A joyride gone very wrong
Nasty story and one easy to imagine. Out of control kids, a police stop, panic and death and injury. Life spins on a dime and a joyride goes very wrong:http://bit.ly/kzYCOS…
2011
On radioactive deals
Yes, there are plenty of reasons for concern about the sale of AECL to SNC-Lavalin. But let's add another by raising the other issue that has put SNC-Lavalin in the…
OXYGEN
My running thesis is that Fox News North only survives if it gets enough attention from its detractors. Left alone, the conservative circle jerk doesn't have the JAM or the…
Once Again, Austerity For Thee But Not For Me
Here’s another example of financial obscenity. This time, in Europe. Yes, it seems to much for the Eurozone to lead by example. While Greece erupts in riots over spending cuts…
3882…May Be Mayor Ford Is Ovulating
A University of Rob Ford's city along with Tufts sez that "When ovulation kicks into high gear, so does a woman's gaydar..."The study was published online in Psychological Science.You have…
Fox News North In Dutch With CBSC
I've never played through the youtube clip of that interview Sun TV's Krista Erickson did with interpretive dancer Margie Gillis, but I'd already been told that it got the Canadian…
The Tories Sneaky Social Engineering
I often thought that the right wing canard directed against the left that we were interested in "social engineering" was one of the more banal and pathetic insults that they…
Unlock the Box at the Maison Norman Bethune, July 1
This Friday July 1 in Montreal the comrades from the Maison Norman Bethune (the PCR/RCP's bookstore) will be hosting a film screening of Unlock the Box, a documentary about isolation…
StFX Achieves CIMS-GB with Honours
“To help meet the growing demand for green and “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” (LEED) certification, the Cleaning Industry Management Standard & Certification Program has been expanded to include…
Wikileaks cablegate – kkkanada…
Currently some Cablegate material is links to other sites. Readers finding broken links should contact the Sixth Estate administrator and request that a full copy of the cable in question…
Obama…he’s so fucking smart…not…
As Obama Quietly Pushes for a Nuclear Weapons Renaissance, Wildfire Threatens Los Alamos Nuclear LabIn New Mexico, an out-of-control wildfire that began Sunday has already burned nearly 80 square miles…
Judge: Police Have A Culture That Rejects Accountability
Those were the words of Justice Elliot Allen as he sentenced two Toronto police officers to one year of house arrest for beating a Cabbagetown man in 2009. As is…
Princess Beatrice pays a stylist $2,400 per day to be dressed
She is the daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. I have nothing against the Royal Family as such, but this is absolutely ridiculous. She's a grown woman, can't she…
Why Civilian Oversight of the Police is Crucial
Rex Meade of Dundas has a very interesting letter on police heavy-handedness and how to deal with it in today's Star. If you get a chance, take a look at…
Raise the Debt Ceiling!
Some Republicans are living in a fantasy world thinking that there is way to continue business as usual even though the debt is above the debt ceiling. Even if the…
Pakistanis really don’t like the U.S. They really don’t
That the United States is unpopular in Pakistan is common knowledge. But just how unpopular is surprising. According to the Pew Global Attitudes Project, 73 per cent of Pakistanis hold…
@LacyMacAuley and my namesake: This is where we juxtapose, redux | #G20
"Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter: only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you—that would be the real betrayal."She thought it over.…
Stockwell Day sets up government relations firm
Former cabinet minister Stockwell Day has started a government relations strategy consulting firm in Vancouver. Stockwell Day Connex has no partners and will provide “strategic approaches to issues.” His website…
BC’s Regressive Tax Shift
With much of the talk on taxes in BC about the HST, we issued a new report today that looks at the bigger context for BC’s tax system (Vancouver Sun…