Global TV Noon News aired a report on the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline Sunday. It lasted 40-seconds while they allocated 11 minutes to a segment on cooking fish and five for a pet dog. Strange ‘news’ priorities but I guess they could have run a repeat of ET Canada or
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Vigil at Jewish Cemetery in Victoria, BC
We had posted this story earlier. Today a vigil at the cemetery was held. Harry Abrams sent us a number of photographs indicating that this event was very well attended, something which is obviously very positive: Here is some documentation for today's historic event. A special thank you to Rabbi Harry
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: sitting out the senate election would be a missed opportunity for the liberals, ndp, alberta party.
Senate of Canada Last week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Betty Unger to the Senate of Canada. Ms. Unger was chosen as one of Alberta’s Senators-in-Waiting in the 2004 election and is the third elected Senator to be made a member of Canada’s appointed Upper House. This spring in conjunction
Continue readingThe Political Road Map: Harper’s New Canadian Empire 2.0
Flip open a newspaper, log onto your online news site or watch the evening news and you most likely have heard much more regarding Stephen Harper’s most recent moves on the international chessboard. It seems a blog entry I created in 2011 is coming true even today as the Harper
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Music Is The Best Medicine
It’s often said that Laughter is the best medicine, but maybe music isn’t far behind? Music can help people walk and talk again after injury and illnesses of the brain. I remember reading years ago about how Scott Adams stumbled onto a botox-free treatment for his SD speech impairment, through
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This story reminded me of the joke about the highway patrol officer who pulled over a little old lady and while checking her ‘papers’, was surprised to see she had a concealed carry permit. Amused, he asked her if she actually owned a gun, and was shocked when she told
Continue readingMichael Coren as English Defence League stenographer
Don’t know how I missed this, but a few days ago “Tommy Robinson” (real name Stephen Lennon), leader of the fascist English Defence League, claims he was assaulted: “He described his attackers as being of Asian appearance and said they were wearing jeans and bomber jackets, with one wearing a
Continue readingStupid Sex Tricks: Where NOT to get a tattoo, and why
Um, if you’re a dude…how about your genitalia? As for why, read on: You’d think somebody repeatedly sticking a needle in your penis would be a little off-putting, but the 21-year-old Iranian apparently thought it would be a grand idea to have Persian script reading borow be salaamat (good luck
Continue readingTeresa Healy's Blog: Beyond the Border
Just as we were turning our thoughts to the December holidays last year, Canadians and Americans might not have noticed the announcement that our two governments had firmed up their plans to create “a perimeter approach to border security”. Among other things, Harper and Obama have agreed to increase
Continue readingMorton's Musings: The worst society has to offer
BY BERNIE FARBER, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN JANUARY 7, 2012 It's difficult for those who have never experienced unbridled hatred to feel the pain that congregants of a Gatineau Mosque must be feeling today. Over the last two weeks hateful vandals have smashed windows, tried to torch cars in their parking
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Occupy Wall Street: The Movie
Soon, we’ll get better understanding of the passion underlining the Occupy Wall Street movement. Via the big screen. But not from Michael Moore or some other leftty big-shot Hollywood film-maker. From film-savvy activists on the …Read More
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Ugly Lockout and the Quiet Revolution.
Golly. I don’t think I’m going to have to consult my horoscope to find out where I’m going to be, and what I’m going to be doing on Saturday the 21st of January. Because I already know. In London, Ontario, supporting these locked out Canadian workers. And why am I
Continue readingUnethical oil and its Canadian friends | The Vancouver Observer | #EthicalOilBullshit #tarsands
Partnerships with Myanmar and Sudan… links to Burmese heroin traffickers… With this cast of characters partnering in the development of the Northern Gateway, you’d think Ethical Oil would be at the front of the line condemning the pipeline. That is if you think Ethical Oil’s real purpose is to oppose
Continue readingWhen Blogging Was So Punk Rock
YouThinkIt’sFunny? Turnin’RebellionIntoMoneyVille Another Sunday story for your listening enjoyment…. _______ You can read it, if you would rather, here. .
Continue readingwmtc: more montreal, vermont, and homeward bound
Our second full day in Montreal was simply lovely. In the morning we headed up to the Marché Jean-Talon, the largest of Montreal’s four public markets. I felt as if we had wandered into Europe. The gorgeous produce carefully displayed, the charcuteries, the boulangeries, patisseries. Snack bars selling cassoulet, pasties
Continue readingStaffroom Confidential: Superintendent of Greater Victoria received 10% wage increase
The Public Service Employers’ Council (PSEC) recently released the public disclosure of executive compensation for school districts. This comes shortly after we learned in the media that the Greater Victoria Board of Education secretly renewed the contracts of both the Superintendent and the Secretary Treasurer at the last meeting before
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Day Three of Tragedy of the Market: From Crisis to Commons
Tragedy of the Market: From Crisis to Commons January 6-8, 2012 Vancouver/Burnaby All panelist biographies are here. Below are some lessons learned and observations from the sessions. Friday: The opening panel is recorded in the Twitter storify here. Saturday: My notes are here. Sunday: Opening Panel Radical Squares: Reflections on
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Enbridge Admits There Will Be Spills
Under Setting Leak Reduction Targets And Performance Goals: “ We believe that pipeline safety and reliability begin with prevention. This means recognizing conditions that have been known to cause failures in the past – then working to minimize the risk.” Again, Enbridge does not talk about eliminating the “risk” but managing
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Diversity bypasses the bench
Toronto Star: James Morton Some years ago I was sitting in a busy criminal courthouse. As I waited for my case to be called I realized something startling — all the accused were young black men and all the lawyers, clerks and judges were white men. There were no
Continue readingFar and Wide: The Hypocrisy Chronicles
There is nothing a conservative likes to ramble on about more than the idea of fiscal restraint, belt tightening, the need to make organizations lean and mean, competitive, bang for the buck, yadda, yadda, yadda, red meat for minions, a mantra for a movement, it’s how many people define themselves
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