A public judicial inquiry into the diminishing salmon stock in the Fraser River will waste taxes and offer nothing more useful than what we already know: over-fishing is the problem.
... made it—a 50-year low. That prompted Stephen Harper, Canada’s prime minister, to ask BruceCohen, a justice of British Columbia’s Supreme Court, to hold an inquiry into the causes of the sockeye’s decline. Applause was muted. Four other federal inquiries held over the past three decades have failed to halt the decline. Many British Columbians fear that the...
... by several writers. On Thursday night, before I got to town, Pamela Painter read. On Friday, BruceCohen and Khaled Mattawa read. And on Saturday, James Braziel and Alan Michael Parker read. Congratulations to the the staff of Mid-American Review for a well-organized event.
... Heat.” And perhaps Tarantino will also salute the pulp filmmaker.Caged Heat Oscar-winning producer BruceCohen (”American Beauty”) is organizing the evening in collaboration with Emmy-winning director Don Mischer. As per the initial academy news release, the honorees “will also be acknowledged at the year’s Academy Awards ceremony.” That wording could mean that a highlight reel of...
Some theme music for the most referenced item on the blog today . Surprisingly educational. We have to have fun around here too... On Friday, International Trade Minister Stockwell Day announced Justice BruceCohen would lead an inquiry into the collapse of the salmon run. Though the Fraser River borders part of the riding, Day insisted the last-minute announcement had nothing to do with...
... apart from their peers. "You are able to take the time to properly celebrate these people," says BruceCohen ("Milk"), who is producing the intimate and un-televised honorary awards show. "One of our early inspirations was the early Oscars that used to be at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and not televised, with dinner and people sitting around tables. One of the themes of the evening...
VANCOUVER — The federal government has given a B.C. Supreme Court judge unlimited power to find out why the Fraser River sockeye fishery collapsed. Justice BruceCohen as been appointed to lead the judicial inquiry into the collapse of the fishery this year. He’ll be able to compel testimony and ultimately could make recommendations in the policies and procedures of the Department of...
... "Caged Heat." And perhaps Tarantino will also salute the pulp filmmaker. Oscar-winning producer BruceCohen ("American Beauty") is organizing the evening in collaboration with Emmy-winning director Don Mischer . As per the initial academy news release, the honorees "will also be acknowledged at the year's Academy Awards ceremony." That wording could mean that a highlight reel of the...
... The Governors Awards presentation is being produced for the Academy by Oscar-winning producer BruceCohen in association with Emmy®-winning producer Don Mischer.
... Partnerships . At a Hollywood fundraiser for Maine Tuesday night thrown by Oscar-winning producer BruceCohen and political consultant Chad Griffin - the team behind the Ted Olson-David Boies federal challenge to Prop 8 - Cohen said the two challenges are important part of the national movement towards full equal rights: "When [the federal challenge to Prop 8] makes it...
On the one-year anniversary of meeting to organize a "No On 8" fundraiser at grocery billionaire, Clinton friend, and skeeve Ron Burkle's home, Perry Vs. Schwarzenegger spearheaders and Hollywood A-gays Chad Griffin and BruceCohen were holding a similar sort of fundraiser on Tuesday: one for Maine's "No On 1" effort. CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a [...]
Cross-posted from LGBTPOV.COM . Oscar-winning producer BruceCohen and political consultant Chad Griffin, self-described "partners in something," hosted a fundraiser for the No on 1/Protect Maine Equality campaign Tuesday night at the Hollywood Hills home shared by Cohen and his husband Gabe Catone. Cohen pointed out that exactly one year ago, he, Griffin and...
... Jr., who earned $260,877 in salary and benefits in 2007, declined to comment. Union spokesman BruceCohen said O’Connell had no comment. Gillinson also had no comment, while Matlaga and Weber didn’t return calls. Cohen said in an e-mail that members “work under collective bargaining negotiated fairly with management, signed by management and ratified by the...