by Sean Orr | No sparks fly at B.C. NDP leadership debate. I like how the news is openly reporting on things that they wished would have happened. Also: no cats were signed up, iPads were not given to Cactus Club managers, and the spectre of the most unpopular premier in history was not haunting the party.

Hungry for immigrant votes, Tories won’t drop attack on Ignatieff’s family. In Canada, we lie about being an immigrant, while in America we’re attacked for possibly being one.

Decision to sell off nuclear agency puts Canada at risk. That’s crazy talk! It’s not like we’re going to sell it to Tokyo Electric, Halliburton, BP, Exxon, GE, Enron, or Kinder Morgan. It will be sold to a responsible company like Enbridge or Suncor. Uh-oh…

Concerns raised over Washington state reactor. That’s what I’m talking about! All these people freaking out about radiation…they get on their cell phones and call their family while they pop a bowl of soup in the microwave before sitting down with the laptop to see how close the radiation could potentially reach. But…remember what a fun time we all had ice-skating at GE Plaza during the Olympics?

8,000 Vancouver buildings vulnerable to quakes. I love how Suzanne Anton sort of passive-agressively ties it into not wanting to demolish housing. Why are we housing people in earthquake prone buildings in the first place?

B.C. Civil Liberties Association blasts plan to criminalize drug salvia. I mean, if it’s good enough for Miley it’s got to be good enough for me.

Local sportswriter makes it onto the pages of the world famous Don’t Dad. Dear Cam Cole, you should let somebody else do your graphics. Like your kids for example…