Fox News North: 7,000 viewers. 7,000!
Despite the charity work by Shaw and Rogers, nobody wants to watch Canada's version of Fox News. Only relatives and Con pols are tuning into what's turning out to be…
2011
Conservatives misled Parliament over G8 costs: Auditor General
So much for small government and careful spending:http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1005376STEVE RUSSELL/TORONTO STARLes Whittington and Bruce Campion-SmithOttawa BureauOTTAWA—Stephen Harper’s government misled Parliament and skir...
A Spiral of Decline Fueling the Century of Revolution
If our young people are indeed our future, countries like America have trouble looming on the horizon. Over the past generation, public education in the US has suffered - a…
Harvard Involved in African Land Grab?
Whatever happened to ethical investing? Venerable Harvard University may be just one of America's top schools pumping endowment funds into deals that could force thousands of Africans off their lands.The…
Plant Perennials: They Come up Even When You Neglect Them.
There are many varieties of columbine or Aquilegia, as it is known botanically. This lovely flower is a descendant of a couple of plants I bought about ten years ago,…
Cons extend $60M to Libya mission
Hey, that's almost as expensive as Harper jetting to hockey games in Boston.
Will bad Tory polls change candidate slates?
Public opinion polls showing dramatic declines in provincial Conservative support might bring some changes in the slate of candidates. The provincial Conservatives, for example, included a pledge to run again…
The Future of Arts Funding in Canada [updated]
Hi there. I’m a blank-faced, mediocre talking head who despises the arts, artists, and talent of any kind, and I’m going to take advantage of a creative woman who foolishly…
Conditional sentences should be considered whenever legally possible
R v Dormevil (unreported OCJ June 8, per Green) is a careful decision that emphasizes conditional sentences should be considered whenever their conditions precedent are met. The case also stands…
New column day
Here, on how Saskatchewan has avoided the usage-based billing dispute that's caused so many problems elsewhere in Canada - and how strong and creative Crowns are an essential part of…
Just wondering…
...but can anybody else remember a case of proportional representation being used as a boogeyman outside of an actual electoral reform referendum?I ask only because Peter MacKay's plea to keep…
Antoine Buéno: Smurf society totalitarian and racist
At first glance at least, there are few things as cute and inoffensive as a Smurf. The little blue guys were created back in the 50's by Belgian cartoonist, Pierre…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for June 09, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Canadian lawyers prepare for China’s rise - http://goo.gl/xlFih Headline of the Day? Defiant Weiner Stands Firm | FrumForum -http://goo.gl/OAofWTweeting has…
I’ll be blogging from the Conservative convention in Ottawa
After starting the week in Las Vegas, during which time my Canucks forgot how to play hockey, I'm onboard a Via train at the moment on my way to Ottawa,…
I BELONG!
…to the “anti-Conservative opinion elite”!!! Woo-hoo! I am SO stoked! We need a slogan! Ads! Buttons! T-shirts! Celebrity spokespersons! The CPC is scared shitless, it seems, of those of us…
books on books, part 3: reading matters: what the research reveals about reading, libraries and community
Nobody reads anymore, or nobody reads anything worth reading. At least that's what we're supposed to believe. These days everyone is too busy playing video games, watching YouTube and texting.…
Remember, We Shouldn’t Make Connections Between Climate Change And All The Extreme Weather Events We’ve Been Experiencing Lately
From an op-ed by Bill McKibben, author and founder of 350.org, narrated and illustrated by Stephen Thomson of Plomomedia.com: The transcript of the original article: “Caution: It is vitally important…
A Newer World
I have to admit that there have been times in the last few years when I have been deeply saddened by the cynicism of young people. I also have to…