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The Globe and Mail has decided to launch a new website that will give subscribers financial news and opinion and analysis pieces that aren’t available to other readers. The Globe…
The Globe and Mail has decided to launch a new website that will give subscribers financial news and opinion and analysis pieces that aren’t available to other readers. The Globe…
Is Cambridge University Professor Simon Baron-Cohen’s latest “autism research” useless? Autism Eye reports that Autism Eye magazine editor Gillian Loughran “has been inundated with phone calls from parents expressing their…
Because nothing is sacred when it comes to government messaging, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney showed up at a committee meeting yesterday morning with backdrops for the camera shots. Seriously. Eventually…
Canada’s thug-like Conservative-leaning media gets called out here, beginning with Sun Media. “Yo Kory, I can trust you to push my agenda, right?” “Sure boss, just like Postmedia, right?” As…
This is just sick. The Daily Mail published a summary of an interview done by Piers Morgan of CNN with astronaut Mark Kelly regarding the attempted assassination of his wife…
The Alberta Liberals: running out of gas and running out of road? Below: Liberal Leader Raj Sherman, NDP Leader Brian Mason, NDP candidates Shannon Phillips and Deron Bilous. If you…
Twenty four hours after this little campsite was demolished, I see that Margaret Wente couldn’t restrain herself from going down to St James Park, squatting on all fours, and delivering…
Recently I had the opportunity to run in a municipal election, and though I handily lost, I had one of the greatest experiences of my life. The joy did not…
CTVNewsSaskatoon: City Admins Defend Tax Hike in 2012 BudgetCTVNewsRegina: Wall Fed up with SaskTel’s Cellular Service Problems So, despite the slim two topics sourced above, we’ll see where this blog…
A slight misunderstanding with our host server and my programmer/website hoster guy Chris being out of computer contact for a few days led to an unfortunate bit of downtime.
Vancouver-based NGO Sustainable Cities International is an excellent outfit that runs a network of cities focused on green urbanism that spans the globe. The research that I’ve been able to…
The official version of Pablo Neruda’s death goes something like this: World famous Chilean poet and Nobel winner dies of metastatic prostate cancer, age 69. But recent investigative findings put…
The holidays are coming…. and with them, the craft shows. The local craft show, however, has evolved somewhat since Miss Vicky moved to the neighbourhood. While you still find the…
The labour market is in much worse shape than the official 7.3% unemployment rate implies. The latest evidence for this proposition is today’s miserable report on employment and earnings from…
Metro News reports on my injuries sustained when I was dragged by Ottawa Police officers during the eviction of Occupy Ottawa protesters from Confederation Park shortly after 2.am yesterday. Quote…
I sent out an email to ten or fifteen thousand of my closest union friends today, asking them to do an online survey about what the union’s priorities should be.
Assorted content for your evening reading. – Mitchell Anderson wonders whether weeding out corporate psychopathy might be the key to a more equal and sustainable economy. – But judging from…
As the last motley vestiges of the OCW protest movement’s defiant encampments are being efficiently (and for the most part, amicably) removed this week by civic authorities across the country,…
On November 22nd and 23rd I listened to/attended two debates of the four candidates currently running to be President of the Liberal Party of Canada. The first was a phone…
One reason is that fewer sports writers care about the CFL. The Toronto Star, a Canuck-killing machine during last year’s playoffs, is virtually silent about this year’s Grey Cup, I…