The Raincoast Conservation Foundation had a permit from the City of Calgary to display their travelling art exhibition, Artists for an Oil-Free Coast, at city hall. However, once the show opened, a backlash from conservative politicians caused the city to revoke the permit, arguing the show was too “political” and
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The last remnants of a unique ecosystem on Earth are entering what is potentially their last years of natural existence. This will lead to the extinctions of some plants and animals that exist only on the Canadian prairies. Extinctions destabilize an ecosystem, and it’s an ecosystem where humans cannot be
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Greens Outpolling Liberals on Vancouver Island
If the polls hold for the next four weeks, the governing B.C. Liberals will be handed a third place, as in last place, finish on Vancouver Island when voters get their say. The NDP has a commanding lead in island ridings with the Greens in second place two to three
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Windows 8 is a flop, and there is little they could have done differently
The recent release of an IDC report shines a pretty bad light on Microsoft. Windows 8 is selling very poorly with the steepest declines ever in the PC market, and in particular it has entirely failed to gain traction in tablets, with companies like Samsung even pulling their Windows RT products in
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 5871…He Would Destroy Stephen Harper
He is Justin Trudeau. Even the sworn enemy of all that is not Blue, The Toronto Sun, said so this morning. Problem is the question says “If the election was held tomorrow.” We have to be viligant; two years is a lot of time; things have changed before. WFDS
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Groundbreaking genome research explodes ‘one people’ myth of Jewish history
Eran Elhaik, an Israeli-American geneticist working out of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, recently had his research published in the prestigious journal Genome Biology Evolution. The groundbreaking study – The Missing Link of Jewish European Ancestry: Contrasting the Rhineland and Khazarian Hypotheses – explodes the commonly held belief that
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: EG Radio this week: Earth Day and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from cities
On Earthgauge Radio this week, it’s Earth Day! I’ll be speaking with the president of Earth Day Canada, Jed Goldberg. We talk about what is being planned for this year’s event on April 22 (Monday) and we discuss the role of Earth Day activities at a time when many environmental
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Delights of Spring
Lilith, the resident evilkitty, is normally all black. Not after her ecstatic rolling on the sun-warmed, and very dusty, pavement. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: critters
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: In 5 Minutes This ‘Outlaw Hip-Hop Harmonica Player’ Takes Down Canada’s Climate Criminals
It’s not every day you get a self-described “outlaw hip-hop harmonica player” and “beatbox poet” waging a war of words against the masterminds behind the tar sands, oil pipelines and super tankers. But then CR Avery doesn’t just live in the every day. If anything CR Avery is living in
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: I’m a Professional Caregiver and You’re Not
When I was a teenager, my Dad had a series of strokes. When Mum went into the hospital for minor surgery, a woman in a white uniform arrived in our house to take care of Dad. I couldn’t stand her and she didn’t think much of me. In those days,
Continue readingROAR!: Passing judgement on Medical Services? | Abortion, PEI
I saw this today, it came across the status update on a Facebook Page I follow – I’m not sure who wrote it, but it seems to be a post on a blog called ‘Worry about your own Uterus’ (an interesting read in and of itself!). It jumped out at me
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Hey CVRD! KEEP IT RURAL eh!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger “You Are Being Rezoned” CVRD Bylaws Change Will Reduce Your Property Use Options! Shawna Meade caught wind of drastic CVRD rezoning efforts that were being undertaken to bring the zoning into compliance with the South Cowichan Official Community Plan. That was enough for her
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Continue readingMorton's Musings: Crown burden on appealing an acquittal
R. v. Berbeck, 2013 ONCA 241 reminds us of the heavy burden the Crown faces on appealing an acquittal: [14] In R. v. Graveline, 2006 SCC 16, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 609, the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada set out the Crown’s burden when it appeals the acquittal of an accused. At para. 14
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Fiscal Responsibility Starts with Factual Information
When Prime Minister Harper ran for office in 2006, he promised to clean up Ottawa. He created the Parliamentary Budget Office so Canadians would know what our government is doing with our money. The Budget Office has been an unqualified success at cutting through political rhetoric and… ..
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Things Are Good: A Solar Structure That Cools in the Sun
Keeping buildings cool in the summer is hard enough as it is and we have access to air conditioning technologies. Now, there’s a better way to keep buildings, cars, and whatnot thanks to some research out of Stanford University. Their new approach to cooling entire structures doesn’t require electricity and
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