The Six Million Dollar BC Rail Deal…The ‘Understanding’ Was Not Created By…
. ….’Telepathy’. Unless, of course, you believe, in the paranormal. Neither I, nor Ian Reid do. Believe in such things, I mean. You can read Ian’s follow-up to all this…
March 2012
Friday night
Good evening. Try to think of this as music to forget budgets by. Maybe it’ll work. This is John Campbell’s version of When the Levee Breaks. This is a long,…
War Has Begun
B.C. First Nations are reacting with anger to the government’s decision to retroactively shorten the regulatory review for the Northern Gateway pipeline project in British Columbia. “This incredibly stupid move…
Of Waves, Bears and Oil – Friday Film Pick: Tipping Barrels
Tipping Barrels (Ben Gulliver, 2012) is one part surfing movie, one part wildlife documentary, one part guy flick and one part political commentary. It’s for parts two and four that…
Thomas Walkom’s Budget Analysis
Earlier today I wrote a post congratulating The Toronto Star for its journalistic integrity and the crucial role it plays in helping to keep citizens informed of the important issues…
Sometimes A Cover Is Just A Cover…
. ….And Sometimes It Is Something More. Way more. In late 2009 Hansard and Irglova unveiled a ‘new song’ while they were on tour, a tour the E’s and I…
I Have Not Abandoned You
Well it may look like I have abandoned my New Years Resolution to maintain more consistent blogging I have not abandoned you. I have just been side tracked by other…
Hey, How DID Things Go in London, BTW?
We received a note concerning the events of last Saturday in London, ON where Blood & Honour attempted to hold a march. "Max", "Wes Smith" and Amanda Jackson Suffice it…
That guy singing Bohemian Rhapsody in the back of the RCMP cruiser
I love this guy. Robert Wilkinson, his name is. (I want to be the person who wrote this: “They did not let him go.”) That popping sound you’re hearing? That’s…
Forum Poll of Ontario: 34% PC, 30% Lib, 30% NDP
That’s a close race for sure, though despite tying the Liberals for second, the NDP remain in third place. Forum Research: Prog. Cons: 34% – 42 seats Ont. Liberal: 30%…
Honouring Dad for his birthday
This Sunday, yes April Fools Day, would have been my father’s eighty-fifth birthday. I last saw him when the whole family gathered in Perth to mark his seventy-fifth, within months…
MP says CBC cuts too small by Kris Sims
Funding to the CBC will be trimmed by $27.8 million next year, $41.8 million in 2013-14 and by $45.4 million in 2014-15.
Mulcair – impressive in CBC interview
This is a day ago, but I thought it worthwhile to post for those who didn’t see it in it’s entirety. The new NDP and Official Opposition Leader is being…
4404…Free Booze & Swag Does Work On Journos
It really has to. Tell you why. Here in Ottawa we are having the Junos. I know. Who gives a f*ck? As it turns out the only people that give…
On Milton Acorn, on his birthday, Canada’s People’s Poet
The Silver Dollar Room at the Waverly Hotel, where Milton Acorn lived on Spadina Avenue in Toronto. Below: Milton Acorn (drawing found on the Internet). Today was the birthday of…
4403…Michael Harris CFRA Update
For starters Michael Harris, longtime 1 to 3 in the afternoon talker on Ottawa’s heritage station, 580 CFRA, is still on the beach. That is radio slang for he ain’t…
Ending the week on a positive note
I checked in with my doctor today to get results from my latest blood tests and the news was all good! CD-4: 310 (up from January) viral load: undetectable Hemoglobin…
OAS changes not Needed.
I will look at the budget over the next few days and offer some views. Today I want to focus on Old Age Security or OAS for short. The Harper…
GM Dumps Heartland Institute, Will No Longer Fund Climate-Denying Spinstitute
heartland logo.jpg General Motors is breaking up with the Heartland Institute, announcing recently that the company will discontinue funding to the notorious climate-denying spin shop. The move by GM comes…
BC Liberals: You reap what you sow…
Today the BCGEU, representing provincial government employees in BC, announced they will be holding a strike vote. They are seeking wage increases of 8% over 2 years and the government…