An odd, perhaps revealing comment about the government’s as-yet secret position on asbestos exports: On the eve of a conference to decide whether to label the substance as a hazardous material under the United Nations’ Rotterdam Convention, a spokeswoman for…
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Saturday Photo: A City is a Palimpsest
Once upon a time, the Plateau district of Montreal was on the edge of town, in the country in fact. The house on the left bears witness to that nearly-countrified past. It is now in the heart of the action, but still boasts the graceful galleries tha…
Continue readingNew Music Friday…Sean Kangataran
PlayHardListenHarderVilleSean Kangataran is part of that newly re-minted Dublin diaspora that is taking the musical world by storm.And he’s living the life in all sorts of ways, including, according to his Tumbleresquederian bio, these ones:…(Kantaga…
Continue readingImpolitical: Liberal Extraordinary Convention tomorrow
The details surrounding the Liberal Extraordinary Convention are online. The event is going to be fully open to the public with a live audio stream along with a livechat as well. Peter Milliken is chairing the event, Bob Rae will be giving an initial i…
Continue readingWomen drivers
You go, girls! Driving as a political act. [H/t]…
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: I support the middle path timeline subamendment for the Liberal Party Leadership Vote
I’m away visiting my folks for the weekend (for Father’s Day, the immediate family is getting together), but I decided to interrupt my sojourn and get on here just to say that I think that Jeff Jedras – fellow Liberal blogger and also a delegate at this Liberal Extraordinary Convention this weekend – has put forth an amendment that is worthy of support.
Read more of it at Jeff’s site, but it basically boils down to Jeff arguing that while the current 6 month time line for choosing the new Liberal leader int he LPC constitution may be too short… what the Liberal Leadership executive is offering as the […]
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night Johnny Adams blogging
Johnny Adams started out as a gospel singer but soon switched to secular music. He ended up doing R & B, jazz and blues. All at the same time. This is Body and Fender Man. Get up in his driveway and let him check your oil….
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Local pols to s**t bricks
Tom Hedderson, Fairity O’Brien and other lame local politicians will likely be re-thinking their political futures soon. CBC announced Friday that Anthony Germain will be hosting the CBC’s flagship morning show in Newfoundland and Labrador later …
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The CRTC wants your input on the future of the CBC
As the public body that regulates and supervises Canadian broadcasting, the CRTC must review and renew licensing of all broadcasting stations, including the CBC. The CRTC is currently holding a public consultation to evaluate the renewal of the CBC’s…
Continue readingHuffPost’s shame: Supriya Dwivedi does it again
A week ago HuffPost featured a dishonest post from one Supriya Dwivedi, who began her treatise on Brigette DePape with the usual ‘I’m no conservative but…’ bit of trickery before presenting every Con trick in the book to discredit the former page, f…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The System According to Konrad: The Digital Transition, Over-the-top Programming, and the Future of the CRTC
Although I’m relatively new to blogging, I’m quickly learning that a speech by Konrad von Finckenstein makes for an interesting post; of course, von Finckenstein’s most recent presentation to a delegate-packed ballroom at the Banff World Media Fe…
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: 108 Kilometres and 5 Pounds Later (Ottawa River Pathways Hybrid Epic Ride)
Well it has actually been a few years since I have done an Epic (Over 100 kilometre) Hybrid Ride and I have been wanting to find out just how long a ride encompassing both the western and eastern Ottawa River pathways would be, having rode both separat…
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Write like a man
another consideration of the dilemma of the female writer http://ow.ly/5kDSa
Filed under: Miscellany
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Happy Birthday Che!
He would have been 83 this week, had he lived…but really, he’s immortal. Hasta siempre, Comandante.
Continue readingThey Call Me "Mr. Sinister": My Observation Of The "Power Panel"
They are completely lost without a relevant Liberal Party.
Continue readingLisa Raitt takes on union postal workers: "It’s a sexy issue"
Raitt: “I will not be the next Helena Geurgis. Been down that road.”
Harper’s Labour Minister was resolute this morning while talking to reporters about the postal strike, which Raitt calls a ‘sexy issue’. Ms Raitt said that in light of the union bus…
Paper Dynamite Online: Extraordinary Convention: Links
Here are some links that may be useful for tomorrow’s Extraordinary Convention.You can find the Rules of Order here.There will be five sub-amendments which you can find here.Ongoing discussion about the Extraordinary Convention and the original amendme…
Continue readingLooking for something to do tonight?
Broadway: It’s not just for gays anymore!
(And look! Doogie Howser can SING! And so can Stephen Colbert and Brooke Shields!)
Continue readingBuckdog: ‘Canada: Peace And Order Until The Next Hockey Match’ – Taiwanese Animation
Here is another great Taiwanese animation … this time featuring an international view of the Vancouver riots.
Continue readingTrashy's World: Betty Fox
I’m very sad to say that Terry Fox’s Mom, Betty, has died.
Terry was a Canadian hero and so was his Mom.
She kept the fight against cancer very much alive and up front. The number of lives saved through her fund-raising efforts is incalculable.
Thanks to the whole family. You inspired many.
Mourners can share their thoughts and […]