Occupy: What can it teach the left?
The occupy movement has been a like a powerful cleansing wind blowing over the political landscape – exposing not just the obscenely rich, and criminally irresponsible political elite, but almost every other political player too: cowardly liberals, cautious social democrats, the strangely silenced churches, social movements...
SPOTLIGHT FILMS: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
A spellbinding, exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man is featured in Spotlight Films upcoming show. It will be a cinematic experience that provides a unique glimpse of the pristine artwork dating back to human hands over...
Occupy Surrey: George W. Bush met by War Criminal Welcoming Committee
On October 20th, former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton were invited by Mayor Diane Watts, the Surrey Board of Trade and Surrey City Council to speak at the Surrey Regional Economic Summit. Each former President was given $150,000 for their appearance, while the attendees paid an astonishing $599 each to...
Business recognized during small business week
Your Dollar Store and More, run by Chris-Anne and Lawrence Gilmore, was named Business of the Year at last week’s business awards. With a surprising turnout of over 150 people, Community Futures Boundary (CFB) hosted their annual business awards ceremony last week recognizing people’s choice businesses along with businesses...
Bruins still winless after 10 games
Former National Football League head coach and Super Bowl champion Bill Parcells once said, “You are what your record says you are.” With the Grand Forks Border Bruins losing another five games over the past two weeks, it’s time to look deeper into what the Bruins’ record says they are. Coming into action on Oct. 6, the...
Update: Occupy Nelson Camp experiences first taste of violence, NPD arrest intoxicated man
Nelson Police Department was called to an altercation involving two males Wednesday evening at the Occupy Nelson camp in front of Nelson City Hall.At 7:30 p.m., NPD attended the scene where two males were engaged in a verbal dispute and disturbance.NPD members conducted an investigation into the incident and it was alleged ...
Moneyball movie features GFI alumni
Over the 31-year history of the Grand Forks International Baseball Tournament (GFI) there are many interesting stories that have developed regarding players who have participated in this grand event; currently the Hollywood movie Moneyball, based on the book by Michael Lewis (author of The Blind Side), highlights former GFI...
US: Just how much can the state restrict protest?
By Braden Goyette in ProPublicaAs protests supporting Occupy Wall Street have swelled in recent weeks, hundreds of demonstrators have been arrested across the U.S. This weekend, nearly 100 people were arrested in New York and 175 in Chicago. More than 100 protesters were arrested in Boston last week; a few weeks ago, 700 were...
Herman Cain: SimCity rumor 'a lie'
U.S. presidential candidate Herman Cain denied a suggestion from Huffington Post reporter Amanda Terkel that his 9-9-9 tax plan derived from Maxis' 2003 computer game SimCity 4. During an interview that aired on The Rachel Maddow Show Friday, Cain bluntly characterized the suggestion as "a lie". Cain, the former CEO of...
COMMENT: Hope, anger, courage: Day One of Occupy Vancouver
A global call was put out for a day of action on October 15th, 2011. Inspired by the swelling movement at “Occupy Wall Street” and hundreds of similar protests around the world, Vancouver residents answered the beckon. This morning marked the inception of Vancouver’s Occupy Movement with thousands converging at the Vancouver...
