BMI & Other Lies
Went out last night for a drink with a friend of mine and we ended up in a conversation with a professor from the University of Western Ontario who teaches…
2011
This Week At The Ontario Court of Appeal: 11-07-22
Each week, Wise Law Blog reviews recent decisions from the Ontario Court of Appeal. Aguas v. Rivard Estate. A personal injury case where the appellant, Ms. Aguas, was suing the…
Audio: OpenMedia.ca’s comments at the UBB hearing
OpenMedia.ca spoke out against a metered Internet at the CRTC's hearing, which ran from July 11 - 19. Interested in what we had to say? Well you're in luck: Full…
MSNBC – Keith Olbermann and Cenk Uygur
What's wrong with MSNBC? Whenever they have a successful host, they push them out. Keith Olbermann had the highest ratings for MSNBC, and he was fired. Now with Cenk Ugyur…
Tonight in Peterborough: Chocolate, Cheese, and Activism
Via OPIRG Peterborough and others Friday, July 22 · 4:30pm – 6:30pm Sadleir House 751 George St. N. Peterborough The goal of Chocolate, Cheese & Activism is to bring those…
Tonight in Peterborough: Chocolate, Cheese, and Activism
Via OPIRG Peterborough and others Friday, July 22 · 4:30pm – 6:30pm Sadleir House751 George St. N.Peterborough The goal of Chocolate, Cheese & Activism is to bring those interested in…
Cutting Nukes First: The Economic Burden of Nuclear Weapons
Scott.jpg As I write this, US leaders have just two weeks to make a deal on how to cut the deficit to prevent the nation defaulting on their debt commitments.President…
3944…A Good Day For World’s Most Famed Cdn
Justin Bieber's girlfriend, Selena Gomez, turns 19.This means that when in His Home And Native Land Mr. Bieber can send her to the bottle stores and she can legally score…
This Week in Alberta – Looking for a Leader
All eyes are on the PC and Liberal leadership races this summer in Alberta. Well, all eyes are on the PC leadership race, and a few eyes are glancing over…
Follow us on Twitter
After holding out for years Things Are Good is finally on Twitter. Now you can find out when new posts (and thus new good news) are published using your twitter…
Hudak Tories Politicize Perversion
On Team Hudak's media events:...the only reason we went to the Bayshore Trail "event" was that it was so unbelievably, jaw-droppingly audacious to use the scene of a recent spate…
TOMORROW Green Party of Ontario Super Saturday in Ottawa
With the Ontario election quickly approaching the Green Party of Ontario is launching Super Saturday canvassing drives across the province. This upcoming Saturday, July 23rd Greens from the Ottawa area…
Ontario judge frees prisoners because of late prosecutor — but we aren’t hearing the full story
http://bit.ly/qZPtaJ The judge is being pilloried in the media. But in fairness there is almost certainly two sides to the story and the judge's side is going unspoken. Lawyers being…
Nobel Laureate: It is the People Who Must Stand Up For the Environment, Make Their Leaders Change
Fridays are the days I usually focus on good news. I think the best news around these days is that Rupert Murdoch and his right-wing, democracy-corrupting News International is finally…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- As quickly as the Fraser Institute churns out corporate propaganda, Sixth Estate responds - this time nicely debunking a report encouraging yet more giveaways…
A fan of The Fan
We went to see The Fan in Strathcona Park last night. It’s Odyssey Theatre’s 25th anniversary production. The Fan is a big fat rollicking farce with lots of big, over-the-top…
Geist: Can the CRTC act to promote competition and diversity?
By Michael Geist The CRTC's usage based billing oral hearing concluded yesterday with a final decision expected some time in the fall. This long post focuses on the shift in…
I had a Very Witty Title and Forboutagot it
For a while this morning, everything was normal. The sandy-haired gentleman sat at his kitchen table with a coffee and a bagel and seven or eight daily newspapers from all…
How Little Wisdom
Paul Krugman has a right to be pessimistic. The powerful elites on both sides of the Atlantic suffer from group think. And, instead of proving the truth of the old…