Author Archives: Dave Barry
Joe Biden: Stumbles, tragedies and, now, delayed triumph
Days before he left the White House in 2017, President Barack Obama surprised Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, declaring his septuagenarian, white-haired lieutenant "the best vice-pre...
Nov 07, 2020
Joe Biden: Stumbles, tragedies and, now, delayed triumph
Days before he left the White House in 2017, President Barack Obama surprised Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, declaring his septuagenarian, white-haired lieutenant "the best vice-pre...
Nov 07, 2020
Ottawa's silence necessary during U.S. election uncertainty: democracy experts
OTTAWA - The political silence in Ottawa was deafening on Wednesday after Donald Trump's bombastic declarations of victory in the U.S. presidential election and his threat to take his re-election figh...
Nov 05, 2020
Trump seeks to stop 'all voting,' but only counting remains
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he'll take the presidential election to the Supreme Court, but it's unclear what he means in a country in which vote tabulations routinely continue beyond Elec...
Nov 04, 2020
Trudeau says pandemic 'really sucks,' and that Christmas gatherings are up in the air
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the global COVID-19 pandemic "really sucks," and could jeopardize large gatherings with friends and family over Christmas on the heels of a toned-down Thank...
Oct 27, 2020
The Latest: WH doctor says Trump will continue with duties
WASHINGTON - The Latest on President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump testing positive for the coronavirus (all times local): 1:40 a.m. President Donald Trump's White House doctor has issued ...
Oct 01, 2020
PST cut pledge from B.C. Liberals draws fire from NDP, Greens
VANCOUVER - A promise by the B.C. Liberals to fight the pandemic with a provincial sales tax cut is separating the three parties in their approach to COVID-19 during the Oct. 24 election campaign. NDP...
Sep 30, 2020
More than 400,000 mail-in ballot requests for B.C. election
VICTORIA - Requests for mail-in ballots continue to pour into Elections B.C.The agency reports as of Sunday night (Sept. 27) at 11:59 p.m., 406,000 British Columbians had requested a mail-in vote.Anyo...
Sep 28, 2020
BC Liberals promise to eliminate provincial sales tax for a year
VANCOUVER - In their first major promise of the 2020 election campaign, the BC Liberals on Monday (Sept. 28) promised to eliminate the provincial sales tax for one year if they are elected on Oct. 24....
Sep 28, 2020
Childhood lessons, fight with cancer helped John Horgan forge political goals
VICTORIA - An Indigenous leader says John Horgan would often use a joke to ease tensions during difficult times in talks over the future of fish farms between groups with different interests in Britis...
Sep 28, 2020
