Lots going on these days so here’s my scattergun comments: FLOOR CROSSING – The Liberals are falling right into the Conservatives’ trap. The devious plan, […]
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Premier David Eby was obviously inspired by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘say the quiet parts out loud speech’ at Davos recently because he did […]
No need to look back at the end of the year, so let’s look forward. That means it’s time for Bill Eerily Inaccurate Predictions for […]
A buddy of mine was elected to the Cariboo Regional District board back in the 1990s. He was elected on a “get the pigs’ (directors’) […]
I did two very Canadian things April 28. I voted and I filed my income tax return. I know I should do that earlier … […]
There has been so much going on lately, it’s hard to narrow things down into one column. So, here are a few tidbits gleaned from […]
There’s a wonderful scene in the Yellowstone television series where our hero, rancher John Dutton, unable to legally stop a development affecting his ranch, blows […]
There are a lot of Trump supporters in this country. Some of them I would even class as my friends. They must change. Not for […]
The Canucks weren’t on the tube Tuesday so, in order to get my appropriate dose of angst and frustration, I watched the federal Liberal leaders’ […]
Did you cash in on the two-month GST holiday over the holidays? I think I saved about $500, and that was just on lattes. OK, […]
I never have been a fan of the federal government’s digital services tax. It’s the tax aimed at making major social media platforms pay for […]
If the flies are coming into my house, isn’t it incumbent upon me to put my screens up? Make sense. So why do the Americans […]
Way back in the 19(mumble, mumble)s when I was a stellar cub reporter for the Fernie Free Press, the first national story I reported on […]
Mayor Simon Yu should be ticked off. He says he heard about city manager Walter Babicz firing city manager of bylaw services Charlotte Peters from […]
Lots of news this week, so it’s time to share some major news you won’t read anywhere else (for reasons that will soon become apparent). […]
Who says daytime TV sucks? Let me tell, you I was glued to the television Monday morning watching drama that even Taylor Sheridan couldn’t write, […]
Sauron has snatched the ring. That’s pretty much how I’ve felt since last Wednesday morning when gloom fell over Middle Earth, I mean, since Donald […]
The election is over … ish? As of this writing, the final count of the October 19 election wasn’t quite done but it appeared things […]
For almost a quarter century, Prince George voters have sent exclusively BC Liberals to Victoria. From Shirley Bond, Pat Bell, and Paul Nettleton in 2001 […]
Prince George-Valemount is now ‘in play.’ Following BC United leader Kevin Falcon’s somewhat despicable treatment of Prince George-Valemount MLA Shirley Bond (and other BC United […]
There is no joy in right-of-centreville these days. News last week that BC United and the BC Conservatives aren’t going to merge or work at […]
If you’re a Canuck fan, you come to expect the worst From losing Gilbert Perrault on the flip of a coin when joining the league […]
Kudos to Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew. They put their money where their mouths are (or, more aptly, provincial taxpayers’ money). […]
Quote of the week goes to Premier David Eby. When asked what he thought of federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s request for British Columbia to […]
Why do those who eschew democracy also desperately want to be elected? Russia is set to hold presidential elections soon. Iran recently held elections. China […]
Beware of farmers who have brilliant ideas. I remember a brilliant idea my father had years ago. It was on a hot summer day, unlike […]
Happy New Year! Time for Bill’s Amazing Predictions for 2024. Predictions you can bet the farm on … as long as you were looking to […]
Have you got your Christmas tree yet? There’s nothing quite like tramping out in the crisp snow on a fine winter day and picking just […]
“War, in and of itself, is a crime. Or at least it should be.” That was the lead for a column I wrote in April, […]
Things that don’t make sense … or do they? Since Elon Musk took over Twitter he has talked about free speech, among other things. It’s […]
“There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.” […]
When I was at the Prince George Free Press a dozen or so years ago, I kept a bit of blog (they were a thing […]
Time for some cool stuff that no one knew anything about … until now. Or, at least, stuff I didn’t know anything about and the […]
Up, up and away My beautiful, My beautiful balloon. -Fifth Dimension I’m a little chagrined that all the good balloon jokes have been used before […]
A group of women stood in downtown Vancouver December 28 holding signs with names of women who were murdered by men in 2022. The vigil […]
Christmas is over and the new year is about to begin. That means it’s time for Bill’s Eerily Inaccurate Predictions for 2023. I predict that […]
The inquiry into whether the feds were justified in invoking the Emergency Measures Act to, ostensibly, quell the Freedom Convoy folks is, thankfully, moving to […]
In the newspaper business, there is always hell to pay. I often joked that if, in order to get that 2,000-word expose on the local […]
Darn … I was really looking forward to a John Horgan/Kevin Falcon dust-up during the next provincial election campaign. It would have been great. Horgan, […]
War, in and of itself, is a crime. Or at least it should be. Images last week of the horrors in Bucha, Ukraine have shocked […]
So the Liberals and the NDP have teamed up to possibly ensure their political future … er, possibly ensure Canadians won’t go to the polls […]
Some random observations on the protest/occupation of Ottawa over the past three weeks: BUREAUCRACY BAFFLES In a wonderful testament to the glacial pace of bureaucracies, […]
Aisle. That’s a good word to start with. Why aisle? I’ll tell you. It has three different vowels and two well-used consonants. When you are […]
Some random thoughts on the protest convoy that descended on Ottawa last week: • NEW RULE (with apologies to Bill Maher): If anyone in your […]
“I’m on a road to nowhere” The so-called Freedom Convoy is making its way across the country this week. If you haven’t heard it’s a […]
An anti-vaxxer I’m not. Got both my shots and my booster. I’m part of the 90 per cent (3,893,147) of British Columbians who have received […]
Things that make me go hmmm: The first line of the news release sounded pretty ominous. “While inflation and housing prices continue to skyrocket, the […]
When the Prince George Free Press closed its doors a few years back, Roy Spooner and I set about creating something to fill the void. […]
Wasn’t that fun? The election about nothing accomplished nothing. Or did it? Lots of pundits this morning are complaining the ‘$600 million’ election, that gave […]
Welcome to the election campaign no one wants. There is no doubt this election is nothing about what it should be … climate crisis, COVID-19 […]
Should we cancel Canada Day celebrations in light of the discovery of unmarked graves at several former residential schools? My typically Canadian answer is: It […]
I knew I shouldn’t make eye contact. But I did. I spotted the red hat across the grass boulevard in front of CN Centre at […]
Holy moly, I was right. Yup, I’m just as surprised as you are. A few months back, when a few churches argued their right to […]
Spent an hour on the phone with the Canada Revenue Agency the other day and I’m neither homicidal, suicidal nor am I going to jail […]
It should be a no-brainer. But it’s not. City council has the ability Monday to give Prince George taxpayers something they haven’t had in a […]
It’s the Christmas season and churches are in the news this week … not for uplifting messages of hope and good cheer, but for flaunting […]
We won’t know until next summer how much extra it cost to clean house at City Hall. From former city manager Kathleen Soltis down to […]
Did Wexit win and we’ve seceded? Apparently British Columbia is in the midst of an election campaign but judging by the numbers of appearances by […]
Forgive me if I don’t join the Lower Mainland media in fawning over Green leader Sonia Furstenau’s performance in Tuesday’s leaders’ debate. She did OK, […]
For those looking for hints that Premier John Horgan might call a snap fall election, there have been 67 of them since Thursday. That’s the […]