Jordan Bateman

Jordan Bateman: How Much Wood Could a Woodpecker Peck?

A tale of an empty hole and a bird's nest in a tree

Jordan Bateman: It feels good to be a football fan again

It has been a long time since I was this excited for a Canadian Football League season. It might be as long ago as 1991, when Doug Flutie was at the controls of the BC Lions, and Rocket Ismail was...

Jordan Bateman: Inside the naming of BC United

The party rebranding is only the start, says Jordan Bateman

Opinion: The bell tolls for drivers – again

Every time I think I’m off the TransLink file, they pull me back in. This time, you can blame B.C. Premier David Eby. At a news conference Wednesday announcing a half-billion dollar bailout for the...

Budget 2023: Another B.C. budget where the results aren’t there

Results matter, and by so many metrics, the BC NDP government is failing British Columbians. As I sat in the basement of the Victoria Convention Centre today, scrutinizing the seventh NDP budget, I...

Remembering Larry Fisher – a titan of B.C.’s construction industry

The construction industry, Surrey and B.C.’s free-enterprise movement lost a legendary figure this weekend, when Lark Group founder Larry Fisher passed away after a long, furious fight with cancer....

Jordan Bateman: NDP will have to choose between priorities

The unstoppable force of Indigenous rights has crashed into the immovable object of the NDP Government’s sweetheart deal with its union supporters – and it’s up to new Premier David Eby to fix...

Jordan Bateman: Bending about breaking the law

Premier David Eby’s affinity for yoga came in handy this week, as he tried to twist himself into a new “tough on crime” persona. But given his history, convincing anyone would be beyond even a master...

Jordan Bateman: Lions hope Rourke’s next pass falls incomplete

For the good of Canadian football, we need to find a way to keep Nathan Rourke playing Canadian football. Specifically, back in B.C.  After watching the BC Lions quarterback tear up the league in...

Jordan Bateman: Advice for new mayors: remember the four C’s

First comes the swearing-in. Then, the swearing-at. Over the next week or so, hundreds of new mayors, municipal councillors, regional directors, school trustees and (for some reason, in Vancouver...