Appeared in the North Shore News – May 27, 2011 A current profile in a slick magazine might as well have said it with sky-writing: “We love this candidate! We’re hyping her for the coming election!” The story is in Vancouver, one of those magazines devoted to restless consumers who find their perfectly OK bathrooms…
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Vancouver focuses on wheels, not strolls
Originally appeared in the North Shore News – October 15, 2010 There are two things that can never be made as safe as their dizzier zealots demand: Cycling and prostitution. Which doesn’t stop them from trying. The mad mayor of Vancouver, Gregor Robertson, and his leftist councillors have contributed to the expansion of shamocracy (as…
Inflation hurts restaurants as much as HST
Originally appeared in North Shore News – October 1, 2010 Read on for real-world figures for inflationary grocery costs exposing the phoniness of the official ones, and learn how to eat and grow richer through plain cheating and exploitation. Following my yarn here about our own family grocery bill, North Vancouver reader Peter Schaerer graciously…
Vancouver mayor should stop peddling bicycles
Appeared in North Shore News – July 9, 2010 Vancouver allows chickens. But the biggest cluck in the city’s backyard is Mayor Gregor Robertson. With his trusty allies at his side — mountain-biker Health Minister and former transport minister Kevin Falcon, pedalling force behind the disastrous Spirit Trail whose effects are being visited on West…