Scoring an invite
Harper had his bilateral meeting with President Obama and scored an invitation to the White House next month. Oh, and they’re going to keep working on the various files that…
November 2011
josipa petrunic – the liberal party’s next great hope in edmonton-gold bar?
If there was a Liberal Party heartland in Alberta, it would be located in the boundaries of Edmonton-Gold Bar. The east central Edmonton constituency is the longest Liberal held constituency…
Andrew Coyne A Little Testy
Andrew Coyne got a little testy with me today on twitter over, what I can only assume, was an innocent question. Let me start off by saying I’m not an…
Andrew Coyne A Little Testy
Andrew Coyne got a little testy with me today on twitter over, what I can only assume, was an innocent question. Let me start off by saying I’m not an…
Stephen Harper’s firing range: A list of 87 organizations and people attacked in five years | rabble.ca
Stephen Harper’s firing range: A list of 87 organizations and people attacked in five years | rabble.ca. Filed under: Progressives
Murmuration
Here is a little treat for everybody who stops by. I've never seen anything quite like this. Simply amazing. Enjoy.
The Tim Hortons Gap
You know about the Darien Gap that stops you from driving to Columbia. But did you know about the 304 km Tim Hortons gap, that stops you from taking a…
Use it or lose it: Conspicuous in their absence
I attended the final parks all-candidates meeting today at Douglas Park Community Centre. There were about 25 people in the audience, which for this campaign was a good turn out.…
Right-to-die legal challenge to begin in B.C.
Whose life is it anyway? To some degree that is the key question -- is it your own decision whether to keep living or is that a decision that must…
Tim Hortons in Dubai
I'm excited that Tim Hortens will finally have espresso. Coffee is just too hot for Canadian summers. Speaking of which, did you know there is now a Tim Hortons in…
Stephen Harper and the Pipeline Debacle
Oh no. How embarrassing. I see Stephen Harper was doing the hula hula in Hawaii today, trying to get Obama to change his mind about the Keystone XL pipeline. Because…
Interesting Canadian Press headline: calls recent US moves ‘anti-Canadian’
I hadn't heard this before from our media. Has this become a new trope of the media to skew the non-related actions of the US not in favour of Canada?…
The Three Mouthketeers
Insert food blog here.PS. I still love The Simpsons AND Breaking Bad.
Capitalism has a lot of staying power
I was thinking about this as I went about my one per cent Sunday, putting up shelves in the laundry room, raking leaves, trimming back the grape vines and disposing…
This Week at the Ontario Court of Appeal: 11-11-11
Each Week Wise Blog analyzes recent decisions from the Ontario Court of Appeal. Children's Aid Society of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo v. C.A.D. This case concerned an appeal from…
Resident evil at Penn State
I’ve been watching the unfolding of events at Pennsylvania State University out of the corner of my eye for a few days now. There’s something of the perfect moral storm…
Ontario Employment Law: Wrongful Dismissal and Retirement Benefits
In Reinzo v. Washington Mills Electro Minerals Corporations, the Court of Appeal for Ontario answers an important question as concerns an employee's entitlement to benefits during the notice period in…
How Architecture Made SFU Vancouver’s University
For those unfamiliar with Vancouver, it is a city that enjoys a healthy one way rivalry between two university: the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Simon Fraser University (SFU).…