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New Rage Over Old Forum Posts Make Politicians Look Irrelevant

Graham Templeton | Posted 05.11.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Graham Templeton

B.C.'s election has featured a string of high-profile firings and disqualifications, and they've all left the attackers looking like irrelevant old-timers, relics of an era when it might have been possible to complain about forum posts and retain some shred of dignity. The Internet has given us the mudslinging equivalent of a nuclear standoff and mutually assured destruction has brought a continued ceasefire, perhaps then we can dispense with the winging and get on with the business of government.

Gay Liberal Staffer Resignation Reaction (TWEETS)

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 05.08.2013 | Canada British Columbia

B.C. Liberal staffer Todd Hauptman has quit the party over gay rights issues, leaving Langley incumbent Mary Polak without a campaign manager one week...

Gay B.C. Liberal Staffer Quits

CBC | Posted 05.07.2013 | Canada British Columbia

The campaign manager for B.C. Liberal candidate Mary Polak has stepped aside because of what he says are concerns with anti-gay sentiments from voters...

B.C. Tory Leader Takes On Minister

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.09.2013 | Canada British Columbia

LANGLEY, B.C. - B.C. Conservative party leader John Cummins says he'll be running in the riding of Langley in the provincial election on May 14.He say...

Skyrocketing Ferry Costs Under The Microscope

CBC | Posted 12.29.2012 | Canada British Columbia

B.C.'s Transportation Minister Mary Polak is asking the public to take part in a consultation process on the future of BC Ferries to help find a bette...

Free 1st Week On Port Mann

The Huffington Post B.C. | Andree Lau | Posted 09.14.2012 | Canada British Columbia

The first week of tolling on the new Port Mann Bridge will be free when it officially opens in December, said Transportation Minister Mary Polak. O...

For Whom The Bridge Tolls

The Huffington Post B.C. | Andree Lau | Posted 09.14.2012 | Canada British Columbia

Drivers of passenger cars will pay $1.50 to cross the new Port Mann Bridge when tolling starts this December, a rate 50 per cent less than originally ...

Musqueam To Stand Tall On Protests' 100th Day

CP | Vivian Luk, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.09.2012 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Members of an urban Vancouver aboriginal band say they're stepping up their protest to protect a mound of ancient refuse left behind from ...

B.C. Demands Its 'Fair Share'

CBC | Posted 09.22.2012 | Canada Business

The B.C. government wants to renegotiate a "fair share" of the benefits from Enbridge's Northern Gateway Project as one of five new requirements all n...

Band Members Wined And Dined In Rigged Treaty Vote?

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.10.2012 | Canada Politics

VANCOUVER - Aboriginal protesters preventing a land-claims treaty vote for a First Nation near Powell River, B.C., are accusing the provincial governm...

BC First Nation Inks $30-Million Treaty

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.21.2011 | Canada Politics

POWELL RIVER, B.C. - A land claim treaty is one step closer to reality for a First Nation in the Powell River region of B.C.'s south coast.The federal...