The Weekend Morning News

Last weekend there was a march and a rally that made its way through some Vancouver streets before ending at the Premier’s constituency office where a lot of people left post it notes on the front windows. The cause? Childcare. Or more specifically, affordable, subsidized childcare.

After watching and hearing those at the rally explain why they felt they deserved to live in a province with ten dollar a day childcare I was left with two questions.

The first, when did it become my responsibility to pay for your child?

The second, why is it you think childcare should be less expensive than parking?

Okay, I have a third question as well. When you decided to start a family did you miss the part about what it would cost to so such a thing?

I’m going to stop counting now as the questions are going to keep coming. Did no ...

Chief Theresa Spence emerged briefly this past weekend, on the 20^th day of her hunger strike. She says she is determined to survive on nothing but tea and fish broth, determined to stay this way until she is granted a meeting with the Prime Minster and the Governor General.

I think Chief Spence is being selfish, short-sighted, and completely unreasonable.

To begin with, she has been offered a meeting with Indian Affairs Minister John Duncan. She said no, not good enough, she wants to meet with the PM and the GG.

Really? If anyone else staged a hunger strike making those demands, he or she wouldn’t be offered a meeting with a member of Cabinet. And if by chance they were, they wouldn’t be so smug as to shrug it off.

The hunger strike continues.  Spence issued a statement with the following in it:

 “This is a call to ...

Every day it seems we are hearing another announcement about another candidate getting ready to run in another riding in this province. And for the most part, the announcements are procedural and of mild interest to the people living in the riding. I heard one such announcement a few days ago, and it was pretty standard, except for one thing. It was a huge slap in the face to Delta residents.

I’m talking about the decision by Delta Councilor Sylvia Bishop to throw her hat in the ring for the nomination to run as the NDP candidate in Delta North.

She was quoted in the local newspaper, The Delta Optimist, saying "I have always thought about wanting to serve as an MLA."

Guy Gentner, also a former Delta councilor, served two terms as the MLA but isn’t running again.

Apparently Bishop, a first term councilor, mulled the idea over for ...

The first Stanley Cup rioter to get a suspended sentence was in court today. Camille Cacnio, a name I’m guessing no one outside of her family and friends, and co-workers knew until the night of the Stanley Cup riot, was in the courtroom to receive her sentence.

Cacnio pleaded guilty after online photos showed her stealing two pairs of pants and a tie from a men’s clothing store during the riot on June 15, 2011.

I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt in that she attempted to do the right thing after she sobered up. She issued an apology. Sadly, in her lengthy missive she talked about how she actually tried to save the trees and how she was really not so bad. It was taken as extremely self-serving and not overly genuine. She was roasted for it.

The public turned on her immediately. She was fired. Her name ...

I have a question. What the hell is wrong with people??

I had the unpleasant experience of seeing up close, what a skunk looks like when it is spraying a dog. Sadly, it was because the skunk was spraying my dog. It happened under the Burrard Street Bridge on Thursday evening, on the north side, just as we got to the top of the stairs from Beach Avenue.

First, to the guy who was walking about 30 metres behind me, when you hear a woman scream “NOOOOO!” at the top of her lungs, maybe check out what is happening rather than turn around and walk the other way. I know you did this because when I came back down the stairs I saw you walking away.

When did we become a society loathe to help one and other? Duke, the Wonder Dog took it right to the face. He’s a docile, gentle ...