Why Not a Metered Internet?
The headline of the Globe and Mail article asks the question, Why Not a Metered Internet? The argument that follows defends the big telecoms in terms of market forces: for…
February 2011
Cancer is common.
Fourteen percent of people who have a heart attack will get cancer within three years. Just thought I would relay this statistic. .
Climate Change Threatens Amazon
April ReignWhile some debate if it even exists the devastating effects of climate change are plainly seen; Billions of trees died in the record drought that struck the Amazon in…
Whoa Nellie!
Recently Ontario followed many other jurisdictions in banning the use of hand-held devices while driving. As a victim of a texting teen driving into me at a stop light, I…
Create The Future of GP’s Parks & Trails
Do THIS survey. One of Grande Prairie's greatest assets is our urban park system. We are so lucky to have a green-space like Muskoseepi that runs from one end of…
Create The Future of GP’s Parks & Trails
Do THIS survey. One of Grande Prairie’s greatest assets is our urban park system. We are so lucky to have a green-space like Muskoseepi that runs from one end of…
Create The Future of GP’s Parks & Trails
Do THIS survey. One of Grande Prairie's greatest assets is our urban park system. We are so lucky to have a green-space like Muskoseepi that runs from one end of…
Create The Future of GP’s Parks & Trails
Do THIS survey. One of Grande Prairie’s greatest assets is our urban park system. We are so lucky to have a green-space like Muskoseepi that runs from one end of…
Jane Jacobs in Cowtown
Calgary's new Mayor Naheed Nenshi seems intent on shaking things up, and the Globe and Mail this weekend has a snapshot on some of the green shifts that he is…
susan auch, just visiting, pulling a palin
Does stephen harper know about this? Three~time Olympic speedskating medallist {pfft,never a gold} Susan Auch, has decided to run for the con nomination in Assiniboia, Manitoba, a seat held by…
Linguistic immersion
Someone had a good idea at Marianopolis College and Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf. Next year, both institutions will launch a student exchange program that will have interested students spend their last semester…
Of what value is Bernier to Harper?
Maybe Harper really is the master tactician that Flanagan and Levant swoon about. Maybe. After all, I cannot for the life of me figure out the value Bernier has to…
Democracy
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right. H.…
Rob Ford Reveals Subway Alternative
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford unveiled his Subway alternative today. According to Ford, the new plan can meet the demands of both the downtown and suburban populations, even during rush hours.…
Your once-in-a-century chance is now!
In 2008, for Alberta’s last election, only 40% of eligible voters decided to cast a ballot. Many people cite cynicism, apathy or a lack of likable candidates as reasons to…
harper infiltrates CRTC
According to Heritage Minister James Moore's office, just because Tom Pentefountas fails to meet the criterion required for the position of vice-chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, and…
The Daily: First Thoughts
The launch of The Daily, the newest digital newspaper, has started a new revolution. Well think of, although the Huffington Post has been around for a while, The Daily is…
Mon pays, ce n’est pas Vancouver!
I had to shake my head in amused bewilderment in reading Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong's whining in his memoirs about how the issue of French in the Olympics' opening…
Late Friday Night Ode To … Peaceful Democratic Uprisings
Back there last Saturday, I wrote the following:As we applaud our Tunisian and Egyptian brothers and sisters, let us keep firmly in mind that it is they whom are bravely…
Enquiring minds want to know…
I just had a call from a member of the press asking if it was true that I would be running for City Council in the next election. My response…