It May Not Sound Like Much, But…
A welcome advance in boosting disaster risk reduction and preparedness in poorer countries has arrived in the form of a new data service being provided by the World Meteorological Organization.…
February 2012
Eastern Gateway
Want the skinny on the Northern Gateway pipeline? Check out this series of articles by Terry Glavin in the National Post. Canada sells the oil sands to China. Then complains…
Vancouver Reduces Sexual Assaults by 10% Using Male-Targeted Ads
It’s unfortunate that we still need ad campaigns to remind women to be safe from sexual assault, it’s even more unfortunate that we target these campaigns at women when men…
There’s An App For That
I just discovered a wonderful app I have on my phone. This app allows you to make and check appointments. It has a really simple interface – you just dial…
Terawatts for Terra Nova and other fun #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Energy analyst Tom Adams points to some problems with the Muskrat Falls project and, in the process, turns out one of the biggest bits of critical commentary on Muskrat Falls…
Americans Foresee Return of Taliban Rule
When the West stops playing whack-a-mole in Afghanistan, the Talibs, with the backing of Pakistan, are poised to return to power. That is the conclusion of a secret US military…
Community based social media
Garrett Hippy City/Town: nelson Idea We’re Watching Categories: More digital services 0 Social media is the new norm, even corporate influence is having a hard time keeping up. If we…
Wanker of the day
Federal Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver But it’s easy to see why Oliver is in cabinet. With John Baird’s new position keeping him on the road so much, the…
Ottawa Citizen: Complaints of Internet throttling are on the rise; Rogers may be on the hot seat
By Brad Bouzane for Postmedia News An apparent jump in public awareness over Internet throttling and other practices by service providers in Canada has led to a sharp jump in…
Adapting KUALI financials for cities: Marin County is looking for Partners
Readers of my blog will be familiar Kuali – the coalition of universities that co-create a suite software core to their operations – as I’ve blogged about several times and…
Resolution #58 Ghiz, Casey and MacAulay – Day 15
Does it really matter that the PEI NDP’s asked our Premier, Robert Ghiz and our two other Liberal MP’s to comment on Reslolution #58? Does it really matter that women…
The Dope On Marijuana
Perhaps more interesting than the Liberals- at least their assembled delegates- advocating legalization of marijuana, has been the reaction to said passage. I sense some hostility, revolving around the notion…
national day of student action
Today, February 1, Canadian post-secondary students all over the country are mobilizing in a Day of Action to demand increased education funding and a reduction in tuition fees. In Ontario,…
Public opinion in Hamilton & the rest of Canada concerning the CBC
New opinion research on public reaction to a proposed a new digital service in Hamilton in the spring of 2012.
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, February 1, 2012: Julian Assange of WikiLeaks to Appeal Extradition at British Supreme Court BC Attorney-General’s qualifications…
On nothing burgers
Kevin Milligan, associate economics professor out at UBC is quoted again today on Old Age Security in another report on what experts are saying about the question of raising the…
More leisure time…
…earlier retirements? To some, this was the future as seen through the lenses of the mid 1990′s. With the Robot Master and his minions raising the possibility of changing the…
Hamilton residents want their own CBC station
A substantial majority of Hamilton area residents would like CBC to establish a local radio station to cover community affairs, and support the Conservative’s pre-election pledge to maintain or increase…
A Monty Python letter to all Conservatives: "I fart in your general direction"
I love this silly bit of correspondence between ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ producers concerning a British censor. It’s written like it could have been a missive between two…
On the lighter side
Yes, we all know that Mitt Romney won the big Florida primary last night. Hours of overhyped television coverage seeping on to our Canadian screens told us so. But did…