Regina Transit is planning to rearrange existing service to provide a few efficiencies. I see that more investment is needed to make significant improvements that transit riders have been requesting for well over a decade already. As Regina is growing, we’re reaching the limit our streets and parking lots can
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Alberta Diary: Khan, Cusanelli canned: Alberta premier sacks two rookie ministers in wake of poll
Steve Khan, eyed suspiciously by a fox. Below: Richard Starke, Christine Cusanelli, Richard III and Thomas Lukaszuk. Right on the heels of a new poll suggesting a decline in support for the Progressive Conservative government of Alberta, Premier Alison Redford announced a mini-shuffle of her cabinet yesterday, sacking a couple
Continue readingbastard.logic: Concert of the Day: Straight Outta CBGB’s
Bad Brains live at CBGB 1982: Filed under: music, Uncategorized, video Tagged: Bad Brains, CBGB, CBGB’s, D.C. hardcore, hardcore punk, music, New York, NYC, video
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Ottawa and Hamilton: Significant hospital cuts ahead despite rhetoric from Premier-designate
Dr. Jack Kitts, CEO of the Ottawa Hospital, says he plans to transfer about 5,000 endoscopies to community hospitals and clinics as part of an overall plan to find $31 million in savings towards balancing the hospital’s budget. Kitts announced … Continue reading →
Continue readingbastard.logic: Reopening The Abortion Debate In Canada (Whether You Like It Or Not)
Sixth Estate: I think we’re kidding ourselves if we say that the debate about abortion is now over and shouldn’t be reopened. It may have been closed in the courts since 1988. It may be closed in the Parliament insofar as there is not (currently) any debate proceeding on legislation
Continue readingbastard.logic: So.
RIP The Agonist 2002-2013. Feels good to be back (in…monochrome). Filed under: Uncategorized
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Braving the bitter cold for mental health
About 80 mental health workers and their supporters braved the bitter cold February 1 to raise concerns about the impact of cuts on Providence Care Mental Health Centre in Kingston. While both Federal and Provincial governments have made promises about … Continue reading →
Continue readingValerie Burns: An Incomplete Guide to Not Creeping
Reblogged from Whatever: The last couple of months have been a really interesting time for geekdom, as its had its face rubbed in the fact that there are a lot of creepy assbags among its number, and that geekdom is not always the most welcoming of places for women. Along
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Credit card size sheets of gold for uncertain times
A Swiss-based company has introduced credit card size sheets of gold that can be broken like a chocolate bar into 1 gram pieces, and they are rapidly growing in popularity across Europe – especially in Germany, where the people still remember the massive devaluation of the currency and the pain
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: It’s Cold Outside
The ol’ digital thermometer is saying it’s about -35 in Regina this morning, before the windchill value is calculated. I still saw ESL students walking to school without toques or hoods on this morning.
Continue readingValerie Burns: Test Post!
Scott Tribe informs me I am finally a Progessive Blogger. Let’s see if this works!
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Anti-tax business lobby is fed up with special interests (like us)
The Alberta Enterprise Group is a anti-tax business lobby, a good number of them involved with that province’s oil patch. It’s board of directors is entirely made up of men – white men. Speaking at a recent luncheon, AEG President … Continue reading →
Continue readingCritical Brain Candy: BB10 is finally here
This post at Engadget was interesting because it gave a snapshot of several editors opinions. I think things can be summed up like this, from my own look at the devices: If you’re a current BlackBerry user, this is a huge win. Welcome to the smartphone era. A modern phone
Continue readingHmmm… final edition of the day…
… only cuz I’m, well, tired. In more ways than one… But can someone tell me how I had a thousand page views today, but only one visitor?
Continue readingHmmm, part three — taking your quotes out of context edition…
… ah, crumb, sorry, can’t help you on that point…
Continue readingHmmm, part two — spit out your coffee edition
“Why have 4 of your last 5 blogs, been about………..me?”
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“Will ANYONE from the local media sit down with me, one on one, and explain to me why stories like this are NOT being covered.” Geez, I dunno — why should they?
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Numbers don’t lie: Cuts to hospital allied health professionals not showing up in community visits
Over the last number of weeks we have been debunking the myth that hospital cuts somehow represent service transfers to the community. The data for 2012/13 is not yet available, but if we look at the volume of home care … Continue reading →
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Flight
I’d suggest people watch “Flight” [9/10] if you like deep movies about alcoholism. You might end up cheering for the drunk and feeling bad for doing so.
Continue readingValerie Burns: Kathleen FTW
Convention was crazy. I know I said I would liveblog when I could, but it all just went too fast. Sitting down and writing in the face of all that awesome was just not going to happen. It was amazing fun. I met a boy. We elected a leader who
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