Sasquatch sightings are still a hot trend, new footprints suggest

Related: Things I liked in 2008 – Sasquatch sightings along Hwy 16
They’re baaack.
After enjoying a banner year in northern B.C. last year, sasquatches – well, their footprints, anyway – are once again being reported along Highway 16.
Residents along this fairly remote stretch of highway, a ribbon of asphalt that links Prince George in Canada’s westernmost [...]

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The next voter in line wins a car!

It would be simple. Raffle off five new cars, say, (or the equivalent cash prize) on election night. Anyone who votes would be eligible. Do something like that, and I bet you’d get people pouring into the polls come election day. And somebody better do something pretty quick. In just eight years, B.C.’s voter turnout for provincial elections has plummeted from 71 percent in 2001 to slightly higher than 50 per cent in May 2009.

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Our Liberal overlords have been returned to power

7:22 p.m. A giant flock of seagulls floats past the skies above our ocean view deck. “It’s like The Birds!” I shout. “Isn’t it freaky?” the gulls float in the balmy wind currents over White Rock, where incumbent Liberal MLA Gordon Hogg is so assured of victory, I’m not even planning to check tonight’s results. But I fear the birds are a sign. A portent of things to come. The Liberals will win a majority. Like the grease-fattened gulls who beg for fish and chips from unsuspecting tourists and visitors along White Rock’s promenade, they don’t deserve it, I think darkly.

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Election day reflections of an unhappy camper

Is it just me, or have the past eight years under the B.C. Liberals seemed to drag on a bit?
At times arrogant, elitist and increasingly out of touch, our political overlords have really done all they can to stretch out their two consecutive terms. From massive cutbacks to selling off or privatizing B.C.’s assets, they’ve [...]

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Dear ex-Kitimat council, I secretly hated you, sincerely Gordon Campbell

I wasn’t impressed with something the premier said last week on the hustings in the northwest.
He told reporters he was frustrated by the previous district council’s stance over Alcan power sales and blamed their stubborn pursuit of the issue for hurting the town. In short, Campbell said it’s no wonder Rio Tinto Alcan didn’t get [...]

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The haters are calling it the Owe-Lympics. Here’s why:

Related: Things I hated in 2008 – Women’s ski jump not an Olympic sport
We still haven’t been told how much the 2010 Winter Olympics are going to cost.
Even though there’s been an election campaign underway, the provincial government hasn’t filled us in, yet. We’re waiting for a detailed auditor-general’s report on the subject. Last I [...]

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Buddy, can you spare a luge run?

Keep in mind just over 3,000 athletes are coming to the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver next February. By strange coincidence, that’s the same number as Vancouver’s current homeless population.
If you ask me, 3,000 doesn’t sound like a lot when you’re talking about athletes for a “world class event” costing the host country billions in [...]

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City of Glass, South Fraser edition

Touring lottery prize homes is a year-round hobby when you live in White Rock.
The latest is the 2009 Hometown Heroes Lottery, which raises money for the UBC & VGH Hospital Foundation and the B.C. Professional Firefighters’ Burn Fund.
This year’s grand prize is a three-condo collection worth $1.9 million or a huge luxury home (haven’t seen [...]

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