BC Blogs

Welcome to the new BC Blogs

20 Jul 2009, TheTyee.ca

With the Winter Olympics now gripping B.C. in their unseasonably hot little hands, we would be remiss if our Blog of the Week weren't dealing with the Games.

In fact, we're declaring two sites to be our Blogs of the Week and of the whole Olympic period:

2010 Vanfan bills itself as "A personal journey to Vancouver 2010." And Olympic Resistance Net chronicles opposition to the Games. Between the two of them, plus plenty of items on The Hook, we expect the Olympics to be thoroughly blogged.

Want to see your B.C. blog on this list? Any other questions? See the bottom of the page for more information, or click here.



Advocacy BC: Social justice, social service news, information, and knowledge exchange.

Amalgamate Greater Victoria: For those who support amalgamation of some or all municipalities in the Greater Victoria area.

Antigone Magazine: Antigone's blog focuses on women, politics, women in politics and the politics of being a woman.

Biscuit's Blog: The B.C. SPCA Biscuit Fund blog which features "tails" from rescued animals, fundraising events and information on becoming a champion for injured homeless and wild animals.

Chris Corrigan: To collaborate, to organize, to find one another and make a difference in our communities, organizations and lives.

Collaborative Journeys: Finding ways to develop and support collaborative action in your organization.

Homeless in Abbotsford, BC: Advocating for the homeless, addicted, mentally ill and poor.

Homeless Nation: The Internet's only site by, and for, homeless Canadians.

Hospitals and Privacy: Hospitals violate privacy rights.

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: A drug policy reform blog co-authored by a B.C. police officer.

Olympic Resistance Network: A space to coordinate anti-2010 Olympics efforts.

On the House: Opening doors for homeless youth.

Reeferlogic: Admit it, the drug war is a failure.

Religion and Child Abuse News: From Perry Bulwer.

RightsCity: A project of the BC Civil Liberties Association.

StopWar.ca: Analysis of the war in Afghanistan and the media coverage from an anti-war perspective.

Upside to the Downturn: Finding hope, simplicity and fulfillment in challenging times.

Strata Advocate: Information for B.C. strata owners wanting B.C.'s antiquated legislation to be made owner-friendly.

Voice of Gone Ballistic: Gone ballistic scenarios. Mostly angry. Activist by default.

Authors/Books/Publishers

Arsenalia: A blog about book publishing, maintained by Arsenal Pulp Press.

Lorne Daniel: Finding a place among words: Exploring the connections between everyday life, creativity, and the written word.

GreatDismal: William Gibson on Twitter.

KnowBC: The blog of the Encyclopedia of British Columbia.

Sarah Leavitt dot com: The blog for Sarah Leavitt, writer, editor and cartoonist.

Pioneers: Blogging the black pioneers of British Columbia.

Raincoast Books

So Misguided

Tough City Writer

Elizabeth Rhett Woods: Writer

Business and Economics

AL6400 Blog: Making, saving and investing money for business and personal finance.

The Boss of You: Everything a woman needs to know to start, run, and maintain her own business.

BC Business Online: The Insider

BC Business Online: The Newsroom

BC Business Online: The Socialist: Parties and people in Vancouver.

Blueprint: Fundraising news and views for nonprofits.

Coast Forest Views: Working with government and industry to preserve and protect BC's coastal forest industry.

Ethical Consumer: Canada's online resource for conscious consumers and values-based business information, education, and networking.

Matt Friesen: Part-time entrepreneur, full-time dreamer.

Ian Heath and Marilyn Ball: Current events in the Victoria real estate market and tips to sell your home faster and more easily.

HouseHunt Victoria: First-time home buyers wade into the Victoria market.

Kamloops Real Estate Blog

Move to Nanaimo: Information about Nanaimo and area.

The Progressive Economics Forum

Saul Good Blog: Stories from a sustainable business startup.

Tinfoiling

Vancouver Real Estate Anecdote Archive: Stories that highlight the personal and social effects of the Vancouver real estate boom and bust.

Vancouver Real Estate Blog

Victoria Real Estate Voice: Stories and articles about real estate in Victoria, BC.

Whispers from the Village on the Edge of the Rainforest

Yatter Matters: Vancouver real estate, neighbourhoods, and people.

Community/Regional

Abbotsford Today: The other side of the news in Abbotsford.

Aim High Salmon Arm: Discussing ideas that matter for Salmon Arm and the Shuswap.

Beyond Robson

Birding in Vancouver: Birding in and around the city of Vancouver.

Bowen Island Journal

The Daily Gumboot: We collect ideas from everywhere and use them to build community.

East of Main: Providing an "East of Main" perspective on news, politics, entertainment, food and photography.

Gabriolan: It's about life on Gabriola Island, BC.

Go Nanaimo Blog

Holy Family Church in Ucluelet, B.C.

Inlet Musings: Off-grid, boat access living on Jervis Inlet, Sunshine Coast, BC.

Inside British Columbia

Kamloops Secrets Blog: Insider secrets about living and traveling in Kamloops, B.C.

Langley Free Press

Loose Moorings: Liveaboard life in Victoria Harbour.

Maa Press: Radical Writings about Land and Love: Radically and reliably regional writings about the Columbia Mountains.

Megaphone Magazine Blog: Vancouver issues, from homelessness to music to art to everything in between.

Metblogs (Vancouver)

Mich's West Coast Journal: Stories from Vancouver Island.

Mid Island News: Sights and sounds from Mid Vancouver Island.

Miss 604

MtPleaseAunt - Views of the Hood: Observations about things taking place in the Mt. Pleasant Neighbourhood of Vancouver.

MyBootsnMe

Nanaimo-Info-Blog.com: Your everything Nanaimo website.

Opinion 250: Your news, your views, now.

Our Adventure Pages

Past Tense: Fragments of Vancouver history and reflections thereon.

Pender Island Community Network: The website for people on Pender.

Powell River Books Blog

Right Up Your Alley (Kamloops)

St. Francis Parish (Tofino)

Salish Sea (Howe Sound)

Slow Coast (Upper Sunshine Coast): Don't get me started.

Sointula: Place of harmony.

Sooke Community and Real Estate Blog: Community events, information, real estate, and more.

Stuff from Denman Island: Day-to-day (today) or weekly dealings with island life, green living, wine, & the odd rant.

Susan's Super Citizen Showcase

Tenth To The Fraser: About New Westminster, from 10th Ave to the Fraser River.

Tree Watch Victoria

Unknown Victoria: The secret history of B.C.'s capital city.

The V3H.com: The best of Port Moody, Coquitlam, and Port Coquitlam.

Vancouver Island Reviews and Information

The Vancouver Observer

VernonBlog

Victoria Vision

Voice of Gone Ballistic

Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds)

wera: West End Residents Association.

WTF Langford?: Vancouver Island's hottest new celebrity gossip blog!

Education

Art School Reviews: Student experiences at Illustration, Film, Animation, Fashion, Audio, Design and Acting Schools in Vancouver.

Coastline Journal: Eclectic writing from the Graduate Liberal Studies community.

Conviviality: Teaching, learning, policy, and tools.

From Curiosity to Knowledge: A guide to recreational learning.

In Support of Public Education

Liberation Learning: Human rights news and views for child care workers of British Columbia.

On Education: Schools for a civil society.

Stepan Vdovine: Dispatches from a school trustee on the state of public education.

Student Finance 101: Helping you with your student loans.

Where the Blog Has No Name

Energy, Climate & Environment

Adopt a small fry, save BC's wild salmon

BC Guardians: Working to expose and oppose the adverse environmental, social, and economic impacts resulting from the privatization of BC's publicly owned electricity sector.

Bear Matters BC: Bears matter!

Coastal Voices: News and views on marine issues important to coastal communities.

Connexions and Contradictions: Environmental and social justice issues.

The Conscious Earth

Dandelion Times: A Left-Biocentric Online Journal.

Desmogblog.com: Clearing the PR pollution that clouds climate science.

Down the River: Perspectives on the potential Site C Dam.

Ecosmart World

Forest Action Network: News and opinion on urban sprawl, development, and wildlife habitat.

For the Joy of Flowers: Celebrates the natural beauty that surrounds us.

Going Green off the Grid

The Green Pages: B.C.'s environmental information portal.

Greenpeace Canada.ca

GreenPolicyProf: Seeking insights into governance for sustainability.

Hummingbird604.com: Random thoughts of a specialist in environmental issues.

Heather Reid: Stories from an Island: A naturalist's romp around Vancouver Island taking time for the birds, flowers and other sights along the way.

Lead the Way BC: Policies aimed at lowering our footprint and keeping BC beautiful.

megawatt: British Columbia renewable energy blog.

Mind of Dan: Mainly issues of climate change and climate denialism.

Alexandra Morton: The science and politics of impact of salmon farms - join the conversation.

Orcagirl

Our Green Year: Follow our green journey as we try to reduce our carbon footprint.

Raul Pacheco-Vega, PhD: Environmental research, teaching & consulting.

Quiet Nature

Salmon Guy: How we relate to wild salmon and to people and places within us and around us.

Salmon Nation and the DFO: Writings on bureaucracy, self-interest, and wild Pacific salmon.

Solar Home Review: Information for homeowners on residential solar installation.

Expats

A BCer in Toronto

Canarybird's Nest: Reflections from a life in Spain.

Closet Canuck: O Canada!

Digital Twilight: The art, writing & life of Mark W. Law.

Every Small Thing: Can a lazy hypocrite fight global warming?

5 Monks in Uganda: Experiences of a family of 5 going to Uganda to work at a school and an orphan program.

The Hollywood North Report

Letters Home: Ian in Hamburg.

Life in the Deep South of France: Mostly, but not entirely, about cooking, eating, drinking, markets, festivals, exploring and glorying in life in general in this lesser-known part of France.

Tenerife Journal: Living in the Canary Islands: Culture, fiestas, food, and sub-tropical vegetation.

Film & TV

353Review.com

The Flick Chick

Reel Life Wisdom

First Nations

Fieldnotes: First Nations, anthropology, post-secondary teaching.

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanass

Rocking Raven

Food & Drink

Audrey needs more wooden spoons: Stirring up food, recipes, tips and the inside scoop on cooking classes in Victoria.

BC Beer Blog: The who, what where, when, why, and how of BC craft beer.

BC Wine Lover

Bend the Elbow: Cheap drinks in Vancouver.

Breakfast in Vancouver: A weekly breakfast adventure to Vancouver's restaurants.

Chow Times: Suanne and Ben's Food and Travel Adventures from Vancouver, BC

Eagle Loft Kitchen: Cooking without dairy, wheat, soy, eggs and nuts.

Eat.Sleep..Dream...Food: Adventures in Foodography

Edible Diaries: Restaurants, recipes, reviews and random musings.

Everybody Likes Sandwiches

Food Beyond Hope: Personal reviews and opinions of restaurants in BC outside the GVA and Fraser Valley.

Good Food

Ho Yummy

IndustryBlender.com: The food community.

The Knead for Bread

Nancyland, Vancouver Foodie Fun

Noshwell: Where to eat in Raincity Vancouver

ReTorte: Cook, Baker, Writer, Culinary School Grad.

Sour Grapes: A food blog by Michael Elliott.

Tastebuddies

Tiny Bites: A food blog that explores all things edible and imbibable in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Trompe Chomp: Food oddities and delights, finding comedy in the everyday act of food.

Urban Diner

Vancouver Slop

Veggie Vancouver: Resources, events, recipes and more for veggie-loving Vancouverites.

Victoria Buffet Blog

Victoria's Food Secrets: Foodie adventure in Vancouver, B.C. Mainly restaurant reviews, but also an occasional recipe.

Vine Living

The Well-Tempered Chocolatier: Combine in one bowl: one part food science, one part chocolate, and lots of delicious. Read daily.

Francophone

Le Canard Réincarné

Gardening & Farming

Garden Rambles: An eclectic mix of west-coast eco-friendly garden epiphanies from the editor of GardenWise.

Curtis' Urban Farm and Composting Program: Turning neglected urban lawn spaces into productive vegetable gardens.

Howling Duck Ranch: A city gal learns to grow, gather, raise, fish, and hunt for and preserve food while extracting herself from ‘The System.’

I wanna be a farmer..." and grow my own food; then grow enough to feed others.

Miss Eats: Chronicles of a novice urban gardener growing food in her own Vancouver back yard.

Salmon Farming Experience: All about salmon farming on the BC coast, from a farmer's perspective.

UBC Farm Blog

Gender & Sexual Issues

Canadian Women's Issues

Miss Manifesto: Every girl you've ever wanted to date. She is dirty sexy, wickedly smart, and fantastically blunt.

Queer History Project

Up your alley: Vancouver's official LGBT blog covering news, events, entertainment and pop culture.

Vancouver Doula

V-Rag: The brand new blog for V-Rag, Vancouver's newest gay arts & culture magazine.

Wet Coast Women: A blogging community for West Coast women.

Graphic Arts, Photography & Design

Akimbo

Art-Darts: Profiles, previews and reviews of projects that mix arts/culture with sustainability.

Bijou Living: An idiosyncratic mix of fashion, interiors, design and culture.

Dreampepper

EarthaBridge

Erotica Lee 2

Existential Existence: A Photoblog of Michael Rawluk's Journey through Life.

Farmboy Fine Arts

Food Photo Tips: Tabletop and food photo tutorials for point and shoot beginners.

Life Undefined: A photoblog concerned with interactions between us and our environment.

Mosses from an old manse

Marja-Leena Rathje

Mike Scott

Out on the Coast: Photographic impressions of and from Vancouver Island.

Splinter in Your Eye: The motif is largely Vancouver, B.C. in transition.

Truth in Photography: Photography, stories, field notes, and impressions.

Vancouver Versus Vancouver: A city divided by photos.

Victoria Daily Photo

Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

The Weekend Photographer: Vancouver photoguide and Canadian photoblog.

Janice Wong Studio

ZenDotStudio

Health & Medical

Adult ADD Strengths

Bernard's New Back: Our search for back help.

The Ethical Nag: Medical ethics for the easily swayed.

H5N1: News and resources about avian and swine flu.

Heart Sisters: All about women and heart disease -- our #1 killer.

The LEAD Ladies...: Weekly tips to live LEAD-FREE.

Quips and Tips for Couples Coping With Infertility: Infertility is ugly, but doesn't have to kill our spirits or wreck our dreams.

Scion of NLP: What everybody ought to know about experiencing life as a Neuro-Linguistic Programmer.

SportMedBC Blog: Promoting sport health on the strength of the best people, best practices and best programs.

Law

Precedent

Rule of Law

Tim Louis - Bloggin' It: A collection of progressive readings and articles.

Vancouver Law Librarian Blog

Lifestyle, Fashion & Recreation

Celebrate Your Pet!

The Conveyor Belt

Michele Davidson, Celebrant

DB Coopers Pokerlife: Poker and comments about B.C.

The Golden Avocado Seed

Ion Magazine: A Vancouver art, fashion, music and culture magazine.

Life with Linda

Mama Renew: Exploring the journey of birth, motherhood, and life as a family.

The Mighty Fit Grasshopper: The truth about dietary supplements and natural health products.

Miss Woolly Knits

My Cohousing Adventure

Pin-up Glam to Groovy Kitsch: About vintage and indie fashion from the gorgeous to the downright weird.

Pure Potent WOW Aromatherapy: BC-made aromatherapy products and things we believe in, such as a sustainable way of life.

Stylefinds: A shopaholic's guide to Vancouver and beyond.

this time ~ this space: Personal development, growth and relationships blog.

The Vancouverista

Waterborne - A Live-Aboard Blog

Wing Tsun Kung Fu Vancouver Blog: Self-defence and confidence; changing lives, one punch at a time.

Marketing

Green Briefs: A review of green issues, products, messaging and spin in the growing field of sustainability marketing.

Industrial Brand

Lovely Package: The leading source for the very best that package design has to offer.

Sprezzatura

Metablogging

Blogs Canada

B.C. Bloggers

Northern Voice 2008

Northern Voice 2009

The Vancouver Blogger Meetup Group

Miscellanea

Canada Genealogy, or, 'Jane's Your Aunt': Canadian Genealogy & Women's History: Current Ideas, Information & Projects.

Curator & Collector: A blog about museums and collections for curators, numismatists, and other collectors of historical artefacts.

Ephemeral Feasthouse

The Graveyard Rabbit of British Columbia, Canada: Articles, illustrations & information about cemeteries, grave markers, and burial customs.

Tom Hawthorn's Blog: Human-interest columns and obituaries by a Victoria-based freelancer.

Margonaut.com

Quips and Tips for Achieving Your Goals: Where inspirational quotations meet practical life tips, and live happily ever after.

Relevant Woodworking: Woodworking as it pertains to art and manufacturing.

Multicultural

Best Chinese Culture Show in Vancouver

Chinese in Vancouver

GungHaggisFatChoy: Asian Canadian adventures in intercultural Vancouver.

Neighbours

adn.com (Alaska): Blog of the Anchorage Daily News.

Climbing out of the Dark into the conservative light (Alberta): An attempt to raise issues that impact families, or ones that just plain bug me!

Colby Cosh (Alberta): A freelance writer living and occasionally even working in Edmonton.

The Daily Score (Washington State): Northwest news that matters.

daveberta.ca (Alberta)

Dennis Mansfield.com (Idaho): Progressive Conservatives: Creating "less bark, more wag" in all of us.

Dust My Broom (Alberta)

A Family Runs Through It (Washington State): A stay-at-home dad writes about parenting, homeschooling, and family life.

43rd State Blues (Idaho): Blue-shifting the Gem State, one blog entry at a time.

Full Life, Empty Pockets (Yukon)

Horsesass.org (Washington State): Politics as (un)usual.

Kirsten in Montana: Dropping out of the rat race and dropping back into life.

Left in the West (Montana): Views from Dry Land Democrats.

Media Relations in Canada (Alberta)

The Mudflats: Tiptoeing through the muck of Alaskan politics.

Nick's Café Canadien (Alberta): Of all the gin joints in all the sites on all the web...

NW Republican (Washington State): Where Republicans in the Pacific NW can come to share ideas.

Pierre Trudeau is My Homeboy (Alberta): Liberal politics.

John Prince (Crowsnest Pass) Blog (Alberta): "To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself."

Red State Rebels: Progressive Idaho voices, resisting extremism since 2003.

The Shotgun Blog (Alberta): Conservative political commentary.

Sightline Daily (Washington): Northwest news that matters.

Snowball in the Sun (Alberta): ...a reasonable, hand-drawn facsimile of me.

Washblog: Reality-based discourse on Washington State.

Werner Patels - A Dose of Common Sense (Alberta): An opinion on everything.

Yukon Science Fiction Writer

Performing Arts

Actor Growth

Beat the Devil

Island Jazz: The jazz scene throughout coastal B.C.

Jou Tou and Silk Road Music: About two of Vancouver's best world-music groups.

Musical Reminiscences: Robert Meyer

Plank Magazine: Spanking the ass of culture.

Personal Blogs

4 the Bemused

Anodyne: Working diary of a Vancouver-based bookseller, art critic, contrarian investor, occasional mountaineer, and irregular photographer.

The Asidistra Files

Being Mrs. Miles: And loving every minute of it!

Blackbird Bazaar: Victoria event planner blogging about everything from local events and wedding tips, to movies, books and online treasures.

Black Dot Diary: The real and metaphorical black dots that punctuate...and bring clarity to...our lives.

The Blog According to Buzz: Politics, photography, parenting, travel and concert ticket presale codes.

Cariboo Ponderer: Dreaming about spending winter somewhere warm.

Cynicdoche: Sarcasm, misanthropy and all that tickles my fancy.

Dating Politics: Dating, love, politics and activism from an insider's perspective.

Dirty Olive.net: Parenting, urban gardening, photography, and everything else.

Doug's Dynamic Drivel: Examining the detritus of modern society.

Eclectic: Preferences of a woman who had wide-ranging interests.

Elaine's Art and Life Blog

Everyone wants to be a Roste: Try to keep up.

Gus Greeper

Monica Hamburg - Your Dose of Lunacy

HeadspaceJ: Jeremy Hiebert's life online.

HUnter 4086: Death, writing, fungus, doom, and trying to hang on to our disappearing analog past.

I Hath: Past right and wrong, beyond dreams and disappointments...The hex unravels.

Illahie

I'm Laila Yuile, And This Is How I See It

Ji Won: News about Ji Won Park and her family.

Mirabilis.ca: An eclectic assortment of stuff: food, archaeology, fun, books, history, geekery, etc.

Morning Gruel:

My Park Life: Looking for a place to happen.

The Love Blog: Hope is all we've got.

Nota Bene

Observations of a Student: Adrian Corscadden: Science, technology, atheism, humour.

One Week Job: Searching a passion, not just a career.

Our Adventure Pages

Out on the Big Limb

Penmachine.com

Port Coquitlam Odysseus: Port Coquitlam, Classics, Culture, and the Confessions of a Returned Expat.

Quirk

Raincoaster

ridiculous: Output from the central nervous system.

Rock the Seesaw: Up with meds. Down with adulthood.

Slushpile

Travis Smith Unvarnished

Spreading the Gaia Word

strocel.com: Parenting, life with kids, maternity leave, and finding balance as a mom.

Sugarlove Girl: A little baking, a little photography, a daily epiphany and much much more.

Thirteen Cent Pinball

Tunicate

Unemployment Roadshow: I work for anyone who invites me, and then I blog about it.

Vancouver Daily Report: My life in Vancouver.

Vesper in Limbo: Never this or that, but in between. Both and neither always.

Yam Bird: What small things can sometimes tell about a bigger story.

Political Commentary

BC Election 2009: The race for Victoria.

BC Iconoclast: My iconoclastic look at all manner of politics.

BC Liberals Suck: Let's kick them to the curb in May 2009 and start fresh...

B.C. Policy Perspectives: The web log of Mark Crawford, a political scientist and writer who is currently an assistant professor at Athabasca University.

BC Vote: Nonpartisan BC Political News Source.

Bridging the Income Gap: Why inequality is hazardous to your health.

Burnaby Politics

Michael Byers on Politics: Let's define our "Intent for a Nation."

Caterwauls

challenging the commonplace...and other irreverent activities.

The Christian Radical: A Catholic Worker information and resource service run by the CW community of Vancouver, Canada.

CityCaucus.com: Civic issues for urban minds.

A Closer Look

The Commentary

Community of Interest: From the Vancouver Sun.

Conservatism.ca: Cut taxes. Shrink government. Privatize industry. Repeat.

Creekside

Currents: Vancouver blogger Jonathan Narvey writes about current affairs, politics, media trends and life on Canada's west coast.

Jay Currie: One damn thing leads to another.

David Talks/The Berner Monologues

Bob Broughton's Blog: British Columbia, Canada, and US politics.

Caterwauls: Comments and opinions about what goes on in B.C. and elsewhere.

Citizen Smith: Posts on politics, personal ponderings, and sometimes even puppies.

CoffeeCrew Blog: Issues that frustrate Canadians.

Mike DeWolfe: The Daily Edition

A Dime a Dozen Political Blog

The Disaffected Lib

Dope City Free Press

The English Bay Banner

Max Fawcett.com: Questions of public policy, with particular attention to politics and the media.

Ferreras J. - Dissenting: Politics, First Nations, and environment.

The Gazetteer

Terry Glavin: Chronicles & Dissent.

greenpolitics.ca: A grassroots view of green politics.

The Grouse's Perch: Habitually irreverent commentary on issues near & far.

Harper Valley

Hind Site: Straight talk politics.

The Hook

House of Infamy

How Bad is the Record?: Holding the government's feet to the fire.

I Am Conservative: Blog by Lenny Diko.

JB's British Columbia Local Government Blog

Just Right: Classical liberal with a conservative bent.

Keeping It Real (Harvey Oberfeld)

Langley Politics Dotcom: Langley's longest-running and most popular Town Hall forum.

The Left Coast

The Legislature Raids

Let Freedom Rain: Progressive politics and culture.

Letters to the Editor: Reactions & responses to, and rants against, news, media, and politics.

irwinloy: News and civic politics in Vancouver. Happy new year?

Majority Coalition Canada: Focus on federal politics.

Maple Leaf Rag: For what matters in Vancouver.

Messianic Musings: A mystic's view of current affairs.

Moving to Vancouver

The Mud Report: Some of the important issues of our times from a ground up perspective.

Musings from the Political Youth Corner: Mark Hewitt's political thoughts. A young person with ideas.

Norman’s Spectator (Norman Spector)

Northern BC Dipper: Musings of a social democrat living in BC's north.

Northern Insights: Random thoughts on politics, people and public affairs from a lifelong resident of Canada's west coast.

North Vancouver Politics

Oldtown News: My look at the issues of our Oldtown neighborhood and other political news.

Opinion from the Center: Not left or right leaning politics, but the everyday taxpayer.

Paying Attention (Paul Willcocks)

Politics, Re-Spun: Journalistic objectivity is a myth...de-spinning the political and re-spinning it for social, economic and political justice.

Policy Note: A progressive take on BC issues.

Provocations

Public Eye Online (Sean Holman)

The Radical Pragmatist: New blog for BC progressives, confronting sacred cows and conventional wisdom, while supporting innovative public policy ideas. And excellent tunes.

Rafe Mair Online: Canada's best-known political commentator.

Red Tory

Rhinoceros Party of Canada: Join the Party and bring the Rhino back from extinction.

Scary Fundamentalist: Political and social commentary from a SoCon perspective.

The Sneer

State of Vancouver (Frances Bula)

The Straight Goods: Political punditry, a little humour, opinion, and some hard-hitting stories.

Strategic Thoughts (David Schreck)

Bill Tieleman

The Times Communist: A free-form improvised political blog featuring hopelessly biased and unbalanced commentary from writers with big hearts but no formal education.

A Town Called Podunk: Viewing the grand parade of life!

Under Construction (Subject to Change): Everything social is subject to change.

ursa minor: bear604

Vancouver Moose

Vanramblings

Velocity: A multi-author blog where Millennials take charge and prove the experts wrong.

The View from Seymour

Mike Watkins

The Well Intentioned Loudmouth: Arjun Singh - interested in people, politics, and the Internet in Kamloops, BC Canada.

Wheat from the Chaff: Politics, media and economics.

Rob Wipond

Woman at Mile 0

Politicians

Alex Atamanenko: NDP MP (BC Southern Interior)

Stephanie Cadieux: MLA for Surrey-Panorama.

Coleman Country: Keep track of what Fort Langley-Aldergrove MLA Rich Coleman is doing, at home and in Victoria.

Don Davies: NDP MP (Vancouver Kingsway)

Libby Davies: NDP MP (Vancouver East)

Adrian Dix: NDP MLA (Vancouver-Kingsway)

John Duncan: Conservative MP (Vancouver Island North)

Hedy Fry: Liberal MP (Vancouver Centre)

Guy Gentner: NDP MLA (Delta North)

Nina Grewal: Conservative MP (Fleetwood-Port Kells)

Russ Hiebert: Conservative MP (South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale)

Vicki Huntington: Independent MLA (Delta South)

Peter Julian: NDP MP (Burnaby-New Westminster)

Maurine Karagianis: NDP MLA (Esquimalt-Royal Roads)

Norm Macdonald: NDP MLA (Columbia River-Revelstoke)

Keith Martin: Liberal MP (Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca)

James Moore: Conservative MP (Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam)

Joyce Murray: Liberal MP (Vancouver Quadra)

Denise Savoie: NDP MP (Victoria)

Andrew Saxton: Conservative MP (North Vancouver)

Chuck Strahl: Conservative MP (Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon)

Alice Wong: Conservative MP (Richmond)

Sports & Fitness

2010 Vanfan: A personal journey to Vancouver 2010.

BC Outside: Online magazine on active life in British Columbia.

canucks & beyond: odds & ends from the nhl.

The Fifth Quarter (Lowell Ulrich)

Nucks Misconduct

Taking Note with Gregg Drinan

Tom Benjamin’s NHL Blog

Vancouver Sports News and Events

Technology & Media

Abject Learning

Darren Barefoot

BlueFur Blog: From gadgets to marketing to programming, we have the right mix for you.

John Bollwit

Canadian media critic: Comment by journalist, author and educator Marc Edge.

Clicknoise

Cyberbuzz: The convergence of new and old media.

Doctor Arkanoid - Revelations from the Inner Sanctum! Making sense of video games.

Ephemera

Fade to Play

Geeks & Global Justice

ghosts in the machine: Exploring the impact of technology on the way we perceive identity, manage knowledge and value privacy.

Intuitech - NGOs & Tech: How best to use this stuff and other thoughts.

J-Source Town Hall

Tod Maffin

The Media Interview

The Media Nook

Mezzoblue

News 101: CiTR Radio 101.9 FM.

Peter's Useful Crap

Raincity Studios

Screaming White Hot Electric Guitars

Senses: A place for Thirdi Software to explore what's seen, heard, and felt about technology, software development, and life experiences.

Shanesworld

SoftSlang: Intuitive software for the intelligent mind.

Roland Tanglao’s Weblog

Technically...

The Ten Thousand Year Blog

Hugh Trenchard

Writing for the Web

Transportation

The Buzzer Blog: The web companion to the TransLink Buzzer newsletter.

The Livable Blog: Making our communities better places to live and grow.

Rail for the Valley: The Fraser Valley needs rail service NOW!

Stephen Rees’s blog: Thoughts about the relationships between transport and the urban area it serves.

TransView: An independent voice for transit users and operators.

West Coast Ferries Forum: A "community blog" forum about BC Ferries issues, news, photos, history, controversies, etc.

Travel & Global Culture

Brave New Traveler

British Columbia Canada Blog: Travel in British Columbia with information about local events, travel deals, and tourism information.

Expat Travels: From Switzerland to Canada

theseboots.travel:Wandering in Canada.

the travelling mom: A modern mom's guide to travel sanity with your family.

Video Blogs & Podcasts

B.C. Business Online Podcasts

Calling from the Coast: Exploring BC's wild coast through video.

Choogle On With Uncle Weed

The Crazy Canucks Podcast

Hockey Northwest

The Radio Ecoshock Show

Liberal Minute: A video blog with diverse interviews and opinions from a Liberal point of view.

SSFaudio

Written Arts

Adventures in Writing

Ask the English Teacher: Questions and answers about English usage.

Building Rapport

Glossolalia Flash Fiction: An online flash fiction journal.

Literary Photographer

Periodically.org: Vague attempts at humour and alarmingly incoherent fiction.

Quips and Tips for Successful Writers: Where writing quotations meet practical writing advice. And live happily ever after.

The Shebeen Club

Slim Volumes: Poetry by Phil Rees.

these small things: In praise of smallness.

Spread It Like a Roll of Nickels

What I'm Reading

Write a Novel: An online guide for fiction writers.

Writing Fiction: Discussion on writing and publishing novels and short fiction.


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