David Letterman is Fat
What do you mean you don't have Letterman embeded on your blog? Since cutting the cord, I can no longer watch Letterman episodes. Global Maritimes (digital HD Over The Air)…
2011
A letter to Canadians from the Honourable Jack Layton
August 20, 2011 Toronto, Ontario Dear Friends, Tens of thousands of Canadians have written to me in recent weeks to wish me well. I want to thank each and every…
RIP Jack Layton
I can't help feeling that a light just went out. One more voice of conscience and integrity went quiet. There is one less person who cares. Collectively, we are also…
RIP Jack Layton
I can’t help feeling that a light just went out. One more voice of conscience and integrity went quiet. There is one less person who cares. Collectively, we are also…
RIP Jack Layton
I can't help feeling that a light just went out. One more voice of conscience and integrity went quiet. There is one less person who cares. Collectively, we are also…
Jack Layton: Our Politics are Poorer for the Loss
The unthinkable happened twice this year for the federal New Democrats: their charismatic leader Jack Layton took them as close to the Holy Grail of Canadian politics as you can…
Analyzing the Tea Party
A new study by professors David Campbell and Robert Putnam tracking the origins of the so-called Tea Party movement in America made a bit of a splash recently, after highlights…
Layton Says Goodbye
August 20, 2011 Toronto, Ontario Dear Friends, Tens of thousands of Canadians have written to me in recent weeks to wish me well. I want to thank each and every…
Scenes from candle vigil for Jack Layton Vancouver Art Gallery
Apologies for the shaky images from my iPhone.
Dear Jack…
Dear Jack Layton: I don’t know if you remember me, but I will never forget you. We met in the mid-1990s, briefly, during the city council elections in Toronto. I…
3985…Maine Be Cool
They have Old Orchard, they have Stephen King and, according to my friend Len Berman, they have The Redneck Olympics. It is in Hebron and according to Mr. Berman it…
There’s plenty of Muslim discrimination in the U.S. but what about Canada?
Amidst the hectic rustle and bustle of tweets, Facebook conversations, blog posts and cafe debates on all things provincial politics, there is one topic that I almost forgot about. It’s…
While a Country Weeps for a Good Man…
the tributes flow in...The Star had this cartoon that sums it up...
Halliburton CEO Instructs Underling To Sip New Fracking Fluid At Gas Industry Conference
fracking-photo-drink.jpg Halliburton Chief Executive Officer Dave Lesar touted the safety of the company's new CleanStim fracking fluid during a keynote address at a gas industry conference in Co...
3984…It Is Pride Week In Ottawa
Rumour is that Mayor Rob Ford will not being marching in the Ottawa Pride Parade Sunday. WFDS
3983…This Should Make The Haters Hate
Says right here in Friday lasts Winnipeg Free Press that our beloved leader, Stephen Harper, will be in attendance at the MTS Centre on October 9th when the new Winnipeg…
Jack Layton 1950-2011
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.…
On CBC, the digital transition, and the Code of Access Best Practices
Last week, the CRTC announced that the CBC will be given one more year to make the transition from analog television to digital television. Starting August 31st, the CRTC has…
On CBC, the digital transition, and the Code of Access Best Practices
Last week, the CRTC announced that the CBC will be given one more year to make the transition from analog television to digital television. Starting August 31st, the CRTC has…