Today is Wear it Pink Day in the UK, which is a fundraising initiative to fund breast cancer research, and to make this year unique the organizers are auctioning off the world’s largest bra. Anyone can bid on the bra which is available for bidding on eBay, the bra it’s
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Scott's DiaTribes: ‘Just Stay’ book details couple’s last journey together against cancer.
On this Thanksgiving long weekend, I decided this was a good day to publicize a book that my cousin has just published. It is called “Just Stay”; it details the year and a half journey that she took with her husband, Rob, when he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer
Continue readingIlluminated By Street Lamps: ‘Winners’ And Losers In Quebec Asbestos Mess
Photo: Vsmith/Wikipedia Support for Canadian chrysotile asbestos is dead. First point, this: Canada should have gotten out of the asbestos game a long time ago.All asbestos causes cancer. We won’t use it. And, we’ve been out of step with our European friends.But now, the inconvenient rub.With apparently no clear plan about
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Canadian vs American Health Care- A View From Both Sides!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger Ian Reid knows the reality of both American and Canadian Health Care systems and his blog and the comments that follow are right on the money. It is called ‘The Real Story’ and that is exactly what you will find there. Ian has been there
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: How we die in Canada
Statistics Canada maintains a snapshot of how Canadians die. The chart not only gives an indication of how nearly a quarter million of us cast off this mortal coil each year, but suggests where we are making progress and where … Continue reading →
Continue readingcmkl: Memorial service for Michael Lawson
Friends and family of my father, Michael Lawson are holding a memorial service for him at “the farm” Saturday August 11 at 1pm. All who knew him or know his family are welcome to attend. Please contact me privately for details.
Continue readingcmkl: Michael Ivan Lawson, 1936–2012
My dad was someone you had to work beside to get to know. He wasn’t one to talk about himself. He loved to – had to – keep busy.
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Fracking Industry Trying To Keep Doctors Silent About Chemical Dangers
doctor silence.jpg Polls conducted in recent years show that close to 80% of Americans trust their doctors. They believe, rightly so, that their personal doctors are looking out for their patients’ best interests, and that doctors will do what is necessary to get patients healthy. But what happens when a
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Is The EPA Covering Up Oil Dispersant Dangers?
dispersant.jpg Less than two years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) told BP that they had to stop using the highly dangerous and potentially toxic oil dispersant Corexit on the oil that was spewing from a blown out wellhead at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. BP refused, and
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Facing Death With Grace
I have a good friend who suffers from a chronic health condition for which he receives treatments that mitigate the symptoms. He faces very real limitations in his daily life as a result of his illness. I had a brother-in-law who died about three-and-a-half years ago from brain cancer. I
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Who Is Monitoring Fracking Wells And Pipelines? Nobody
see-hear-speak-no-evil.jpg As we here at DeSmogBlog have been covering in exhaustive detail for quite some time now, there is virtually no safe way to perform hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for unconventional oil and gas. Fracking has been linked to numerous problems, including the release of radioactive molecules that cause an array
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: Ol’ JB Screeches Out Another Song: "On the Ropes Again"
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, the young Trudeau feller surprised me last night when he whupped the trash-talkin’ senator’s sorryass. I had a video sing-song all done up fer when Justin got his ass handed to him but danged if i didn’t hafta toss that one in the dumper an’
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: Ol’ JB Screeches Out Another Song: "On the Ropes Again"
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, the young Trudeau feller surprised me last night when he whupped the trash-talkin’ senator’s sorryass. I had a video sing-song all done up fer when Justin got his ass handed to him but danged if i didn’t hafta toss that …
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: Ol’ JB Screeches Out Another Song: "On the Ropes Again"
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, the young Trudeau feller surprised me last night when he whupped the trash-talkin’ senator’s sorryass. I had a video sing-song all done up fer when Justin got his ass handed to him but danged if i didn’t hafta toss that one in the dumper an’
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: In Ottawa, an elected Liberal MP defeats a Harper-appointed Conservative senator
It was a political showdown that revealed what we already know: the Conservatives can’t take a fair fight. Yesterday, Liberal MP Justin Trudeau convincingly defeated Tory senator Patrick Brazeau in a charity boxing bout here in Ottawa. The Fight for … Continue reading →
Continue readingThings Are Good: India to Produce 97% Cheaper Anti-Cancer Drugs
India has announced that they will be using a specialized law to produce generic anti-cancer drugs. This will lower the price of these drugs by 97% and increase the efficiency of health care delivery in the country. It’ll also make the poor better able to survive certain cancers because treatment
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Slack-tivists All
People who click “like” on Facebook to show support for a cause are slacktivists, you on the other hand with your “Support Our Troops” bumper sticker, breast cancer ribbon fleece and poppy laden dashboard are not. Slacktivism is a pejorative term that refers to easy and simple gestures, relatively symbolic
Continue readingLeftist Jab: Justin Trudeau Agrees To Get Beaten Up For A Good Cause
Justin Trudeau’s training regimen. On March 31st, 2012, Justin Trudeau will likely be splayed out on a boxing ring, concussed and bleeding, wondering what happened. That’s because he agreed to fight Patrick Brazeau, 37, in an amateur boxing fight. Brazeau is mostly known for being the youngest senator currently serving
Continue readingMore #CPC *cough* Respect for Veterans
For a period of 28 years from 1956 to 1984 DND indiscriminately sprayed millions of litres of Agent Orange and other highly toxic defoliants on CFB Gagetown exposing thousands of military personnel and civilians to their deadly effects. In 2007 the government offered a one time payout of $20.000 to
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: "Raising Elijah": An Interview With Ecologist and Author Sandra Steingraber
Raising Elijah.jpg Q: In light of your new book Raising Elijah: Protecting Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis, which raises the specter of raising children in troubled times, both environmentally and ecologically, are you surprised that natural gas corporations have been producing public relations and propaganda materials like coloring books
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