Shades of Green: The Arrival of Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus
PEI's Atlantic Veterinary College - cited as the reference lab for Infectious Salmon Anemia - has confirmed that the virus has officially arrived in BC's West Coast waters. Critics of…
October 2011
Quebecor And RLQ’s Chou-Chou, Eric Duhaime Has Hit a New Low–Enough With The Canadian Arrogant Complacency!
Yes, that would be the same Eric Duhaime, the one who begged the feds, not once, but twice, to somehow intervene in the construction scandal woes in la Belle province,…
Tension mounting between CBC and Quebecor
Tension is mounting between Canada’s public broadcaster and Quebecor Inc. over access to information requests made to the CBC, and what Quebecor Inc. President and CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau is…
Occupy Ottawa: We’re a Family
Who’re these activists driving the global Occupy movement? Without a single coherent message, what exactly do they want? And their agenda? These are just few of the oft-repeated questions about…
INTERVIEW | The Civic Greens’ Adriane Carr and Stuart Mackinnon
By Tristan Markle and Sean Antrim On October 30, 2011 The MainlanderHere Sean Antrim and Tristan Markle of the Mainlander interview Adriane Carr and Stuart Mackinnon of Vancouver’s Civic Green…
Visions of Hell
Imagine being stuck in a room full of jabbering Marylanders in their local Republican Club’s “Iowa Style Caucus”… For what it’s worth, Newt Gingrich “won” the meaningless event.
Taxation
"Taxation, far from being a bureaucratic scam to steal our hard-won earnings by some alien "them" or "it," is the way citizens pool resources to do public things together they…
Early morning frost
Mallory and I went for a walk this morning to see if we could find tracks made by the bigish deer we saw yesterday. Of course, my real agenda was…
A without prejudice rejoinder to the Minister of Finance
On Wednesday of last week the Minister of Finance for Newfoundland and Labrador Thomas Marshall was interviewed by CBC Central Morning about a report I did for the Newfoundland and…
Charles McVety starts Canadian Religious Broadcasters Association
In February of this year, religiousbroadcasters.ca was registered. The organization is housed at Canada Christian College in Toronto. This registration occurred shortly after Charles McVety’s program was kicked off Crossroads…
Slavoj Zizek on why the traditional media and mechanisms of ‘democracy’ can’t figure out the #Occupy movement
Once you have reduced the Tahrir Square protests to a call for Western-style democracy, as Applebaum does, of course it becomes ridiculous to compare the Wall Street protests with the…
Occupy Edmonton wants a Robin Hood tax
It sounds good - almost as good as "make the rich pay" - "make the bankers pay!!!". Here's the rub - a tax on financial transactions will almost certainly turn…
there is a reason that many newspaper websites don’t allow comments
And that reason is this: People who comment at newspaper websites are stupid, as are many people who complain to newspapers, as are many people who work for newspapers. Pour…
Cycling and Mountain Biking Season in Review
I know it's not over yet, and with the winter bike it is never over, but I feel it's been a great season so far and now is as good…
More Money Wasting Symbolic Monarchist Trinkets From the Harpercons
Yes, boys ‘n’ girls, ol’ Stevie Spiteful has changed the names to Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy, as well as issuing some edict to Canadian embassies world…
Parliament In Review: October 19, 2011
Wednesday, October 19 saw plenty of discussion of the Cons' legislation to undermine the Canadian Wheat Board - both in the second-reading debate on the bill, and assorted procedural moves…
monday, november 7 in toronto: a very special evening with s. brian willson
S. Brian Willson is a Vietnam veteran and peace activist. In September 1987, he lost both his legs when he was run over by a US government munitions train during…
Robert Chisholm Enters New Democratic Leadership Race As A Serious Contender
I've known Robert Chisholm for many years and am very happy that he has thrown his hat into the race for leader of Canada's New Democrats. Robert took the Nova…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your weekend.- Of course the ongoing leadership race will do plenty to determine the NDP's future direction. But for those thinking all will be quiet in…
Some Assembly Required
SHRIEEEEEEEEEK!!!: That was a shriek of ecstasy and joy, by the way. Omigod… Ford is going to make the classic much loved 1965 Ford Mustang Convertible available again to the…