It was 4:30 on Saturday afternoon. The birds were all out of their houses and I was sweeping the floors. As I stepped outside to empty the dustpan into the green bin, Oboe slipped through the door with me.
And whoosh! Just like that, he was gone.
I watched as he flew down the street […]
Continue readingThe decision isn't quite as dramatic as some suggest. The City has a statutory duty to keep sidewalks open and safe; all the decision does is say the City has to comply with that duty:
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Continue readingIn the 1960s, college and university campuses, known for their apathy, began to erupt into political activism. Rosa Parks, the black woman who refused to move to the back of the bus, inspired many to stand up, or perhaps more appropriately, “sit-in”, f…
Continue readingZombie fest: Mindless, flesh-eating armies of the Undead take over Canada’s econo — er, Trinity Bellwoods Park. Yeah, that’s it.
With bonus zombie soundtrack.
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A few days after Quebecor’s legal threat against it, all links to CBC’s “Get The Facts” page, where they previously discussed the Quebec media company’s penchant for sucking up government funds, among other topics… time out. Try ’em y…
Continue reading“Do you want legislation well-prepared or do you want us to think seriously about the impacts that this is gong to have? (Like), is there is a sentence here that could be written one way and we think it means one thing but it could be interpreted …
Continue readingProps to New Scientist for highlighting this report, which identifies a network of 147 tightly clustered entities that control 40 percent of the world’s wealth. The top 20 included Barclays Bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co, and The Goldman Sachs Group.Her…
Continue readingPremier Alison Redford of the Popular Conservatives is really popular with these guys, you can just tell!Wow! This just in! Alison Redford is so popular….How popular is she?Alberta’s new premier is so popular she’s more popular that her popular p…
Continue readingWe are critical when violent situations involving police end badly so its appropriate to applaud an opposite outcome, when the public is protected and the threat is taken down without serious injury.
Today on Commercial Drive, Vancouver City Police …
Continue readingI am not going to provide a link to the recent reports of autism facial studies. I am just going to ask our learned academics and researchers to quit indulging their silly notions, quit wasting research dollars and quit wasting the time of autistic ch…
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Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline have gained a new ally in the fight to prevent this disastrous oil boondoggle from moving forward: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D&ndas…
Continue readingThe NDP now have three good candidates for their top job: The Fighter, The Dealer and The Visionary.Both Brian Topp and Thomas Mulcair have decades of experience in practical politics, with Mulcair on the hustings and Topp in the proverbial smoke-fille…
Continue readingMy first journalistic piece in awhile — written for and published at the site of the Grassroots Sudbury Media working group affiliated with The Media Co-op.Sudbury’s 99%: Day 1On a sunny but cool October 22, the global wave of “Occupy” actions swept i…
Continue readingAmid a flurry of preparations for a dinner guest today, Mallory told Irene she wanted to make a sign. I missed some of the conversation but it evolved into a need to make a protest sign.
Continue readingCrappy weekend, everyone! Well, how about that hollow “victory” in Libya? And how about that summary execution of Gaddafi? The Libyan people will celebrate right up until the IMF comes in to take its pound of flesh (read: OIL) from every one of them, which should be any minute now. (Enjoy it while you can, […]
Continue readingGlobal BC reports a poll has Mayor Gregor Robinson ahead of NPA candidate Suzanne Anton by a margin of 2 to 1. The broadcaster’s analysis is that Robinson is in trouble because “Vancouver could be headed for a divided council.”
Is that a logical con…
Continue readingI was down at Occupy Regina this afternoon, and went on the march too around downtown, after listening to the interesting speeches. After the main speakers were done, a man started shouting for people to listen to him, which the crowd did as he asked us if we understood that someone created everything. Then it […]
This news is a little stale by now, but the big skunk-works project that has monopolized my time and preventing me from getting podcasts out has launched. Planet3.0 is a new attempt at sustainability journalism. An attempt to present the news that should be on the front page. An attempt to remove the sense of […]
Continue readingIn mid-September, we get this in a Conservative Party memo:[Brian] Topp is a union boss and has deep union ties. […] How could Brian Topp speak on behalf of all Canadians, when he is so tied to big union special interests.Then earlier this week, we g…
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