This week Edmonton’s City Council is holding hearings and holding a vote to purchase the lands underneath the proposed Katz Group Arena on 104th Avenue north of downtown Edmonton. This vote will take place despite the $100 million which is still missing from the funding formula that has been negotiated by Mayor Stephen Mandel, the […]
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Sometimes Things Ain’t What They Seem
Niagara Health is taking a beat down lately. First it was an uncontrolled C. difficile outbreak, then a provincial administrator was appointed to deal with the outbreak, and now this: When Doreen Wallace fell and broke her hip in the lobby of a Niagara Falls hospital, she figured at least she’d get help — and fast. But […]
David Anderson’s gaffe: a silaluk in a tiiliurut?
Saskatchewan Conservative MP David Anderson’s silly slap at the Canadian Wheat Board was an insult to the intelligence, right enough. Was it also an insult to Inuit? Mary Simon says so, and she should know. I won’t post the…
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Ford Pulls a Rowlands
Remember when Toronto mayor June Rowlands banned the Barenaked Ladies from performing at a City Hall function?Here’s Rob Ford’s turn – he called the cops on Marg Delahunty.
Continue readingRural beats Urban in Long Gun
The long gun registry is soon to be history in Canada as Harper finally decides to bring legislation forward to end the gift that keeps on giving. If you are a conservative supporter, expect to receive a request for a big donation. That request is …
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Scrooge’s Children
Last week, Brian Topp had the temerity to suggest that it was time to raise taxes on the wealthy and on corporations. Jim Flaherty, predictably, called that notion “dreamy.” In the last federal election, none of the parties dared make such a sugg…
Continue readingCritical Brain Candy: The damage from coal costs at least twice what it’s worth
It’s great to have some real estimates on this, and wow: Economists: Every $1 of Electricity from Coal Does $2 in Damage to U.S. Plus, the original source article even indicates this is a very conservative estimate because it doesn’t include costs related to climate change. I imagine it’d be a lot harder to tie […]
Continue readingImpolitical: Tax zeitgeists
See now this is not so predictable and is interesting, “Higher taxation is back on the table,” writes Lawrence Martin today. Well, maybe it is. I do agree with the argument that it should be. It’s a hard one to make though because of the anti-tax envir…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Experiment Only Runs Once
A big thanks to tildeb over at Questionable Motives for bring this video to my attention. The video is about the potential futures of climate change, but from a risk management perspective. It brings into stark relief the choices we are facing and some of the possible consequence of our potential action and inaction. I […]
Terahertz: Skeptical triple play
Every so often a number of stories pile up in my “I have opinions I want to express about this piece of news” list. Today’s theme is stories of interest to skeptics. Cell phones are safe This first story adds to the growing list of evidence demonstrating the safety of wireless technology. Further study is […]
Continue readingPrime Minister: Shoot your guns Canada!
Backers of the PM celebrate the repeal of Canada’s Long Gun Registry
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for October 25, 2011
Here are today’s leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:
Jury Finds No Harm to Boy From Wrongful Circumcision -http://goo.gl/CELXu
Iowa Ethics Committee On Lawyers Using Cloud Computing -http://goo.gl/M8oWr
Mayor Ford calls 911 on …
350 or bust: The Occupy Movement: A Puny Little “Ant” That’s Messing With The Corporations’ Way Of Life
“You let one ant stand up to us, then they ALL might stand up to us. Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one. And if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life.” ****** Rabble.ca: Occupy Canada Weekly News
Continue readingFar and Wide: A "Occupy" Policy Proposal
If there is one overriding fact that the “Occupy” movement demonstrates, there is an ample reservoir of sympathy for dealing with corporate greed, the widening gap between rich and poor. While the movement lacks form, there is base inspiration that is …
Continue readingRob Ford: Help! Call 911! Marg Delahunty is after my body!
Marg to cop, “Where’s a man when you need him?” Cop, “Obviously not here, m’am”.Too fucking hilarious. No wonder Conservatives are so afraid of the CBC. Marg Delahunty’s on the prowl.”There was a lady dressed up and she was screaming my name: ‘We got y…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: NDP Might Reconside the Whole "Inheritance Tax" Thing…
I wonder if this might be the reason why no one in the NDP has ever been passionate about death taxes:An analysis of political contributions by The Canadian Press found the New Democrats have raised more money from estate donations than any other polit…
Continue readingThe Skwib: Blogger dies of exposure
LONDON, ON (The Skwib) — Yesterday the writer of the popular blog, Prawned! was found draped across his keyboard, unconscious. Patrick Jones, aka Dedred S., was pronounced dead at the scene by the medical examiner. Jones was known as an insightful and amusing commentator on the gaming and shrimping industries, and appeared as a regular […]
Continue readingImpolitical: Renewal: More coalition building
Maybe it’s time to do a Liberal renewal post what with all the musings about the death of the party, debates over retaining centrism or not, etc. I prefer to put all that stuff aside to begin with though. This post is not about cross party coalition bu…
Continue readingA Blog By James Curran: Congratulations Torontonians
It was a year ago today you elected this ass to office.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Selley On The Tory’s Anti-Gay Bullying Vid: The Short Version
If you see an pig that is trying to dance, don’t criticize it for dancing poorly. The attempt should be enough.And there’s something to that.But, again, if this had been one of the Torys usual video productions–an attack ad smeari…
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