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BC Premier Clark to replace throne speech with radio appearance
By February 9, 2012 12:01 pm 17 commentsWith no throne speech scheduled, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark will instead make a 90-minute appearance on the Vancouver radio station where she used to work. Read more…
Filed inRural reporters can't make a living, says former Nelson Post editor
By February 2, 2012 12:30 pm 3 commentsThe managing editor of the Nelson Post has quit his job, and journalism altogether, saying there is no way to make a living as a reporter outside a major urban centre. Read more…
Filed inFederal bureaucrats pose as 'new Canadians' on Sun News citizenship ceremony
By February 2, 2012 08:02 am 6 commentsSix federal bureaucrats were drafted to pose as new Canadians for a citizenship reaffirmation ceremony broadcast on the Sun News network, an event requested by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney's office. The bureaucrats smiled and held Canadian flags as the TV hosts referred to a group of 10 people as "new Canadians" that had "finally" received their citizenship. Read more…
Filed inStatistics Canada to make much more data available for free, starting Wednesday
By January 31, 2012 02:30 pmOfficials say many census details and economic reports long hidden behind an online pay wall will now be available to anyone — as long as users don't make special requests. Custom requests, maps and printed information will still be paid services. Read more…
Filed inMonth on welfare challenge wins more media attention than years as critic
By January 31, 2012 08:00 am 3 commentsSurrey-Fleetwood MLA Jagrup Brar's effort to live for a month on a welfare-level income of $610 has generated many more headlines than his years as the official opposition's critic on the file ever did. Read more…
Media outlets post Vancouver riot photos online before handing over to police
By January 23, 2012 12:45 pm 1 commentsSix media outlets in British Columbia will hand over thousands of photos and videos of last June’s Vancouver riot to police under a court order – but not before some put them online for readers to see. Read more…
Filed inCBC ombudsman finds conflict in reporter's link to Premier Clark's office
By January 20, 2012 05:42 pm 7 commentsCBC's ombudsman has found that British Columbia legislative reporter Stephen Smart's marriage to Premier Christy Clark's deputy press secretary Rebecca Scott puts him in violation of the public broadcaster's journalistic standards and practices. Read more…
Filed inCanadians joining Wikipedia in protesting proposed US anti-piracy law
By January 17, 2012 03:20 pmSome Canadians are pledging to join Wikipedia and other prominent websites in going black on Wednesday, in protest of proposed U.S. anti-piracy legislation. Read more…
Filed inCTV's Taggart: Getting anchor job brought out the mean in some 'friends'
By January 17, 2012 12:53 pm 5 commentsA blog post by CTV news anchor Tamara's Taggart is creating buzz in B.C.'s broadcast circles for its vague references to hostility she has faced in her new role. Looking back at her first year in the anchor seat, at one point Taggart waxes positive... Read more…
Filed inTyee's Nikiforuk, Sun's Skelton touted as Canadian Newsperson of Year
By January 1, 2012 06:00 pmJ-Source, Canada’s online publisher of news and ideas for journalists, is calling for nominations for Canadian Newsperson of the Year. With two weeks to go, 14 names are already on the list, including The Tyee’s energy issues analyst Andrew Nikiforuk, The Vancouver Sun’s digital tools using reporter Chad Skelton, Kamloops This Week reporter Tim Petruk, and two members of the OpenFile network of online news sources in various Canadian cities. Read more…
Filed inBC gov't can't hide ministers' records from FOI with 'Out of Scope' claims
By December 8, 2011 09:56 am 3 commentsA big ruling on Freedom of Information requests could shed light on the events surrounding the BC Rail controversy. Read more…
Filed inPaywalls coming to New Brunswick, ending free access to online news
By November 30, 2011 01:44 pm 7 commentsNew Brunswick is about to become the first place in Canada where readers must pay for local news. This is a bold experiment that will make the province Canada’s most interesting laboratory for the future of the newspaper business. Read more…
Filed inDocs show 'harperization' of government communications
By November 29, 2011 08:41 am 5 commentsNew documents obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act directly contradict published claims by Stephen Harper's chief spokesman that bureaucrats have not been directed to replace the words Government of Canada with "Harper Government" in departmental news releases and backgrounders. Read more…
Filed inMajor ad company refuses to run anti-coal billboard, says enviro group
By November 28, 2011 04:49 pm 7 commentsA Vancouver-based environmental group says Canada's largest outdoor advertising company has refused to run a billboard bearing an anti-coal message critical of its sister company. Read more…
Filed inBlack Press to quash anonymous comments
By November 21, 2011 01:37 pm 27 commentsIn an effort to avoid "unpleasant and mean-spirited" postings, BCLocalNews.com is moving away from anonymous posting on its websites.
The online home of Black Press newspapers is switching to the Facebook Comments plugin, software that enables users to leave comments only via their Facebook accounts. Read more…
Filed inTwitterverse covering BC municipal elections
By November 19, 2011 12:50 pm 4 commentsB.C. tweeters are covering today's municipal elections from a variety of viewpoints. Here's how to follow events both today and tonight as the votes are counted. Read more…
Filed inCRTC reverses controversial usage-based billing decision
By November 16, 2011 04:57 pmIn a major win for open-Internet advocates, Canada's chief telecommunications regulator has ruled that large ISPs cannot use a "usage based billing"(UBB) price scheme in charging other wholesale providers. Read more…
Filed inBC to spend 'lots' advertising jobs plan, says minister
By November 16, 2011 03:30 pm 4 commentsThe British Columbia government is preparing to spend "lots" of money to advertise Premier Christy Clark's jobs strategy, Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Minister Pat Bell said today. Read more…
Filed inBC preparing to advertise Premier Clark's jobs plan
By November 15, 2011 04:38 pm 7 commentsThe British Columbia government is planning an advertising campaign to promote Premier Christy Clark's jobs plan. Read more…
Filed inWhat to expect at this weekend's Media Democracy Days in Vancouver
By November 11, 2011 10:40 am 6 commentsFour months ago, mainstream media was in a frenzy after a young journalist quit his senior position as CTV's Quebec City Bureau Chief, and felt it his duty to tell us why. While refreshing for many, Kai Nagata's outspoken denouncement of mainstream media in favour of public interest journalism falls into a strong tradition of activism for media reform in Canada over the past few decades. Learn more about Media Democracy Days, 2011. Read more…
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No mention of 'gay tourism' allowed, BC guide warns
BC government withholds FOI responses from open info website
Occupy Vancouver tent dweller wins Last Candidate Standing contest
BC politics website Public Eye to suspend publication
Tories want CBC to turn over internal files to Commons committee
Tyee wins gold, silver Canadian Online Publishing Awards
Sun News reports on the 'silly little Occupy movement'
Glacier Media buys Victoria daily and BC community papers
Tyee receives four online publishing award nominations
BC's response to FOI requests slowest in Canada: audit
Cummins 'amused and flattered' by BC Liberal attack
BC Liberal ads attack Conservative leader Cummins
A peek inside city hall's 'Stanley Cup Citizen Feedback' file
Youth environmental group fake news pranked federal government
BC media, YouTube profited from Stickman's pitch to save HST
Tyee app lauded by top Canadian trade mag
New strategy for US climate news website: publish less, investigate more
New UBC course takes on representation of Aboriginals in media
'Humbler' Conrad Black tells Vanity Fair about Mafia, moguls and time in jail
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Editor Beers explains success of Tyee 'long form' online journalism
Social media track fall of the House of Murdoch
Reader contributions to Tyee's Election Reporting Fund pass $13,000
Shaw Communications gives preferential treatment to Shaw movie service
CRTC looks at how telephone, cable companies charge independent Internet providers
CTV bureau chief quits job, blasts network news
Bell penalized $10 million for false advertising
Debating HST inside the left: CCPA's Klein versus SFU's Pendakur
Video shows riot 'kissing couple' mowed down by police
BC Ferries spent $2 million on Olympic ship wrap project
PR campaign gushes goodness about Vancouver after Stanley Cup riot
Media mulls post-defeat riot
BC First Nations aren’t dupes of US green movement: Chiefs
BC government joins worldwide effort to save the Internet
Conrad Black cultivated prison minions
North Vancouver journalist describes her detention in Syria, Iran
Province won't follow BC Ferries' lead on FOI responses
Dissatisfied customers could mean unfriendly future for Telus
Public still trusts traditional media most: report
Vancouver father seeks information on journalist daughter missing in Syria
Off the Throne
The British Columbia legislature resumes sitting this week, but not before Premier Christy Clark outlined her spring agenda in an appearance on the Vancouver radio station where she used to work in what was pitched as a replacement for the throne speech. That agenda amounted to staying the course: focus on the economy, no money for teachers or anything else, and no higher taxes.
This from a premier who won the leadership of her party on a "change" platform. Perhaps appropriate then that the government didn't bother with a more formal speech from the throne at a time when polls suggest an increasing number of people are wondering if the premier's going to, as they say, piss or get off the pot.
-- Andrew MacLeod
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