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...