It's one of the worst scandals in Canadian history.A clear and deliberate attempt to steal an election.But if you received a call from the Con conspiracy called Pierre Poutine, don't you DARE complain.Or the Cons will make you PAY. Read more »
Continue readingDefending Public Healthcare: Why are fewer hospital patients waiting for LTC?
Ontario hospitals report a significant decline in the number of patients in hospital beds who are waiting for a long term care bed. From November 2009 to March 2013, the number of patients waiting for LTC was reduced by 1,282 patients, an astonishing decline of 41%. This sounds like a
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Transfered, Beaten and Abused: The Ongoing Persecution of Kevin “Rashid” Johnson by the u.s. Penal State
The following is from a letter just received from Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party Prison Chapter. As previously reported here, Rashid was recently transferred from Oregon to Virginia, likely in retaliation for his ongoing work reporting on and challenging abuses by the prisoncrats. As can
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Idle No More And Indigenous Uprisings Guarantee A Sustainable Future
by: Kristin Moe | Article originally published by Yes! Magazine: Idle No More protest on Parliament Hill, Ottawa. Dec 2012 (Photo: Obert Madondo) There’s a remote part of northern Alberta where the Lubicon Cree have lived, it is said, since time immemorial. The Cree called the vast, pine-covered region niyanan askiy, “our
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Calgary’s Manhattan Moment
Andrew Nikiforuk is one of Canada’s leading energy writers and todays offering published in the Tyee gives an in depth report on the latest flooding events in Alberta and of course he dives into the whole matter with eloquence and verve. Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger In the midst of all
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Harper ‘Stunned’ By Magnitude of Alberta Flooding
I guess it doen’t take much to stun a climate-change denier like Harper: Recommend this Post
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6183…Kathleen Wynne Has Pride
The Premier of Ontario sent me this note and asked me to share it with you. When I ran for the leadership of this party, some people asked if Ontario was ready for an openly gay Premier. I said that the people of Ontario judge each other on their merits and
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The Rising of a "Supermoon"
Reblogged from The Amazing Sky: Here is the much hyped Supermoon of 2013 rising into a twilight sky on the wet Alberta prairies. A clear night for a change, with no storms about. Though one rolled through earlier today. We don’t need any more rain! Thankfully I am high and dry
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Spending a Billion #cdnpoli
Many homes and lives were recently destroyed in Alberta last week. Warnings about where, and how to build homes were not heeded. A former Alberta MLA who headed up a flood mitigation task force after the 2005 floods says new development should not have been allowed to spring up in
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Towards a new health accord: Make a video, share your Medicare story
The Council of Canadians is asking you to share your experiences with the Medicare system by making a video and uploading it to their YouTube channel. It doesn’t have to be polished – just sincere. The Council is not just … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6182…Bacon Dipped Bullets
Exclusively from South Fork Industries of Dalton Gardens, Idaho comes the pork dipped bullet. Iffen I could make sh*t like this up I would be a millionaire. But I can’t so I gotta go with the facts.The Daily Mail reports that the facts are that “They took traditional ammo and coated
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, warns against governments taking control of the Internet
The inventor of the World Wide Web warns that companies and governments are trying to take control of the Internet, undermining the founding principles of the web. He is calling on all web users to demand better legal protection and due process safeguards for the privacy of their online communications,
Continue readingDISSTEMPER: Trafficking on The Hill
As President of the Parliament Hill Driving School, I am pleased to announce that our company is now offering two new courses to our growing customer base in the House of Commons. Our exciting new courses are as follows: The Mulcair Momentum Course Taught in an unapologetically aggressive style,
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Canadians refuse permission to be filmed for anti-immigrant reality TV show “Border Security”
By: BC Civil Liberties Association | Press Release: BCCLA delivers over 1400 forms filled out by individuals refusing permission to be filmed to CBSA, Shaw TV and show producers BCCLA Staff, Josh Paterson and Stefanie Ratjen, delivering the forms to the Canadian Border Services Agency (Photo: BCCLA) VANCOUVER, June 24, 2013
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Mandela’s Family Praying For a "Smooth Transition"
Nelson Mandela is near death. The great man’s daughter, Makaziwie, says he is at peace and the family are spending “quality and sacred moments” at his bed side. “All I pray for as a daughter is that the transition is smooth. He is at peace with himself. He has given
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Flood Aid and the Self-Serving Hypocrisy of the Free Market Right
I knew it was coming. I knew it was coming, as sure as you know that when a big disaster happens in our neighbour to the south, sooner or later some yappy preacher is going to announce that God sent the rains to punish gay people (or feminists, or illegal
Continue readingDISSTEMPER: Trafficking on The Hill
As President of the Parliament Hill Driving School, I am pleased to announce that our company is now offering two new courses to our growing customer base in the House of Commons. Our exciting new courses are as follows: The Mulcair Momentum Course Taught in an unapologetically aggressive style, The
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Happy Fête nationale from Someone Who Chose Quebec
Today is Quebec’s big holiday. Formerly named after French Canada’s patron saint St. Jean, Jean the Baptist, it now is more inclusive. Everyone is supposed to be welcome, although some Anglophones and others shy away from too much celebration, fearing its nationalist connotation. Some time ago, however, I decided that
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Everybody get down, make love
I am about a week late for this, I guess, but I’m not one to jump on bandwagons and talk about things because it’s the official week of talking about things, so…there you are. And really, it’s always a good time to talk about love. And it’s almost always a
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge wins 2013 National Community Radio award!
Earthgauge Radio is currently on a summer break but I am thrilled to report that we were recently awarded a 2013 National Community Radio Association (NCRA) award as the best Current Affairs / Magazine show for our coverage of the Forward on Climate rally in Washington D.C. in February of this year.
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