March 29, 2024

Hot debate stirring over cold-blooded pets

There’s a debate slithering around having reptiles as pets as an exotic-reptile show returns to the Richmond Nature Park this weekend. Although stressing that a cold-blooded pet needs a diligent owner, the show’s operator doesn’t see a problem with people owning lizards and snakes. “Reptiles can make great pets as long as you’re responsible.… If … [Read more...]

The NDP react to government move to bring closure to Bill 22 debate.

The Clark government is imposing limits on the debate over Bill 22, which will ban strikes by BC teachers until the end of August.  A motion passed today will end all debate on the bill by 5:00 Thursday, NDP house leader John Horgan says the motion was unnecessary.  Horgan said "We believe that there's a fundamental impasse between … [Read more...]

Final debate held in Vancouver for NDP leadership race

The last debate in the federal NDP leadership race took place in Vancouver this afternoon. All seven candidates fielded questions -- and were able to fire questions at each other. Many hopefuls tossed hardballs at the perceived frontrunner, Thomas Mulcair -- something the Quebec MP sees as a good thing. "We’ve been taking it as a fairly … [Read more...]

Online chalk-talk sparks debate

Education Minister George Abbott took the unusual step Wednesday of holding a Twitter town hall to address concerns about Bill 22, his proposed legislation to end the ongoing teachers’ strike. In the one-hour midday event, more than 300 tweets came in under the #bced hashtag. Minister Abbott himself contributed more than 50 tweets. The twitter … [Read more...]

Premier leaving marijuana debate to federal government

Premier Christy Clark is rebuffing a call from a group of former B.C Attorneys-General to support the legalization of marijuana. That call comes in a letter to both Clark and NDP leader Adrian Dix from Colin Gabelmann, Ujjal Dosanjh, Graeme Bowbrick and Geoff Plant. "I am going to leave the marijuana debate to the federal government,” Clark … [Read more...]

The Great Gamification Debate

Ayogo presents The Great Gamification Debate (#GGD) with hot button topics and an open bar. The Debate Part comedy competition, part performance and part informational, this Great Gamification Debate will settle, once and for all, these burning questions: What is gamification? What is it good for? And why does it matter? The Debaters Come hear the … [Read more...]

BC’s Environment Minister is preaching calm on the waste to energy debate.

As the Mayor of Abbotsford says Metro Vancouver better put on their gloves and brace for a fight BC's Environment Minister is preaching calm over garbage incineration.  Terry Lake says "I would like to see the temperature turned down and that people talk to each other and I am sure that is exactly what will happen."  Lake says when the … [Read more...]

CKNW Vancouver Mayoral Debate – VIDEO

CKNW & Bill Good hosted the exclusive radio mayoral debate between Vision Vancouver's Gregor Robertson and NPA's Suzanne Anton. The debate took place November 7, 2011 on The Bill Good Show.PART 1PART 2PART 3PART 4 CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]

Protesters interrupt mayoralty candidates’ debate

While the two candidates considered frontrunners to become mayor of Vancouver in November faced off in a debate this afternoon, some protesters tried to face off with them. It happened first just a few minutes into the debate, when a woman began to yell at the back of the room and Darrell Zimmerman who is also running for mayor got up onto the … [Read more...]

“Dragon Tattoo” Runtime Debate, New Video

David Fincher's adaptation of Stieg Larsson's best-selling novel "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" has appeared to have had a relatively smooth run behind-the-scenes so far. Today though came a speed bump - the issue of runtime according to The Playlist. Fincher currently sits on a three hour cut of the film, but Sony Pictures wants a version no … [Read more...]