Sister Sage's Musings » Merv Ritchie

on truth in journalism, III (terrace daily edition)

Kim — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:33:18 +0000

By the incomparable Merv Ritchie, editor of the Terrace Daily Frontpage, one of the last bastions of free press in BC and Canada for that matter. IS IT TRUE ELMER DERRICK IS “THE” GITXSAN HEREDITARY CHIEF? This is the claim recently made in a commentary Elmer Derrick submitted and had published in the Vancouver . . . → Read More: on truth in journalism, III (terrace daily edition)

Attawapiskat v. the patriarichal Prime Minister.

Kim — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:17:39 +0000

Today our Prime Minister is forcing Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence to pay $1300 a day for some Accountant to come into the community to take control of the local finances. According to the CBC,

The federal government is forcing the troubled Attawapiskat First Nation to pay a private-sector consultant about $1,300 a day to . . . → Read More: Attawapiskat v. the patriarichal Prime Minister.

Gary Lunn shills for Big Oil.

Kim — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:21:26 +0000

*Update from Holly Stick at the bottom of this post. Today in the local corporate fishwrap, appears the local Harper Mouthpiece, Gary Lunn. He admonishes us to “Let the Professionals Decide on Tanker Routes”.

Decisions on the safety of supertankers transporting oil through B.C.’s northern waterways should be left to professionals instead of . . . → Read More: Gary Lunn shills for Big Oil.