The Guardian news outlet is running a series this week on the small Alaskan town of Newtok that is slowly being wiped off the map as the waters rise around it. The Army Corp of Engineers predicts that the highest point in Newtok could be under water by as early
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A Different Point of View....: Business journalists go on the attack; demonize Atlantic seasonal workers
National business journalists and columnists have bought into Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s demeaning view that folks in the Atlantic region are backward and have a defeatist attitude. Framed in disrespectful language, they’re promoting untested economic ideas that, if adopted, would seriously damage the economy – and the people – of
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Some Monday Photos from the Jardin botanique
The more I think about the plan to charge high fees to visit Montreal’s Jardin botanique, the more annoyed I get. When we first came here eons ago, it was completely free. Then they added charges for the greenhouses. Fees to enter the outside gardens followed, although residents who had
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: I admire Tim Hudak
I knew that little headline would get your attention! And it’s true. Being the guy (currently) most likely to become Premier if (theoretically) there is an election, Hudak could have chosen the easy course. He could have chosen discretion over valour. He could have jumped on the popular and populist
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Weather Vane Politics and the Winds of Change in the BC Election
“It doesn’t take a weather vane to see which way the wind is blowing.”
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Telus refuse to comment on Mobilicity acquisition reports
Telus are refusing to comment on reports that it is in talks to acquire independent provider Mobilicity. This would mean that the already dismal state of competition in our cell phone market would be reduced yet further – meaning higher prices and less choice for consumers. Canadians have made it
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 5986…D Day In Labrador
Note to Peter Penashue: In retrospect dya think that resigning was a good idea? Something to think about when the results start pouring in and you get crushed by Yvonne Jones of Le Parti Justin Trudeau. Seriously, if you had just done what Dean Del Mastro is doing and hung
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: May 13: What’s a tout?
Important question…but, first, lets look at a story the editorial elves at the Moncton TandT didn’t notice. An American government air-testing station, one that sets the standard for the world, has just measured carbon-dioxide in the air (from coal, gasoline, etc.) at 400 parts per million. Not much? Well, the
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, May 13, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, May 13, 2013: “Copyright troll Righthaven finally, completely dead” RCMP confirms it’s looking into Senate expense claims Boogaard’s Family Files Wrongful-Death Suit Against N.H.L. O.J. returns to court Monday with appeal No means no: including workplace sexual
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 5985…Peter Worthington Passes
This is a man who made lemons out of lemonade. When the broadsheet The Toronto Telegram bit the dust in 1970 Peter Worthington helped found The Toronto Sun which quickly became part of the fabric of the big smoke and spread to a number of other markets in Canada and
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Michael Harris tears into the Cons for their latest set of Senate abuses: It is time once more to throw up on your shoes over the Senate. We all did that when Liberal Senator Andrew Thompson went missing in action for a decade
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: On Solidarity and Presence
Late last month I wrote a post entitled More On The Online Community Experience, a followup to an earlier one in which I discussed the importance I place on the online communities I am a part of. Within the post I included an excerpt of a piece written by Matthew
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Buying ink by the barrel
Everyone knows Mark Twain’s famous maxim: “Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.” In Paul Godfrey’s case, it is actually true: he does buy ink by the barrel. The news that the “new Ontario government” is planning on flushing him, therefore, comes as a bit of a surprise.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Worthington, RIP
R.I.P. He was no fan of yours truly – case in point – but what a career he had! He’d been there to see it all, first-hand. Journalism really doesn’t produce men (or women) like him anymore. It’s a cliche, but it’s true: with Worthington’s passing, it’s the end of
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: The Master
I still think back to those days in Japan, when I studied zazen under the guidance of Rōshi Miaki. I had been looking for something in my life, and when I stumbled upon the group of monks, quietly sitting, I … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Keep on churnin’ #nlpoli
You can add another five changes to the record of senior executive appointments cabinet has made since the beginning of the year, according to orders-in-council posted to the provincial government’s website. That brings the total for Calendar Year 2013 to 20. Six the 20 are acting appointments, meaning that cabinet
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Stephen Harper’s Mother Day Greeting: The Secret First Draft
You’ve probably heard about this. Yesterday Stephen Harper asked Canada to wish Laureen Harper, his wife and the mother of his two kids, a happy Mother’s Day. Many people noted oddity of the little episode. Through my secret sources, I have gotten hold of a first draft of Harper’s letter,
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Stiglitz On Higher Education
Joseph Stiglitz writes in this morning’s New York Times that, just as America is beginning to recover from the crisis which rocked the world financial system, another storm is about to hit: The crisis that is about to break out involves student debt and how we finance higher education. Like
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