September 2011
NDP Leadership election: Mulcair has a point
He says that the low membership in the federal NDP party compared to other provinces puts anyone from Quebec running for leader at a disadvantage.He is right.Mulcair is now calling…
David Hahn skippers the M.V. Deficiencies
More worthwhile reading today at The Tyee, from investigative reporter Andrew MacLeod, a fine journalist who does not work in an echo chamber rewriting background papers issued by flacks working…
Geoff Campbell: Student, Communications Assistant, Newspaper Web Editor, and Non-Profit Public Relations Coordinator at Mount Allison University
This year I'm going to be fairly busy. In terms of classes: My Cultural and Political Change class with Dr. Hunt (who just got back from sabbatical at the London…
Letter to Councilor Regarding Regina Recycling
Regina has no curb-side recycling program in place. Residents can pay $93/yr for a private recycler to pick up by-weekly. Hi Louis , I hope you had a good Summer.…
EnergyNOW! Tackles Keystone XL, And Talks To Me About Pipelines
energyNOW!.jpg On Sunday, energyNOW! news tackled the Keystone XL debate in a wide-ranging half hour program that covered the controversial pipeline in typically comprehensive fashion. An ov...
Ontario Green vote projected to drop – but it doesn’t have to
Just about the only thing that all parties and observers can agree upon about the upcoming Ontario election is that the high vote percentage gained by the Green Party of…
For service with distinction, to BC Liberals
The fatally flawed Order of British Columbia must be scrapped. Rushing to aggrandize themselves and their own financial backers, BC Liberals destroyed the award's intended essence. It was supposed to…
Journalist banned from covering Hudak events
Tim Hudak, and Jason Lietaer, need to get some thicker skin. And a better understanding of democracy. Click here to be taken to the full column. Highlights below. “I just…
QP: Turmel’s first kick
The first Question Period of the new sitting kicked off with a different face – Nycole Turmel, now the interim leader of the Official Opposition, faced off against Stephen Harper,…
Follow-up on my aches and pains
The x-rays (not exactly as pictured) last week were negative for anything untoward. All bones, and metal objects substituting for same reinforcing my femur, are intact. That’s a relief! The…
Counterpoint on Shale Gas and the Future of Fracking
Screen shot 2011-09-17 at 5.44.18 PM.png Recently the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature published a ‘pros vs. cons’ piece on the production of unconventional gas from shale. The...
Media Advisory: Warrantless Online Spying may be Introduced with Omnibus Crime Bill Tuesday; OpenMedia.ca Available for Comment
OM_bigbox_300x250.png WHO: Steve Anderson, Executive Director, OpenMedia.ca Vincent Gogolek, Executive Director, BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association Tamir Israel, Staff Lawyer, Can...
The war on gardens, and what it means
Those choosing other than well-cropped turf to adorn their properties are finding themselves pursued and threatened by city by-law enforcement all over North America. Item: In Memphis, Tennessee), a schoolteacher’s…
The similarities between debt crises and currency crises
During the nineties, the predominant form of economic crisis that could hit a nation was the currency crisis whereby the value of a countries currency drops precipitously. Most infamously was…
It’s a body of work that you can’t ever change…
if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you so much that you find…
Mulcair is comfortable on the fence
I share in CalgaryGrit’s confusion at Thomas Mulcair’s continued ambivalence about deciding whether to run for the NDP leadership. Perhaps he’s hoping to drag out the media coverage as he…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Once again, the NDP's popular support is holding up in the face of plenty of predictions to the contrary. But I'm sure we'll hear…
Problem Gambling Prevention Program Comes to N.B.
I was recently contacted by Susan Saundercook, Communications Specialist at the Responsible Gambling Council about a visit to campus today and tomorrow by kts2. The program is about targeting students…