Olson, Geoff

Sketchbook Survey Last week's police raid of Da Kine Beverage and Smoke Shop has rekindled the debate about legalizing marijuana. What do you think?
Sketchbook Survey On this Labour Day, the president of the B.C. Federation of Labour said overwork puts a strain on family life. So what do you think of Jim Sinclair's call for a shorter work week?
Handed over the management of BC Hydro to a firm that relocated from the US to a Bermuda tax haven. Hired the former vice-president of a bankrupt New York company to head BC Ferry Services. Giving [...]
Vancouver, 2009: As the Olympics near, residents get antsy about security issues addressing terror... "That's 'Terror,' not terrier!!" "I understood terror to include all homonyms, captain." "What's a homonym?"
Local poultry produces suffer another public relations setback... "BC chicken is safe...." "Go ahead and eat it."
Origami from the BC Legislature!
Sketchbook Survey According to the BCGEU, the provincial government will be selling off pharmacare and the BC Medical Services Plan to a U.S. multinational corporation. They say this will result in [...]
Cleans out the Legislature in a jiffy!
Sketchbook Survey Angele Yanor's sex n' dating column in the Vancouver Sun disappeared after an editor disappeared she had plagiarized from the New York Times. Any thoughts?
Regarding the slots issue, mayor Campbell, how do you respond to critics who say civic endorsement of gambling will turn responsible adults into glassy-eyed addicts, obsessing over a big payout from Lady Luck? "Wanna bet?"
COPE Roundtable Slots: Are they really a source of social destructiveness?
Sketchbook Survey According to a recent news story, Canadian MDs are paid up to $5000 per patient for signing up volunteers to drug trials, not only that, private companies sift through medical [...]
Mother Nature sez:
Social conditioning, COPE-style
Sketchbook Survey If Belinda Stronach wins the leadership of the Conservative Party, next spring will see the first national election between a multimillionaire and a multibillionaire. What do you think of that?
Sketchbook Survey Former Magna CEO Belinda Stronach blew through the Lower Mainland this week, drumming up support for her bid to lead the new Conservative Party of Canada. Whaddya think?
Kids! Out of concern for their health, we always tell them to avoid dangerous substances. But do they ever listen? "I'm not after dope, dude. Got any farmed salmon on you?"
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Top Ten Revelations/Conspiracies found in documents seized by the RCMP in their raid on the BC Legislature