Congratulations to Little Mountain Baseball Club and their win this past weekend at the BC Little League Championship that was played out at Moody Park in New Westminster.  Little Mountain will represent BC and head off to the Canadian Little League Championship being held in Ancaster, ON.  A win there and they are off to the “show”, [...]

Last Monday July 19 Commissioner Stuart Mackinnon brought forward a motion to hold a plebiscite on cetaceans in captivity in November 2011.  The motion failed 5-2 with my vote being one of the five.  I’m not using this space to debate the pros and cons of cetaceans in captivity – lots has and will continue to [...]

At the Park Board’s Services and Budget Committee meeting on July 20, staff reviewed two proposals to retain the Bloedel Conservatory.  One from LMTP Inc. and the other from Friends of the Bloedel (FOTB) and the Van Dusen Gardens Society (VDGS).  Both have plusses and minuses but at the end of the day, the committee [...]

Kudos to the Federal Government, Treasury Board President Stockwell Day and Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore for stepping in to swiftly bring the debate of changing the name of Stanley Park to an end. As I said on the Bill Good Show on Monday morning this issue had the potential to divide the city and [...]

At the official opening of the Klahowya Village in Stanley Park a First Nations member remarked on the possibility of changing the name of Stanley Park to Xwayxway (pronounced kwhykway).  What a bad idea. Now anyone who knows me will tell you I am one of the most tolerant people around but this name change thing [...]