http://www.leslie.artishard.net Homepage and blog of journalist Leslie Young Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:28:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Globe and Mail has named Vancouver Quadra one of the 45 battleground ridings that can change the country. So get out and vote, UBC! Students need to make themselves heard this election. UBC area voting stations will be at: *    Place Vanier *    Walter Gage Residences *    Acadia Park Commons Block *    Old Barn Community ... http://www.leslie.artishard.net/2008/10/14/election-day/ I'm always really impressed by Gilles Duceppe. He is one smart guy - and not just because of his infallible ability to relate any question to separatism/federalism. He can think on his feet better than any of the other four and he always has intelligent comments to make. He nailed ... http://www.leslie.artishard.net/2008/10/01/leaders-debate-french-edition/ "The Ottawa NDP, they're not listening to BC." That is the tagline of the first attack ad I have ever seen targeting the NDP. I saw it a few minutes ago on Global BC, in the middle of Oprah. The ad features a greying, bald head from behind, with its fingers ... http://www.leslie.artishard.net/2008/09/29/ndp-a-credible-threat-in-bc/ It's official. Good luck finding anything but election coverage to read or watch in the next few months. Also, the CBC Ottawa newsroom is in the background right now on Newsworld, and it's making me homesick. http://www.leslie.artishard.net/2008/09/07/election-october-14/ I thought I'd take a minute to write about how much I like local news. That's right, national and international politics-loving me has gotten right into the local news scene over the last couple of months. There's something to be said about knowing something about the place where you live. Every day, ... http://www.leslie.artishard.net/2008/08/05/local-news/ So my old professor Michael Byers plans to run for the NDP in Vancouver-Centre. I can't say I'm surprised. It was no secret at UBC that he was planning to run for something... although the rumour at the time was that he was going Liberal. And, at that time six months ... http://www.leslie.artishard.net/2008/07/04/michael-byers-ndp/ Also... Ribfest! The smell coming past the Ceeb is to die for. To find Ribfest, start at Parliament Hill and follow your nose. Or, go to Sparks Street. Ribfest runs from Wednesday, June 18th to Sunday the 22nd. A full rack of ribs (a huuuge portion) is about $20, a half $12 ... http://www.leslie.artishard.net/2008/06/18/ribfest-ahoy/ So I am now on John McCain's media mailing list. My God, that man is busy. I get 5 or 6 emails a day from his campaign, announcing conference calls, denouncing whatever Obama happened to say that day, then announcing a conference call to denounce Obama. McCain also does a lot of ... http://www.leslie.artishard.net/2008/06/18/john-mccains-mailing-list/ Old news now, but I think this is so cool. I had no idea there were still uncontacted people in the world. The CBC website version of this story has a great debate on the merits of the "prime directive". Check it out. Where do I stand? I guess I'm on ... http://www.leslie.artishard.net/2008/05/31/uncontacted-tribe-in-brazil/ The Toronto Star is doing a great series this week about the culture of secrecy in Ottawa. It's called "Secret Capital" and you can find the first article here. It's being updated all week. The gist of it seems to be that Ottawa is becoming progressively more secret and that Stephen ... http://www.leslie.artishard.net/2008/05/27/closed-doors-and-unreturned-calls/