I had planned to go point-by-point through the OLP’s platform, like I did the OPC and ONDP. But, well — the platform really wasn’t worth the wait.Here’s the Cliff Notes version:Harris was awful — never named, just “previous PC governments”, which is …
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wmtc: tar sands pipeline arrests now total 1253: naomi klein among them
In case you missed it, this past Monday, September 5, Canadian author Naomi Klein became one of the more than 1,200 people to be arrested at the White House this summer, as part of the ongoing protest of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. You…
Continue reading350 or bust: Extreme Weather Costing U.S. Billions – When Does The Climate Change Lightbulb Go On?
It’s been an exhausting and extreme year weather-wise across the U.S., as this pointed out in this Reuters article, Weather Disasters Keep Costing the U.S. Billions This Year. And yet, there is still resistance across that country and my own, fur…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
This and that to end your week…- Have no fear, members of the far right: of course the Harper Cons don’t mean it when they sign an environmental protection agreement. Or pretend to disagree with foreign dictators. Or claim they didn’t pressure the ci…
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Dear Greenpeace, re Tzeporah Berman (RERUN)
Tzeporah Berman was at Capilano University Wednesday evening performing at the North Shore Credit Union Centre for the Performing Arts. Her act was promised to be an exploration of the past and future of the environmental movement. In view of her contr…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Beyond our wildest fears
I’ve frequently pointed out that a couple of the Cons’ tax credit programs (implemented while they feigned interest in addressing climate change) made for the least efficient environmental programs on the face of the planet. But did anybody expect that…
Continue readingThings Are Good: California Bans Shark Fin Soup
There are tons of reason to ban shark fin soup, and it’s not just because it’s cruel to sharks.
“Sharks have been around for nearly 400 million years, and could be wiped out in a single human generation due to an increasing demand for their fins,” said Knights. ”Fisheries regulation on the ground has utterly […]
the reeves report: Belated Review: ‘Ethical Oil’ by Ezra Levant
Dear Ezra Levant, Oh, Ezra. High off the success of your influential book Shakedown that targets the gross injustices perpetrated by Canada’s various Human Rights Commissions, you have written a book that doesn’t so much detail why oil from Alberta is ‘ethical’ per se (as your title supposes), so much as you have written a … Continue reading »
wmtc: war is peace, freedom is slavery, and bp is listening: more tales of corporate propaganda
You all know how I feel about advertising. Usually it’s not the ads themselves that drive me nuts, but their massive proliferation: that everything in our field of vision and seemingly every moment of our time is filled with corporate logos and catch-p…
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, along the briny beach
“The time has come,” the Walrus said,
“To talk of many things:
Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax–
Of cabbages–and kings–
And why the sea is boiling hot–
And whether pigs have wings.”
Tzeporah Berman is in town promoting a book and an up…
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Celebrating the Natural World @ Beaver Pond Park – Schedule and Photo Contest
Algonquin Union Presents: “A Living Temple” – South March Highlands
Honouring Grandfather William Commanda
Beaver Pond Park (end of Walden Dr., Kanata)
Saturday Sept 10th, 6am – 11pm
(click on images to enlarge)Union-Algonquin-Union
Donations We…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Throw It Out
I’m cleaning up on Saturday, and it’s hard. There is no more Second Time Office Equipment, and SARCAN won’t take electronic waste of various sorts that they should be. I had to pitch a floor pedestal fan yesterday because repairs had failed – but the plastic and metal in it should be recycled. The problem […]
wmtc: update on ontario mega-quarry: environmental review to go forward, battle continues
The Council of Canadians has an update on the mega-quarry that the Highland Companies (owned by a US hedge fund) tried to sneak into Ontario’s Melancthon Township. You’ll recall that this company posed as a potato farming operation in order to quietly …
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Richard’s GPS Trail Maps Website Adds South March Highlands Maps
I have added the following maps of the South March Highlands (SMH) trails to my Richard’s GPS Trail Maps website.
South March Highlands Trails
South March Highlands Conservation Forest Intermediate Mountain Biking Trails
South March Highlands Kana…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: (4) The Challenge: Learning to repeat ourselves: The Four Challenges to the Alberta Liberal Party
There are challenges to the Alberta Liberal Party forming government in Alberta. In this series of posts I’ll write about some of the challenges that Liberals face in this province and some solutions to them. (4) The Challenge: Learning to repeat…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Change You Can See
Being the change you want to see in the world — it’s not just a clever slogan, it’s the only direct way someone can change their circumstances. Here are some stories of people doing things differently to make a difference for others. I plan to work on Victor’s campaign this Fall, as Saskatchewan goes to […]
Things Are Good: Negative Carbon Concrete
The most popular construction material on the planet is concrete and it turns out that the way we use it is not environmentally friendly. What if we changed that?
A company has created a great concrete variation that actually beneficial for the environment as it removes excess carbon!
While it functions much like commonly used Portland cement, […]
Daryl Hannah: NJAPF* . . . .
*Not Just Another Pretty Face
Don’t limit your thoughts of Daryl Hannah to her “Steel Magnolias” and “Kill Bill” roles. She is one tough debater as the shill for Big Oil finds out in their debate on CBC’s “Power and Politics” today. She handles …
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Riding the Desecration Highway
This afternoon I rode over from Bridlewood, via the Trans-Canada Trail, Huntmar Drive and Old Carp Road, to the South March Highlands K2 trailhead to put up posters for the September 10 Celebrating the Natural World @ Beaver Pond Park and then returned…
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Lubicon Cree First Nation not consulted before Plains Midstream Canada given OK to restart
Plains Midstream Canada no longer provides web updates regarding the percentage of oil that has been recovered from the Rainbow Pipeline leak site. [ Article ] Plains Midstream Canada has only recovered 49% of the 4.5 million litres of oil from the Rainbow Pipeline leak site; however, Plains Midstream Canada
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