The New York Times has a nice story about sustainability at McGill and elsewhere.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Canadians oppose Harper’s dictatorship-style plan to gut the CBC
According to a new Nanos poll, 81% of Canadians oppose Stephen Harper’s dictatorship-style plan to seize control of the CBC and gut its editorial independence. The post Canadians oppose Harper’s dictatorship-style plan to gut the CBC appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Rabble: Why Canadians should be demanding answers about online spying
Canadians are still in the dark about the activities of the ultra-secretive spy agency CSEC. Just how deep does the rabbit hole go? Demand information about the full extent of government spying on innocent citizens: http://SecretSpying.ca Article by Adam Kingsmith for Rabble: We are living in an age of surveillance,”
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Rabble: Why Canadians should be demanding answers about online spying
Canadians are still in the dark about the activities of the ultra-secretive spy agency CSEC. Just how deep does the rabbit hole go? Demand information about the full extent of government spying on innocent citizens: http://SecretSpying.ca Article by Adam Kingsmith for Rabble: We are living in an age of surveillance,”
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: No Use Suing Over Spilled Wine, Eh?
This one’s going to pull at your heartstrings. It concerns an overlooked group of victims of Hurricane Sandy who may have suffered enormous losses into the hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars from the deluge. Can you feel the pity welling up yet? Who are these people? They’re
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Feral Hogs of High Finance
The Toronto Star’s Richard Gwyn chronicles how the masters of high finance have fallen low. Today the status of the professions of banking and of financial management is nearer to that long occupied — most times quite unfairly so, in fact — by used car dealers. A couple of weeks
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: This is How We Look to the Neighbours
Here’s a fascinating photograph showing how Earth appears from Saturn. The image was taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. We’re that blue dot just below the bottom ring. We are indeed the “pale blue dot” mentioned by Carl Sagan in 1990. Here’s another, black and white, of Earth and our moon
Continue readingLeDaro: Zimmerman helps family escape overturned car in Sanford, Fla
Oh! Really! It sounds like a made up story to show that Zimmerman is a great guy. There is no picture of the overturned car or passengers he saved. Maybe a creature like this one below was seen in Florida and Zimmerman adapted it as a pet. Pathetic attempt. Read
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Your Digital Future
Highlight Image: Highlight Caption: …You deserve a fair digital future. But what should it look like? Highlight Link: http://www.openmedia.org/DigitalFuture
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6268…What To Name The Baby
Best comes from The Milky Show on Ottawa’s BOB FM. WFDS
Continue readingLeDaro: Mike Duffy shows his dance moves
Picture is a little grainy. Duffy was not co-operating. 🙂
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6267…Poverty In Canada: Shame
Andrew Coyne had a piece in The National Post yesterday about how the poverty line is at its lowest number since the peeps at Stats Can have been keeping track of such things. The number, as of 2011, is 8.8 per cent. In ’65, the first year the numbers were
Continue readingCarbon49 - Sustainability for Canadian businesses: How to Run a Sustainability Event at Work: Do’s and Don’ts
Running a green event at work is a great way to engage employees on sustainability, which in turn can bring great bottom line rewards. LoyaltyOne, for example, dramatically reduced their staff turnover rate through employee engagement initiatives (see this post for more details). Whether you are planning for staff environmental
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: July 23:A slow day in the world..I mean s l o w….
On the op ed page, the one that is supposed to stimulate thought, deepen understanding, etc., Alan Cochrane tells us a a story about his doggy-woggy. As for news in the rest of the paper, well, it’s pretty gripping if you’re the sort of person who can’t wait to read
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Loren Duncan Explains How CVRD Directors Made Decisions on Salaries
CVRD Director Loren Duncan explains CVRD Salaries and Increases Loren Duncan is a seasoned veteran of the CVRD Board Table who has been there through the changeover that followed the retirement of long time administrator Frank Raimondo. In the past there were lively debates and the clash of ideas and
Continue readingBuckdog: Did Stephen Harper Tell Premier Brad Wall To Tone Down Any Talk About Abolishing The Senate?
We have a bit of a political mystery in Saskatchewan today. Recently, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall stated very clearly that he had changed his mind on the Canadian Senate. Rather than trying to ‘fix’ the unelected, undemocratic institution, Wall said that he now favoured abolition. In fact, Wall quickly arranged
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: To the polls!
Needless to say, it’s great news (as well as a pleasant surprise) that Regina will get a referendum on a proposed P3 wastewater treatment plant. And kudos to Regina Water Watch and everybody connected to the petition campaign for making that happen. But of course, the most important step comes
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Duncan Cameron discusses how the G20 is dancing around the problem of corporate tax evasion. The Economist issues a call to action against offshoring. And David Atkins points out what’s more likely needed to deal with a global problem which can be
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Our Hands Are Not Entirely Clean Either
Last evening I wrote a very brief post with a link to pictures depicting the violence that ensued in St. Petersburg, Russia recently at a small gay pride gathering. I opined that one might want to carefully consider whether to spend one’s tourist dollars in a country where hatred and
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