008
By Charlie Smith
The NDP's cerebral candidate in the federal riding of Vancouver Centre, Randall Garrison, has withdrawn "due to personal reasons".
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B.C. cabinet shuffle follows Gordon Campbell's usual pattern

June 23, 2008
By Charlie Smith
Premier Gordon Campbell's cabinet shuffle contained echoes of a pre-election shuffle in 2004, which resulted in a noticeable shortage of women and visible-minority ministers.
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Bike Month highlights the importance of Critical Mass

June 19, 2008
By Bronwen Payerle and Matt Thomson
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Bush's offshore-drilling gambit will send ripples into Canada

June 18, 2008
By Matthew Burrows
U.S. President George W. Bush’s call on Congress to lift a 27-year ban on offshore drilling in U.S. coastal waters is a geopolitical shot that will resound worldwide.
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Gregor Robertson flags challenge of peak oil

June 18, 2008
By Matthew Burrows
During his victory speech at the Vision Vancouver mayoral nomination on June 15, Gregor Robertson told the crowd that Vancouverites face the twin issues of “climate change and peak oil”.
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