With lots going on politically, there was no shortage of topics today. By-elections, leadership and the Ontario New Democrats’ past history on prorogation (they’ve prorogued more times than they’ve formed government). On the by-elections: Durham could be interesting if voters want to punish the Conservative Party for Bev Oda’s excesses;
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OPSEU Diablogue: Ontario Shores fined $37,000 after worker suffers concussion
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences has pleaded guilty and fined $37,500 under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured cleaning and replacing ventilation hoods in the hospital’s kitchen area. The September plea bargain by … Continue reading →
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Civic Election
The civic elections for Regina and municipalities in Saskatchewan are coming up on Wednesday Oct. 24th, 2012. It’s more significant to me than most elections, because this is the first where I’m on a ballot. Well, you won’t see “Saskboy” on the ballot, but you will see my “in-real-life” mainstream-alter-ego’s
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: The near-two a.m. post
Around midnight tonight my kids discovered we had no hot water and, finally, around 2 am, I think I solved the problem. This, of course, involved me setting off the alarm system, having to clean out the storage room and studying YouTube videos to figure out all possible causes and
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: The big five questions
You may have heard by now that there’s an Ontario Liberal leadership race underway. The party executive met this weekend to set some ground rules and a convention date. So, the next question is, “Who’s in?” Kinsella posted a few questions that may get you started thinking about it: With
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: Alberta Liberals edge further into the political wilderness
Yes, I know, they’ve made more than one. But this, seriously? Remember New Coke? Yeah, like that.
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Perth-Smiths Falls: Big cuts for a small hospital
The peer review is done, but the details around the 6 per cent in cuts to the Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital are still somewhat sketchy. The cuts are to deal with a $2.6 million operating deficit at the … Continue reading →
Continue readingLeft Over: Shaking Hands with the Devil You Think You Know….
While the Cons huff and puff and try to simply blow our House of Parliament down, let me play devil’s advocate here and rant about something that no one else (that I’ve been aware of) seems to be mentioning, in all the foofaraw about increasing the golden handshake contributions…
Continue readingPressing Politics: A Mythbuster’s Rebuttal: Transmission Lines, Holyrood Oil and Renewable Resources
I have to give Ed Hollett credit… he is a sharp minded fellow. After my blog on Tuesday where I purport to debunk three myths on Muskrat Falls, Hollett responded with three captivating posts in response here, here and here. … Continue readi…
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Operation Maple Video: Placing staff and patients at risk
Would you want to work here? Would you want to be a patient here? Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences has been on our radar in recent weeks and all for the wrong reasons. An unaccountable bonus to the … Continue reading →
Continue readingLeft Over: No One is asking “Where’s the Beef?”
XL Foods targeted for takeover by Brazilian company CBC online Oct. 18, 2012 If anyone in this country needed to rationalize the road to vegetarianism for any reason at all, this news certainly helps… Am I the only one left who remembers when Alberta beef was highly regarded as some
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Shuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic: E. coli-plagued Brooks packer handed off to Brazilian owned multinational
Deckchairs on the Titanic. The situation in the head office of XL Foods may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: The JBS logo. The U.S. arm of a giant Brazilian beef-processing company announced yesterday it will immediately take over operations of XL Foods Ltd.’s troubled beef packing plant in southeastern
Continue readingToo Much Geography: Guns, Gun Control, and the Gays
I shot a handgun for the first time in my life earlier this month. I was visiting some friends in America for one of their birthdays, and as one of the weekend’s activities we headed over to the Washington State Shooting Range just south of Bellingham. I’m going to pause
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Clean Coal?
Romney said during the first debate there is an “Economy Tax”, and the US “can continue to burn clean coal”. Neither exists. The former was his attempt to coin a phrase, and the latter is a (very dangerous) lie. “Clean coal” is a phrase paid for by the dirty coal
Continue readingCritical Brain Candy: After a month with an iPad
As I’ve mentioned here many times before, I’ve been an iPhone user for several years. When the iPad was released 2.5 years ago, I wanted one of course, being a geek. But, I couldn’t convince myself what I’d use it for. Questions like “couldn’t I do that with one of
Continue readingLaw is Cool: LSUC Publishes Articling Task Force Report
This article was originally published on www.LFTI.ca The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC)’s articling task force has released its final report on its proposed solution for what has been dubbed the “Articling Crisis” facing recent law grads in Ontario. The report directly concerns current law students, new graduates of law programs,
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Rachlis tireless in myth-busting around health care sustainability
It’s good to see Dr. Michael Rachlis on the opinion pages of today’s Toronto Star. Rachlis has been tireless in his myth-busting around the sustainability of health care. As he points out today, total health care costs as a percentage … Continue reading →
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Report Says Women Drivers Cause Homosexuality
Saudi Arabia is one of the only countries in the world that forbids women from driving. Any woman caught behind the wheel there is subject to arrest and lashings. Amidst growing international criticism for this policy, a report prepared for the country’s legislative assembly has been released to justify
Continue readingGeoff Campbell: Nothing like getting paid!
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Continue readingGeoff Campbell: “Newsworthiness”
Last September, NPR write about the Occupy Wall St. protests that were happening in New York City. People got upset. They complained to the NPR Ombudsman The executive editor for news, Dick Meyer, responded by saying “The recent protests on Wall Street did not involve large numbers of people, prominent people, a
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