The Race to the Premier’s Office – 58 Days to the First Ballot
Nation, the race to replace Ed Stelmach as leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is now, by any measure, under way. While nominations opened in mid-June, it was…
2011
The Meek May Inherit The Earth
But the accountants have first dibs on Toronto. Poor Toronto. Btw, the group responsible for the report calling for the gutting of Toronto has this as its company song. Surely,…
Canada’s crime rate at lowest level in almost 40 years: StatsCan
Thus reads the headline in a story posted online by The Globe and Mail.Amongst the latest Statistics Canada findings, the following facts are worth noting:There were 554 homicides in 2010,…
Crime—the declining problem
Down, down, down it goes. According to Stats Can's latest report, our crime rate has dropped again, down five per cent from 2009 to 2010, now in decline for 20…
3942…John Martin You Have Made Your Point
John Martin, who you probably have never heard of, is an Ottawan who is costing you, that's y o u, money.Let me set the stage. About 2 or 3 klicks…
Stay pending appeal
Granite Mortgage, 2011 MBCA 59 contains a helpful review of the law regarding a stay pending appeal: 2 In Labossiere et al. v. The Estate...
Murdoch-gate meets “Climate-gate”
What we know so far about the Rupert Murdoch/News Corp scandal may just be the tip of the iceberg. Keith Olbermann wrote yesterday on his blog about the connection between…
Interesting Omissions
The government released a list of war criminals living in Canada, today. I note that the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense were left off the list. A clerical…
3941…Kiwi Dead Kiwi
OMG.The Kiwi is no more.For those of you out of the loop, The Kiwi was a bar/bistro/bit-of-a-freak-show, in Hull, right across from Les Galleries.It was the first place I ever…
Riding on the Hottest Day of the Year
Knowing it was supposed to be the hottest day of the year I decided it would be a good day for a hybrid ride, but not being a fool I…
Family Values and Budget Cuts
Once again, in the middle of summer, the anti-government government has unleashed more anti-policy policy via a compliant Statistics Canada. Who needs data when you’ve got family values? The Harper…
Shell Forced to Retract "Misleading" Fracking Adverts in South Africa
Screen shot 2011-07-21 at 5.43.24 PM.png The gas industry has finally received the slap on the hand it deserves for parroting the outdated refrain: “there are no instances of documented…
One play at a time – Teesri Duniya Theatre challenges the status quo
A fierce non-profit theatre takes provokes through the political and the personal.
Rushing wife to hospital costs man 10 demerit points, massive fine
Very odd story here – normally the police in a case like this just escort the parents to the hospital. http://bit.ly/qbkaCU When his pregnant wife started bleeding onto the car…
Let’s give the Tea Party credit
Americans were plunged into the financial meltdown a few years ago, brought on by the excess and readily available credit that the US has been living on for several decades.…
“Night Boat to Gaza”
Humberto Da Silva analyzes Israel’s “successes” — and FAILURES — in its ongoing effort to slowly strangle Gaza.
Weather forecast for the UK
A lot of systems moving to the south in the United Kingdom these days. Alltop enjoys moving south.
Bennett on the falling crime rates
As it seems to be Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett’s week to man the fort in Ottawa, she called a press conference this morning to draw attention to the fact that…
Trying Google+
Me, fooling around with a space on Google+ Filed under: comment, good stuff