Today, The Province reported the provincial New Democrat's affiliation "committee wants to 'modernize' the relationship by allowing only provincial unions (not their locals) to affiliate with the party. Each union would have the power to send two delegates to party conventions and to submit resolutions to the party's governing council. Labour would still have seats on the council and the party's executive...But even those dinky changes were too much to swallow for hard-core unionists on the committee." Public Eye published a complete copy of that still unreleased report last Thursday.

Today, The Vancouver Sun is reporting "political fundraiser and longtime NPA stalwart Marty Zlotnik said he first approached (former provincial cabinet minister Christy) Clark with the idea of running for mayor last week. He said NPA supporters are trying to convince Clark that being mayor of Vancouver is an attractive position." Public Eye broke that story yesterday.

Today, The Georgia Straight reported "A former B.C. Liberal cabinet minister is considering a political comeback. Ted Nebbeling, former minister in charge of the Olympic bid and the community charter, told the Straight that he is seriously considering running for mayor of Whistler in the November civic election." Public Eye broke that story last week.

Earlier today, CKNW reported "the company taking over Terasen gets generally good reviews from investors but it did have to pay a fairly hefty fine for environmental damage earlier this year. It was a Kinder Morgan diesel pipeline which burst new San Francisco Bay in April 2004, polluting hundreds of acres of wetland with diesel fuel. A year later the company pleaded guilty to four misdemeanour counts and paid $3 million in fines and another $2 million in environmental projects." Public Eye told you about that incident and several other safety and environmental concerns surrounding Kinder Morgan Inc. yesterday.

Today, The Vancouver Sun reported "The B.C. government will have its hands full with contract negotiations over the next year as collective agreements representing more than 94 per cent of the province's public sector workforce - from school teachers and university professors to nurses, doctors and Crown corporation workers - come up for renewal by June 30, 2006." Public Eye told you about the possibility of an upcoming public sector labour disruption two days ago, obtaining and publishing previously unreleased government documentation that now appears in the infographic accompanying The Sun article.

What was rumour is now official. According to the most recent list of order in council appointments, which were posted on Friday, Philip Yung had been named director of multicultural affairs in the premier's office. As we earlier reported, Mr. Yung has extensive connections with the veggie-eating side of the pollitcal spectrum, having been a Coalition of Progressive Electors school trustee candidate and vice-president of NOW Communications Inc. Chinese language subsidiary Chi Tah Communications Inc.

Earlier, Public Eye reported rumours that responsibility for the public service agency (in-charge of human resources across government) would be moved from labour and citizens' service to another ministry. Today, Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer confirmed the transfer. According to Mr. Palmer, "Critics said that created a conflict of interest. You'd have the minister of labour, supposedly the neutral arbiter of employee-employer relations, also serving as cabinet representative for the government as employer. Labour Minister Mike de Jong conceded the problem in an interview Wednesday...during an interview on Voice of B.C. on Shaw TV...Where was the agency headed next? 'Possibly finance,' he said. 'We're still looking at what the best fit is.'

Today, the Times Colonist reported "Diane Rabbani was recruited by the Liberals in 2003 to be a deputy minister with a mandate to 'recruit, retain and develop leaders.' During the cabinet swearing-in on June 16 she was named associate deputy minister of the Public Service Agency. But in less than two weeks her name has been expunged from the government system. There's no word from government about what's going on." Public Eye broke the news about Ms. Rabbani's status yesterday, informing readers that James Gorman had taken over as acting head of the agency.

Today, The Vancouver Sun reported "Adler Online, a talk show emanating from Winnipeg, will occupy the coveted 1-3 p.m. weekday time slot...(Jennifer) Mather formerly held the 13:30 to 3 p.m. slot. She has left CKNW and Vancouver, moving to Los Angeles with her husband Brian Burke." Public Eye and 24 hours told you about that news yesterday.

BCTV is reporting Burnaby-Edmunds backbencher Patty Sahota will be appointed Minister of State for Resort Development this afternoon. Last week, Public Eye told you about rumours Ms. Sahota would be joining the provincial government's executive council. As we predicted at the time, this appointment is being viewed "as a double-barreled attempt to shore up Liberal support among both women and the Indo-Canadian community."

Today, The Province reported, "Team Harper will be the guests of honour at the Royal B.C. Museum, where the Campbell government is holding a catered reception for the Conservative caucus and their key staffers." Public Eye told you about that reception last week. The tabloid added the Campbell government the Province would be spending up to $5,000 of taxpayer money on the event.

CKNW is reporting "Premier Gordon Campbell may take to the airwaves in a televised address in the coming months. The premier says he has not made a final decision on that yet...Campbell says if he goes ahead with the address it will be paid by the Liberal Party and not by the government." Public Eye told you about that address earlier today.

Today, the Vancouver Sun reported "Olympic gold medallist Daniel Igali is being courted by the B.C. Liberal party to run in the next provincial election...The Liberals' interest in Igali as a star candidate was confirmed by Tony Bhullar, the current MLA for Surrey-Newton, who said he is moving over to the riding of Surrey-Panorama Ridge at the request of the party to take on a tough fight against the new NDP MLA, Jagrup Brar." Public Eye broke that story yesterday. The Sun added, "the champion wrestler is also mulling an offer to be Nigeria's new minister of sport." And Terminal City columnist Ian King has posted some interesting background information about Mr. Igali on his Website.

Today, the Vancouver Sun reported, "a messy split over who should be the Liberal candidate in West Vancouver-Garibaldi has led one riding association executive to resign and three others to contemplate quitting as well. On Thursday night, Joan McIntyre-Pottinger handily won the nomination over Tim Duholke, a chartered accountant, who entered the race only to find out he couldn't sell memberships and wouldn't be allowed to give speeches at any of the three nomination voting meetings." Public Eye broke that story yesterday.

Today, The Province reported North Vancouver-Seymour backbencher Dan Jarvis "is being challenged by North Van school board trustee Cindy Silver. Silver is a crusading Christian who specializes in fighting legal cases against same-sex marriage and other religious causes." Public Eye broke that story early last week. Mr. Smyth also reported retiring Langley backbencher Lynn Stephens was opposed to former Surrey-Panorama Ridge by-election candidate Mary Polak's plan to seek a nomination in her riding. Public Eye brought you that news yesterday.

On Saturday, Surrey Now reported "rumours are swirling that Palbinder Shergill, a lawyer with Peterson Stark Scott in Surrey, is poised to run for the Liberals in Panorama Ridge. Shergill denied the rumour when contacted yesterday, although her comments weren't entirely unequivocal. 'At this time, I have no plans to run,' said Shergill, who is a member on the board of the Fraser Health Authority. But when pressed further, Shergill laughed and said she's learned that it's best to 'never say never.'" Public Eye brought you that news last Wednesday.

This morning, The Province reported "the fruit-juice businessman tabbed to run for the NDP against Finance Minister Gary Collins and described as a candidate who 'embodies the spirit of New Democrats' is caught in a sex-discrimination suit filed by an ex-employee alleging she was unfairly fired." Public Eye broke that story yesterday afternoon.

Last week, Public Eye reported Vancouver-Fraserview provincial Liberal backbencher Ken Johnston's constituency assistant Barinder Sall sent an email to Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer, observing "there is a generation clash here between the older and younger indo-Canadians (sic). As these older guys want to be recognized, want fame, and I think maybe a sovereign society...lol...while the younger guys rather operate discretely, spend time golfing and enjoy life with their families." And it seems those statements haven't gone down well with community elders.

In a headlining story referencing Public Eye, LINK staffer R. Paul Dhillon reported, "A number of older generation Liberals reacted angrily at Sall's comments, saying he lacks a political awareness or knowledge of the community's affairs and attributed his comments to someone who is trying to keep his job." The LINK is the oldest Indo-Canadian newspaper in Canada and is distributed throughout the Lower Mainland.

Mr. Sall did not return Public Eye's phone call to get comment on the email. But he told Mr. Dhillon, "he meant no disrespect to the older generation Indo-Canadian BC Liberals and perhaps his comments reflected his frustration that there were many young Indo-Canadians there at the (Liberal) convention but the media didn't report them.

'I worked really hard to take a lot of young guys and it's frustrating when they don't report that,' Sall said during an interview with this reporter Friday afternoon. 'Maybe I was too emotional when I wrote this but I'm not taking a shot at anyone, especially the older generation because I do respect them.'"

This morning, The Province reported retiring Kelowna-Lake Country MLA John Weisbeck "confirmed that he sent an e-mail to Liberal caucus members this week calling for the resignation of party president Mickey Patryluk, accusing her of speaking to the media about the audit before informing Liberals...Patryluk was traveling yesterday and unavailable for comment. But (party executive director Kelly) Reichert said Patryluk had no intention of resigning." Public Eye broke that story on Wednesday.

This morning, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported on Radio One, "there is controversy brewing over who will represent the NDP in North Delta during the next provincial election. A municipal councillor won a nomination meeting held by the local constituency association this week. But the party's provincial executive says the results of that election are void." Public Eye broke that story last Wednesday.