British Columbia courts falling into line with other provinces by allowing public access to court files from cases under publication bans. Read more…

Tyee Legislative Bureau Chief Andrew MacLeod will be on the spot when British Columbia’s next premier is chosen at Saturday’s BC Liberal party convention in Vancouver. Read more…

He is an Egyptian-American who has lived in New York for over 35 years. In those 35 years, he has not been to Egypt once. Chances are he may never return to Egypt. Nevertheless, he cares about Egypt in his own way and wants to be part of the happenings. He forwards a barrage of e-mails on a daily basis, encouraging the protesters. He is an armchair protester. Read more…

The provincial government is learning from how BC Ferries handles freedom of information requests but hasn't decided how to change its own system, the minister responsible said.

"We're watching what BC Ferries is doing really closely and with great interest," said Citizens' Services Minister Mary McNeil. Read more…

A political consulting company working on the George Abbott campaign used questionable tactics in the October mayoral race in Toronto, according to a Toronto Star article. Read more…

The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympics (Vanoc), aware that the CBC was investigating the death of an Olympian luger, leaked documents to competitors The Globe and Mail and CTV. Read more…

After a groundswell of public protest and opposition from the federal NDP and Liberal parties, the Tories have now told the CRTC to reverse its decision to allow usage-based billing, or net metering, for Internet services. Read more…

The picture on the national Egyptian channel is of Cairo during curfew. The streets are totally empty except of tanks and armed vehicles. Cairo is indeed deserted—a very unusual sight for a bustling, chaotic , car-jammed city. Sometimes the screen is divided to reflect the empty streets on one side and the looters and pillagers who have been caught on the other side. Other times the picture is of the armed forces in a protective mode—a very eerie sight but comforting nonetheless.

Change channels and watch Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, or even CNN, or BBC, and the picture changes. The scene is from Tahrir Square where thousands of Egyptian protestors are standing their ground calling for change. No depiction of the forces doing their job, of people abiding by the curfew, or of the looters getting caught. Read more…

The federal Liberals joined the NDP, Vancouver city council and hundreds of thousands of Canadian who oppose the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission's decision to allow Internet net metering. Read more…

An arts advocacy group is planning to seek support from the candidates in the campaigns to lead British Columbia's main political parties.

“As you probably know, B.C. stands last in all provinces and territories in terms of public investment for operating grants for arts organizations,” Alliance for Arts and Culture executive director Amir Ali Alibhai wrote in a draft open letter to candidates dated Jan. 6. Read more…

After a high-profile exit, Kory Teneycke is coming back to Sun TV. And Ezra Levant couldn't be happier. Read more…

Cancun climate negotiations received ten seconds of combined media coverage from the three major U.S. news networks, according to a recent report.

“I’m trying to check [the 2010 data] again and again,” Drexel University professor Robert Brulle told the Daily Climate. “It’s so little, it’s stunning.” Read more…

A B.C. judge has ordered a reporter from The Province to reveal the name of an anonymous source in a libel lawsuit that involves a former Liberal-turned-Green MP Blair Wilson. Read more…

Tommy Chong, an actor who starred in several cannabis-centred comedy movies, is encouraging people to join the British Columbia New Democratic Party and support Dana Larsen for leader. Read more…

The Canadian Newspaper Association and the Canadian Community Newspapers Association, which have worked together under a co-management agreement for the past two years, will relaunch under a combined title: Newspapers Canada. Read more…

A new Google application has drawn the attention of Canada's twittering classes, and could force Canadian politicians to change their rhetoric. Read more…

On February 12, 2010, no one knew how seriously Nodar Kumaritashvili was injured -- only that he had been taken away in an ambulance. And that CTV owned the only video of the crash. In minutes, CTV News Director Margo Harper needed to make a decision -- to air or not to air the dramatic crash footage -- that has since become the subject of widespread debate and complaints to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. Read more…

Liberal leadership candidate and broadcaster Christy Clark failed to follow through on a media availability her campaign team scheduled today. Read more…

An August ferry crash blamed at the time on crab traps had more to do with incorrect maintenance, an internal B.C. Ferry Services Inc. report says. Read more…

A political poll released today has the New Democratic Party and the British Columbia Liberal Party, each in the midst of a leadership change, in a dead heat.

A large number of respondents, however, were either undecided or not planning to support either party. Read more…