Theo Caldwell Is Not Dead
If anyone cares, Fox News North's most recent castoff still gets the occasional gig on...wait for it... the Irish news broadcaster RTÉ News. Bit like being a star in Moncton,…
August 2011
Friday’s Finance Committee meeting
So there's a bit of a controversy over this Friday Finance Committee meeting to get an update on the Canadian economy. A motion was brought to have the committee hear…
Czech President Condemns Canada Over Gay Support
Vaclav Klaus, the president of The Czech Republic lashed out at Canada and twelve other countries for having taken the “unprecedented step” of signing an open letter in support of…
A cause for grave concern #nlpoli
The Office of the Auditor General is an independent and reliable source of the objective, fact-based information that the House of Assembly needs to fulfill one of its most important…
Cash-strapped Ford off to Queen’s Park
If we accept shrinking government -- that is radically cutting services -- it is possible to cut taxes and have a balanced budget. The trouble is Mayor Ford wanted to…
The meaning of the "Royal" restoration
All anyone could talk about yesterday was the fact that we’ve restored the word “Royal” to both the Navy and the Air Force, and predictably, there was backlash from the…
survey highlight
Highlight Image: Highlight Caption: The Internet impacts every aspect of our lives, and we all deserve a say in how it’s managed....
Third Annual Dead Nazi Day
We`re keeping it simple this year, though if any of our readers wish to share how they decided to spend, `Dead Nazi Day" we would love to hear about it.…
surprised that gary mar is supporting privatized health care? don’t be. just look at his record.
Was it the beginnings of a complicated political strategy, the osmosis of sitting in the Edmonton Sun offices, or the anticipation of an endorsement from former Premier Ralph Klein that…
Winnipeg seems in great shape
I don't visit all that often. But generally speaking I've been here every few years. I tend to measure the health of the people and the province by how much…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats in formation.
Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability names evangelical celebrities to accountability commission
The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability named it’s board of reference members today. This is another step by the ECFA, after Senator Chuck Grassley (Senate Finance Committee) asked the organization…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that to end your Tuesday. - The Ottawa Citizen tears a strip off the Cons' G8 patronage and cover-up: The more details emerge about the way the government…
Today in the bizarro world of Canadian politics
Two choice items from the Globe today: "Harper makes ‘remarkable’ gains in best-prime-minister ranking" and "Cinephile Stephen Harper drops in on Crazy, Stupid Love." "He loves movies," we're told. Meanwhile,…
Ethical Oil Worked It, Hard, At the Calgary Stampede
LobbyLobbyEverywhereTheNewTexasVille As noted by McSushiboy21, based on publically available information provided by @lobbywatch: On July 9, Encana officials met with Prime MinisterStephen Harper, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and…
Rumours of Pipeline’s Demise Grow as Speculation Surrounds Enbridge
It's impossible to divine anything concrete from the flurry of interesting chatter surrounding Enbridge's embattled 1,100 km Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal. Alternate routes, Asian energy experts laughing at our stupidity,…
Ottawa police brutality: the beat goes on
At this rate, Ottawa’s Finest are going to run out of citizens to attack. Yet another story of unprovoked violence against an unresisting person: a man sleeping on a sidewalk…
Paulie’s Stutus in the WN Movement in Canada Diminishing?
A couple of weeks ago, Paulie decided to promote the cause of some of his newer friends. No, not of boneheads, but some of the folks at Free Dominion: We…