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2011
Edmonton-Sherwood Park Update
With the NDP membership in Edmonton-Sherwood Park nominating Mike Scott, an active member of CUPE Local 30 as their candidate for the next federal election (which could be happening as…
Ain’t she a beaut? (Fukushima reactor #4, all duckied-up)
That is all they got: Minoru Ogoda, the official with Japan’s nuclear regulatory agency, said a proposed plan to use helicopters to put more cold water into the pool was…
Canadian banks accepting donations for RED CROSS relief efforts in Japan
(Ottawa, March 14, 2011) – The Canadian Red Cross is pleased to announce that ten banks in Canada are accepting cash donations in support of Red Cross relief efforts in…
AngryFakeLeaks presents: The Senate’s Standing Commitee on Official Language’s lost report on Nunavut’s Anglos
Press Release The myths of the white man of Canada’s North as a wealthy adventurer backed by wealthy European powers and natural resources companies still plague the English-speaking minority of…
Head shots
March 8 – Zdeno Chara lays a life-threatening hit on Max Pacioretty and gets a light slap on the wrist. March 10 – Stephen Harper weighs in, saying “I don’t…
The Death Knell of Democracy?
Another abstract post today, as it's a topic that's been weighing on me. Though, we do have one semi-related source.SOURCE: CTV News: Don't Force Election in Wake of Japanese Quake:…
Working on recent history – some reflections
In my professional life, I usually find myself researching and writing on topics that deal with the last fifty or so years of Canadian history. This sometimes leads to people…
Japan Nuclear: Spent Fuel Containment Pool May Be Open To Atmosphere; Sattellite Images Appear To Show Missing Roof
"...the total amount of long-lived radioactivity in the pool is at least five times that in the reactor core...""The spent fuel produced by reactors has been a challenge since the…
Japan Nuclear: Spent Fuel Containment Pool May Be Open To Atmosphere; Sattellite Images Appear To Show Missing Roof
“…the total amount of long-lived radioactivity in the pool is at least five times that in the reactor core…” “The spent fuel produced by reactors has been a challenge since…
Japan Nuclear: Spent Fuel Containment Pool May Be Open To Atmosphere; Sattellite Images Appear To Show Missing Roof
"...the total amount of long-lived radioactivity in the pool is at least five times that in the reactor core...""The spent fuel produced by reactors has been a challenge since the…
Japan Nuclear: Spent Fuel Containment Pool May Be Open To Atmosphere; Sattellite Images Appear To Show Missing Roof
“…the total amount of long-lived radioactivity in the pool is at least five times that in the reactor core…” “The spent fuel produced by reactors has been a challenge since…
HUMANITARIAN COALITION: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: DONATE NOW!
Canadian aid agencies, under the banner of the HUMANITARIAN COALITION, are urging Canadians to support the relief efforts in Japan after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake, the largest in the…
HUMANITARIAN COALITION: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: DONATE NOW!
Canadian aid agencies, under the banner of the HUMANITARIAN COALITION, are urging Canadians to support the relief efforts in Japan after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake, the largest in the…
HUMANITARIAN COALITION: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: DONATE NOW!
Canadian aid agencies, under the banner of the HUMANITARIAN COALITION, are urging Canadians to support the relief efforts in Japan after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake, the largest in the…
HUMANITARIAN COALITION: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: DONATE NOW!
Canadian aid agencies, under the banner of the HUMANITARIAN COALITION, are urging Canadians to support the relief efforts in Japan after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake, the largest in the…
Stéphane Bédard plaide pour une meilleure représentation des arbres
Dans le nouveau système électoral à deux vitesses que propose le Parti Québécois, les arbres de l’Abitibi ou de la Gaspésie auraient plus de poids à l’Assemblée nationale que les…
The Star: Parents must witness their children’s murder to receive compensation
I'm wondering if the young man who had been beheaded on a passenger bus in western Canada had been beheaded in Ontario, would his family not receive victim compensation because…
Radio Topics, Ides of March edition
It’s a good thing I’m not Caesar. This week at 8:00, we’ll speak with Professor Mark Van Vugt about his new book Selected. We’ll also touch on some of the…
Let me tell you who Omar Alghabra is
Omar is one of the reasons I started to blog back in March 2008. I was reading Progressive Bloggers a lot back then and got so pissed at Stéphanne Dion…