Don't media just adore a two-horse election race. And in B.C., which heads to the polls tomorrow (May 14), the latest opinion polls bear that out with an ever-nailbiting NDP lead over the Liberals.

Though only two parties are considered contenders for a majority, on Friday, Green Party leader Jane Sterk in fact featured prominently at the top of a full-page advertizement in the Victoria Times-Colonist, under the headline: 'Who is strong enough to stand up for B.C.? ... Jane Sterk and the Greens have strong, clear views about how to protect our coast.'

With last night's passing of the Combating Terrorism Act (Bill S-7), Canada quietly marked the return of controversial post-9/11 anti-terrorism legislation -- granting authorities "exceptional" abilities to detain Canadians, preemptively, for three days without charge, and imprisoning anyone for up to a year who refuses to testify before new "investigative hearings."

In the federal Liberal leadership race, most eyes have so far been on Justin “Heir to Pierre's Throne” Trudeau to wear the Grits' crown into the next election.

It's a crown tarnished from a series of stunning electoral defeats that marked a nadir in the party's history.

As Idle No More prepares for its next day of action on January 28, Indigenous activists and thinkers took time to reflect on the grassroots movement tonight as part of a Vancouver panel, “Idle? Know More.”

It explored "Indigenous rights and self-determination, a legacy of struggle against colonialism, and the Idle No More movement."

The Left Coast Post spoke earlier with one of the panellists, Glen Coulthard -- an assistant professor of First Nations Studies and Political Science at UBC.

Tomorrow (Nov. 27) – one week after hereditary leaders of the Wet’suwet’en nation, in northern B.C., evicted Apache company-hired surveyors from their traditional territories – allies across Canada and the U.S. are holding protests in solidarity with the pipeline blockade. 

Environmental activists, climate justice organizers and Indigenous people are preparing the Defend Our Coast rally on Monday (Oct. 22) in Victoria, B.C. But as people voice their opposition to oil sands, pipelines and tankers on the coast, why have decades of struggle to protect the Earth not succeeded in changing the growth-based economy?

The Left Coast Post brings you a conversation between renowned broadcaster and scientist David Suzuki, and Media Mornings on Vancouver Co-op Radio – hosted by David P. Ball and Anushka Nagji.

Tonight (Sept. 21), Indigenous women directly affected by Canada's oil sands and their associated pipelines are sharing their stories in Vancouver.

The event -- She Speaks: Indigenous Women Speak Out Against the Tar Sands -- is part of a series of first-hand accounts across the country bringing women's voices to bear on the environmental and social impacts of the world's largest industrial project – and the single greatest human greenhouse gas emitter. 

The free event will offer a meal and story-telling at the Aboriginal Friendship Center (1607 East Hastings St) from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. tonight.

A new muppet hip-hop video has taken renewed aim at Sun News Network blowhard Ezra Levant – six months after ex-CTV journalist Kai Nagata came under national fire for his first satirical “puppet rap” about tar sands lobbyists.

This Saturday, an armada of First Nations ocean-going canoes and other boats paddled between Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations territory, up the Salish Sea -- Burrard Inlet -- to celebrate their connection to each other and the waters.

Today is the Continental Day of Action Against Canadian Mega Resource Extraction. There are actions happening across the country and also throughout the hemisphere, from El Salvador to Colombia, including a vigil outside mining giant Goldcorp's headquarters today (4:30pm, 666 Burrard St., Vancouver).