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Continue readingknitnut.net: Fringe Review: Chesterfield
I won 2 tickets from Apt. 613 to see Chesterfield at Fringe Fest, along with a gift certificate for a ZaZaZa pizza! We haven’t eaten the pizza yet, but we did go see Chesterfield and we got front row centre seats in a pleasantly air-conditioned sold-out theatre. GC and I
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Does It Come With A Free Bowl Of Soup?
TERRACE, B.C. – The equity offer from Northern Gateway to aboriginal groups along the route of a controversial oil pipeline would amount to as little as $70,000 a year for some bands, according to one base offer obtained by The Canadian Press. HOW MUCH? That’s less than I make in
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Year of Living Dubiously #nlpoli
Conflict of interest is great thing to deal when there is a chance of stopping it or dealing with it, not six or seven years later. Back in 2006, conflict of interest was all the rage. Noting the problems with conflict of interest wasn’t. (Read more…)
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Wonderful Saving of Far Enough Farm
Two years ago I first told you the story of Far Enough Farm, the beautiful little hobby farm on the Toronto Islands. A gentle story book place if ever there was one. I told you how the brutish Con ogre Rob Ford was trying to destroy it for no good reason.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Aided by WikiLeaks, NSA whistleblower Snowden leaves Hong Kong, heads for asylum
By: Obert Madondo Twitter: @Obiemad With WikiLeaks’ aid, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden left Hong Kong over the weekend and landed in Moscow en route to asylum in a third country. His departure came after Hong Kong authorities rejected U.S. government demands for his extradition. Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor wanted by the
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6180…Happy Jean Baptiste Day
Amazing innit that Quebec would have a different National Day than the Rest of Canada. July 1st of course is moving day. Viva La Belle. WFDS
Continue readingQueer-liberal: 2nd Toronto Pride Week LGBT Short Film Festival launches Monday
After a very successful inaugural run in 2012, I’m very proud to be organizing the Canadian Media Guild’s 2nd Toronto Pride Week LGBT Short Film Festival, which starts tomorrow. I’ve been working with other CMG volunteers to select a collection of great recent short films with LGBT themes, contact filmmakers
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6179…Laurel Broten Says Good Bye
CFRA, among others, reports presently that Ontario’s minister for Intergovernmental Affairs, is packing it in July 2. That’s four who have opted out of Premier Wynne’s caucus to date. WFDS
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Where’s Jason Kenney lately?
He’s usually right in the middle of every Conservative calamity from chastising Canada for standing firm against Bush’s war to singling out which immigrants he wants in our or out of our country. But lately he’s gone missing. Has the Conservative brand become so dire and so identified with corruption,
Continue readingKen Chapman: Edward Snowden, Freedom and the Media’s Manufacture of Meaning
There is no doubt there is a need for fear, or at least anxiety, over our government’s secret intrusion into our online personal lives. Yes the Government of Canada too, not just the United States, is doing this. Reassurances from those perpetuating this travesty say that the surveillance is only
Continue readingKen Chapman: Edward Snowden, Freedom and the Media’s Manufacture of Meaning
There is no doubt there is a need for fear, or at least anxiety, over our government’s secret intrusion into our online personal lives. Yes the Government of Canada too, not just the United States, is doing this. Reassurances from those perpetuating this travesty say that the surveillance is only
Continue readingKen Chapman: Edward Snowden, Freedom and the Media’s Manufacture of Meaning
There is no doubt there is a need for fear, or at least anxiety, over our government’s secret intrusion into our online personal lives. Yes the Government of Canada too, not just the United States, is doing this.Reassurances from those perpetuati…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: An Updated Charter for Canada in the 21st Century
Maybe it’s time to treat Pierre Trudeau’s, and all Canadians’, Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a work in progress to be updated periodically but only for the purposes of enhancing its effectiveness and meeting threats to rights and freedoms not contemplated at its inception. We may sometimes have to
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Catastrophic Oil Spill Threat to Canadian River Basin
By: Paul Brown, Climate News Network This piece first appeared at Climate News Network. The Mackenzie River Basin showing how it drains north to the Arctic Ocean. Image: Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy LONDON – The Mackenzie River Basin, a vast globally important area in Canada, is at great risk from
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: If Woodward And Bernstein Were Dead
…. I’m sure there would be reports of seismic activity in the vicinity of their graves over this question asked of Glenn Greenwald by Meet the Press host David Gregory about the propriety of his bringing Edward Snowden’s story to the world: Recommend this Post
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Criticizes Privatization of Water at World Environment Forum
By: Fórum Mundial de Meio Ambiente | Press Release: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo: Daniel Schwen) SAO PAULO, June 22, 2013 – Privatization is currently the most troubling issue we face in relation to water. That is the opinion of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an activist and attorney specializing in environmental law who
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon ‘Rider Blogging
I was going to post about the ‘Riders’ offseason…until Stephen LaRose said pretty much everything I planned to say. So instead, I’ll stick to pointing out where I’d question or clarify LaRose’s take. Simply put, I think he’s right to compare the current ‘Rider team to the 1976 version as
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Steve Wozniak calls Edward Snowden a hero
What does the co-founder of Apple have to say about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden? Article by Tania Branigan for The Guardian: The Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has backed NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and admitted he feels “a little bit guilty” that new technologies had introduced new ways for governments to
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