But the Cons also received money. How are they acting as the party of the working class? The NDP got us pharmacare added to healthcare while in 3rd place.
I agree, but honestly, their supporters don’t have to believe. They vote for the C even when they don’t bother to put up platform, and I mean that literally. Their supporters support the C, they don’t care what the people actually do.
I get journalists hate Xbox, but Xbox needs to exist as a consumer option.
I don’t understand, is this a thing? “All journalists hate Xbox” I mean. I’ve never heard this before. Like there’s a mandate that journalists have to hate the Xbox?
EDIT: I’ll eat the downvotes, I just want to understand what the fuck they’re talking about
Yeah the comment felt like bizarre astroturfing – Why would ‘gaming journalists’ specifically not want Xbox to succeed, but want Playstation to? Like somehow a Sony monopoly is great for… journalists? A very strange take.
XBOX has been underwhelming for a while and journalists will report on that, and they will focus on those bad parts and certainly also sometimes make it sound worse than it really is, because it brings in clicks.
I worked at Microsoft and I can assure you, they deserve every bit of hate they get. And it really is that bad. There was a point with the Xbox One where Sony was beating ‘us’ in every single market we were actively tracking except specific parts of the US. Yet we had directive after directive for clearly nonsensical ideas like targeting Japan for console sales.
I also worked (third party) with Sony and they aren’t much better, but they at least understand how to get their consoles bought. Microsoft hasn’t known how to do that since the 360.
Most drivers in British Columbia will receive a $110 vehicle insurance rebate this year after the Insurance Corporation of B.C. announced strong investment and financial returns....
The BC United party is in such a “precarious position” that it could cease to exist after the next provincial election, says the public opinion researcher who worked on former premier Christy Clark’s winning 2013 campaign....
“With the B.C. election on the horizon, the NDP can’t shake voters’ ongoing concerns about housing, affordability and health care,” it said. “The party that came to power in 2017 promising to ease the burden on British Columbians and improve health care now faces an electorate that doesn’t see progress on this front.”
Who exactly are the colossal idiots who think Conservatives are going to help with housing, affordability, or health care?
I couldn’t find that, but I did see this fun bit of info:
After nominating 56 candidates in 2013 and earning almost five per cent of the vote, the Conservatives entered the campaign for the 2017 provincial election without a leader. It nominated ten candidates, none of whom was elected.
If this isn’t the Conservative ecosystem in a nutshell, I don’t know what is.
My impression has always been that the bc liberals (now bc united) were between the federal conservatives and the federal liberals, and the BC NDP were just a smidge left of the federal liberals.
Now, where that falls on a “true” political spectrum can be debated but I’m not really interested in a clinical definition because I don’t live in a clinic.
Oh I’m with you, the absolute specifics here aren’t particularly meaningful, and yes it was basically that the BC NDP were slightly left of the Federal Liberals. I’d argue the BC Liberals were basically the (old, like 15 years ago) Federal Conservatives. Basically neo-liberals.
Kootenay Boundary expectant families facing early deliveries can now stay closer to home, thanks to generous donors and the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH) Health Foundation’s Tier 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) project....
I don’t think big companies know how to make a good FPS campaign anymore, let alone hone in on classic deathmatch multiplayer. The last FPS I bought was Half-Life: Alyx four years ago, and the first one to come along and interest me since then was Phantom Fury, but I’m letting that one iron out bugs for a few weeks before I...
As someone with an avatar of the Q from Quake 1, I can avidly say that writing was not better in the past.
Just off the top of my head from the last decade:
-Baldurs gate 3 -Firewatch -Return of the Obra Dinn -Disco Elysium -Tyranny -Shadowrun Dragonfall -Red Dead Redemption 2 -Witcher 3 -Hellblade Senuas Sacrifice -Life is Strange -Prey (2017) -The Red Strings Club
Seriously, go check the story to Perfect Dark. Hilarious? Yes. A “good story”? No.
There are myriad issues in gaming now that weren’t there in the past, but good writing is (thankfully) still around.
A man has admitted in court that he killed four women in Winnipeg, but his lawyers are asking he be found not criminally responsible because of mental illness....
In January, the Federal Court found that the Trudeau government’s use of the Emergencies Act to respond to the protests of the self-styled freedom convoy in 2022 was not properly justified — a decision the federal government is now appealing....
I think it’s pretty clear he’s going to use it the moment he can. Talk may be cheap, but he straight up said:
"…we will make them constitutional, using whatever tools the Constitution allows me to use to make them constitutional,” he said. “I think you know exactly what I mean.”
Heat waves and poor air quality from wildfires pose extra challenges tochildren and youth who need more exercise outside and less time staring at screens, a new report says....
Ray Williams recalls the day Fisheries and Oceans Canada, or DFO, confiscated all the Mowachaht boats from Yuquot — his hometown and ancestral territory on the southeast tip of Nootka Island — in the 1960s....
B.C. has come to a strange moment in the housing crisis. After a huge flurry of policy measures, the provincial government is head and shoulders above any other province in its action on housing policy....
The Hungry Hungry Caterpillar starved that day apparently. (literature.cafe)
Grocery giants paid for friendly Liberal, Tory policy with decades of donations (breachmedia.ca)
What is the point of Xbox? (www.eurogamer.net)
ICBC announces $110 rebate, freezes rates for another 2 years (www.cbc.ca)
Most drivers in British Columbia will receive a $110 vehicle insurance rebate this year after the Insurance Corporation of B.C. announced strong investment and financial returns....
Poll Finds Surging Conservatives and NDP in a Dead Heat (thetyee.ca)
The BC United party is in such a “precarious position” that it could cease to exist after the next provincial election, says the public opinion researcher who worked on former premier Christy Clark’s winning 2013 campaign....
Water safe again on BC Ferries vessel following floor cleaner incident (www.nelsonstar.com)
Water is now safe to drink on the BC Ferries vessel the Queen of Oak Bay, following an incident involving floor cleaner....
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit opens at hospital in Trail (www.nelsonstar.com)
Kootenay Boundary expectant families facing early deliveries can now stay closer to home, thanks to generous donors and the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH) Health Foundation’s Tier 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) project....
Perfect Dark Reboot Is Allegedly In Bad Shape (www.gamespot.com)
I don’t think big companies know how to make a good FPS campaign anymore, let alone hone in on classic deathmatch multiplayer. The last FPS I bought was Half-Life: Alyx four years ago, and the first one to come along and interest me since then was Phantom Fury, but I’m letting that one iron out bugs for a few weeks before I...
Winnipeg man admits to killing 4 women but says he’s not criminally responsible (globalnews.ca)
A man has admitted in court that he killed four women in Winnipeg, but his lawyers are asking he be found not criminally responsible because of mental illness....
Burnaby RCMP release sketch of suspect in park sexual assault (www.cbc.ca)
RCMP in Burnaby, B.C., have released a sketch of a suspect in an alleged sexual assault in the city’s Central Park in February....
Just how far is Pierre Poilievre willing to take the notwithstanding clause? (www.cbc.ca)
In January, the Federal Court found that the Trudeau government’s use of the Emergencies Act to respond to the protests of the self-styled freedom convoy in 2022 was not properly justified — a decision the federal government is now appealing....
Smoke, heat keeping Canadian kids indoors instead of exercising: report (www.nelsonstar.com)
Heat waves and poor air quality from wildfires pose extra challenges tochildren and youth who need more exercise outside and less time staring at screens, a new report says....
Inside the Generational Fight for Indigenous Fishing Rights in Yuquot Bay (thetyee.ca)
Ray Williams recalls the day Fisheries and Oceans Canada, or DFO, confiscated all the Mowachaht boats from Yuquot — his hometown and ancestral territory on the southeast tip of Nootka Island — in the 1960s....
Here Are the Next Big Steps to Fix the Housing Crisis (thetyee.ca)
B.C. has come to a strange moment in the housing crisis. After a huge flurry of policy measures, the provincial government is head and shoulders above any other province in its action on housing policy....
Microsoft Closes Redfall Developer Arkane Austin, Hi-Fi Rush Developer Tango Gameworks, and More in Devastating Cuts at Bethesda (www.ign.com)
Affected devs:...
Police raid far-right German MEP’s office in China espionage probe (www.politico.eu)
Spy investigation into the AfD’s Maximilian Krah and his assistant ramps up in Brussels....
Why the UCP Is a Threat to Democracy (thetyee.ca)
I’m going to be blunt in this piece. As a resident of Alberta and someone trained to recognize threats to democracy, I have an obligation to be....