The Barrie-Collingwood Railway (BCRY) may have a little more life left in it. There's a motion on the agenda for the County of Simcoe's Planning and Economic Development committee for…
It was 1976 - A British Columbia Court dismisses the appeal of the Vancouver Sun against a decision of the Canadian Human Rights Commission's board of inquiry that found the…
The city of São Paulo approved legislation last week that would bring a heterosexual pride day to the city, if the Mayor approves it. Carlos Apolinario, the bill’s sponsor, said…
Nalcor, the provincial government’s energy corporation, paid $142,332 in royalties on North Amethyst in 2010. The company has paid $317,399 in 2011 on the same project up to the end…
Stephen Harper and several members of his cabinet have left for a six-day trip to Latin America to “bolster trade” with countries there, particularly Brazil, and sign a bunch of…
If you look carefully at the CNN map, it appears there is even a pixelfor the north of 49th American Indian reservation. Unfortunately, thatattention to detail didn't extend to Alaska...Oh,…
A 29 year old Toronto man with Autism has been found safe and sound. 680 Toronto News All News Radio reports that Gyafi Payne is described as having the "mental…
It used to be called the symphony of fire, now it is called the celebration of light which sounds like Christmas to me. Thankfully it is still a bunch of…
When you're at a gas station buying that impulsive chocolate bar, do you still think of the two cents that the 5% GST saves you? No? That's good, because it…
You know it’s bad when you’re a Conservative and even the Sun starts shitting on you: “Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak forgot and then eventually if grudgingly remembered that he…
As the casinos meltdown, and the bankers run around like firefighters in tuxedos, and I'm forced to contemplate the possibility that the future of the global economy depends on whether…
Ah, nostalgia…it just ain’t what it used to be. Used to be that payola was just something that sleazy record promoters slipped to radio DJs to turn a mediocre pop…
Ok so only 1000 people in the world understand this and only 10 care about it: economics for the most part has long since given up its empirical pretensions when…
Alberta small businesses: not helped by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Below: The CFIB’s Dan Kelly, the CLC’s Ken Georgetti.Why does the so-called Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses push…
Would be hard not know that the S&P downgraded the US today. What is less well known is why it is further evidence of the circus of greed that is…
Miscellaneous material to end your weekend.- Floyd Norris' column on the gap between stagnant wages and soaring corporate profits. But let's add Digby's take as to what we can expect…
Part 1 of a 2-part series - watch for Part 2 this ThursdayThis past year, the Norwegian-controlled salmon farming industry spent $1.5 million on a glitzy advertising campaign in BC,…
Forgot I had this! While biking across the water front a few weeks back, I happened by a film shoot for the Total Recall remake. I was allowed to take…
Tonight Andrew Sullivan offers up a blog item he wrote Friday on "Who is Washington's Most Effective Politician?" as a counter to Drew Westen's big NY Times op-ed today that…
