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…
July 2011
@cityslikr on Team Ford’s Soprano wannabes. They wish | #TOpoli
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.
Some late-night thoughts on Mayor Stupid with @thekeenanwire and @UnionSt | #TOpoli
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...
3931…Dya Remember Victoria Jackson?
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…
3930…Amusing News From Tim Hudak’s Hometown
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…
Post Carbon Institute Analysis Suggests Shale Gas (Still) Worse Than Coal For Climate
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…
after months of campaigning, the pc leadership race officially begins.
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…
Canada’s growing income gap: It isn’t the size of the pie, it’s the size of the pieces
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…
La ligne dure
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…
3929…We Don’t Need More Seats In Parliament
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…
Exposing the Real Risk of FrackGas
Actor Mark Ruffalo on Olbermann explains why frackgas is so insanely dangerous. "We don't have another 40 years."
Noticed
My gosh but today's Telegram editorial today has a few very, very familiar elements to it.
Shades of Green: ISA – A Ticking Time Bomb
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…
Do No Pass Go! No Soup for You!
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…
Hacking for the Environment – Tar Sands in the Crosshairs
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…
Signs of decay
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 in Hot Water over Montana Pipeline
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…