The monarchy in Canada
The recent royal visit offers a good chance to talk about monarchy in Canada. Besides just being nice Canadians, the people who greeted the newly married royal couple were often…
The recent royal visit offers a good chance to talk about monarchy in Canada. Besides just being nice Canadians, the people who greeted the newly married royal couple were often…
It's gone, surgically removed by specialists from the Republican congressional ranks. Now Obama has lost all chance of ever being able not to roll over on command.Elizabeth Warren is out.…
An Addendum « All Fired Up In The Big SmokeOver at AFUITBS, @cityslikr describes the subtle art of politics as practiced by Team Ford. Not.Go read.
Storify: great for aggregating tweets, but you can go blind putting them in order if you're dealing with more than a handful.If only there were a sort function ...[<a href="http://storify.com/orwellsbastard/why-its-import...
Didn't think you did. To remind you, she was on Saturday Night Live from '86 to '92: two decades since her star fell.She is now full blown Tea Party crazy.She…
The man who would be Premier of all Ontarioioians of course grew up in suburban Buffalo, Fort Erie to be precise. His local CBS affiliate, WIVB4 has a great story…
Screen shot 2011-07-14 at 6.37.46 PM.png Shale gas cannot provide a low carbon “interim” fuel for the transition to a clean energy future, according to David Hughes, fellow at the…
All six candidates expected to enter the Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership contest successfully filed their nomination papers, meeting yesterday’s deadline. With less than 70 days left before Alberta’s four-decade long…
According to the Conference Board of Canada's report How Canada Performs, we are becoming a more unequal society. Although, in the period 1976 to 2009, all Canadians were better off…
There is a difference between a principle and a regulation, observes the insightful visual artist Jennifer Macklem in the Ottawa Citizen today. In fact one might well argue, based upon…
Tim Uppal, federal minister of state for democratic reform, told Will Chabun that we need more seats in the House of Commons and that "...the next step in this process…
Actor Mark Ruffalo on Olbermann explains why frackgas is so insanely dangerous. "We don't have another 40 years."
My gosh but today's Telegram editorial today has a few very, very familiar elements to it.
The Infectious Salmon Anemia virus (ISAv) is a ticking time bomb that could explode under BC's salmon farming industry and their open net-pens. If this industry has imported such a…
The thing about Hugh McFadyen that sets off people’s bullshit detectors is his penchant for resorting to stunts that are cheap, cheesy, and perhaps worthy of a Junior running for…
The international hacking group Anonymous has launched Operation Green Rights. Their first target was Monsanto, a company the group called "corrupt, unethical and downright evil." Anonymous claims to have given…
Chthonic, "Broken Jade". Ridiculously good vids coming off this album.
I'm not sure whether the Libs think their base will be more fired up by their clinging to the trappings of past power to prevent newly-elected MPs from doing their…
Exxon has been using a pipeline to transport Athabasca bitumen without notifying state officials who thought the line was only carrying conventional or "sweet" crude. The presence of bitumen was…