On Canada day I attended the annual Drag Ball game in Victoria as part of a full week of pride activities. The result was once again a tie between the kings and the queens who had adopted a zombie/vampire theme for this game. My partner from AM Fresh has taken some excellent photos for sharing. [...] […]
Here is the complete speech (part 1 & 2) given by federal Liberal party leader Michael Ignatieff last night at the Victoria Victory Fund BBQ. Video and editing by my partner at AM Fresh. […]
Kicking off the summer, Michael Ignatieff speaks at a Victory Fund BBQ in Victoria yesterday. The BBQ was a great success. Thanks to the hospitality of David and Sandra Anderson, Liberal members and guests from the 3 ridings of Victoria, Saanich Gulf Islands and Esquimalt Juan De-Fuca come to listen to Michael Ignatieff talk about the future [...] […]
A road trip up and across Vancouver Island over the May 24th weekend has given us the opportunity to bring you some wonderful shots BCs fantastic rain forests. There is only so much that you can see in 2 days so our journey took us to Englishman Falls and Cathedral Grove the first day and [...] […]
It appears that Canada may have missed out on some big green economic opportunities under our current Harper/Conservative federal government. The Honorable Scott Brison Federal Liberal MP for Kings-Hants Nova Scotia visits Victoria for a little comedy and truth during these hard economic times. Joining Scott later are Liberal MP Keith Martin, and candidate […]
Aymara spiritual leader ValentÃn Mejillones, doing what he normally does best. Oh dear. Panorama reports a story that will have a lot of faces red in La Paz: The Aymara priest who four years ago blessed and handed over an indigenous ceremonial staff of office to the president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, thus winning international fame, was arrested for possess […]
It's not a pirouette beind Her Majesty, but it's still cool. I also wonder what Conservative leader, since Joe Clark marshalled the Calgary Pride Parade, would make a summer campaign based on events like this. Even better, as Monty ably points out, why does Stephen Harper have no summer campaign at all? […]
Beginning Sunday, Dutch troops in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province will begin the process of going home. The Netherlands has 1,950 soldiers deployed to Afghanistan, most of whom are expected to be back in their homeland by September.Plans call for Dutch forces to be relieved byAmerican, Australian, Slovak and Singaporean soldiers starting this weekend. […]
Solar power is a wonderfully sustainable source of energy and its biggest hurdle to wide adoption is cost (and going up against subsidized fossil fuels). Well, now the nuclear crowd can’t claim that solar is too expensive because the fact of the matter is that solar power is cheaper than nuclear! It’s no secret that the [...] […]
