Will Lindsay Blackett Become Canada’s First Black Premier?
He is apparently considering a run for Mr. Stelmach's old job. In the past I've been quite critical of Mr. Blackett. His handling of Alberta's human rights legislation revamp (bill…
2011
Ontario’s declining GHG emissions
Saw this on Live Free or Die's blog where he cites a recent Pembina item on Ontario's declining greenhouse gas emissions. Good roundup of GHG data. This part stood out…
Traffic that doesn’t slam into houses
Here’s what Bond Papers readers found most interesting for the week June 6 to 10, 2011: Dunderdale disapproval doubles; Tory vote drop to 44% Unite the Left Will bad Tory…
Autism Services in New Brunswick: We Lack Any Real Adult Autism Residential Care
The Restigouche Regional Hospital in northwestern New Brunswickis home for some of our adults with autism disorders In Autism resources in N.B. are a 'patchwork system' Jacques Gallant of the…
Stephen Harper’s Plans for World Domination
Well it wasn't Nuremberg. It was Ottawa. But the message from Great Deranged Leader to his adoring followers was the same. Now that we have conquered Germany Canada, we must…
St. Albert downtown redevelopment needs a second look
Looking north on Perron, St. Albert’s uninspiring but maybe serviceable main downtown street.This column appeared in yesterday's edition of the Saint City News.When it comes to redeveloping downtown St. Albert,…
Where Harper is not showing leadership
Stephen Harper may have decided to cancel the Commons debate on the speech from the throne, but that didn’t stop the debate in the other place. Senator James Cowan, the…
Rise Up and Abolish the Chains of Ignorance!
PM Harper delivered a speech to a crowd of Conservative party delegates. 2,300 individuals gathered to hear what the Prime Minister had to say about our country, our progress and…
Inspiring blowback against Catholic school officials on the rainbow issue..
TheStar Catholic schools: Embrace the rainbowAnd for the record: the kids at St. Joseph’s Catholic Secondary School and all Catholic high school students trying to form GSAs are my heroes!…
3852…Stephen Harper Has A Party
In Ottawa. At the spanking new Convention Centre, which, by the way, has not been named after a dead person yet. Just thought I would point that out.It will be…
Conservative Canada: Nova Scotia cops can now taser mentally illl
Jodie Emery: more and more like the US every day. HALIFAX — Police in Nova Scotia can now use stun guns on people with mental illnesses under new provincial guidelines.…
Musical interlude
BT feat. Jes - Every Other Way (Armin Van Buuren Radio Edit)
3851…This Is Canada
Vancouver Canucks; Boston Bruins.Van scores in the third to make it 1/0.Camera shot of the bench and on the ledge behind the bench, behind the glass behind the bench, a…
Anderson Cooper’s Ridiculist features William Tapley, crazed evangelist, misoginist, falace noticer and kind of a funny guy
Religious, secular, non-believing or otherwise, one cannot help but laugh at William Tapley's, a veritable youtube evangelical celebrity and "Third Eagle of the Apocalypse", explanations about revelation and the demonic.…
Bike to Kingston? Why on earth would anyone want to do that?
And yet every year thousands do. It's the 40th running of the Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour tomorrow and this year, I will be among them. First time in five years.…
Friday night
Going with this full version of a remix that was given mucho attention this week by one Pete Tong: Also kicking around from the last week of listening, Example, some…
Alf Apps – Not Such A Bad Guy
At the very least, he's got the right priorities in mind as continuing President: Mr. Apps proposed what he called a long-term project for the federal Liberals: to create an…
T.F.G.I.F! New world order edition….
Thank the Fucking gods it's Friday. I have not had the opportunity to go through all the news of the day yet, but I found this article about the Bilderberg…
Friday night: slow blues
Todd Park Mohr is normally found fronting Big Head Todd and the Monsters. Here he is performing solo on Robert Johnson's All My Love In Vain....