This ain’t no trolley | Mez Dispenser | #TOpoli #transit (h/t @meslin)
This week, City Council will be debating and voting on what type of transit to use on Sheppard Ave East. An expert panel has recommended “Light Rail Transit”, commonly known…
March 2012
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We Need To Free Ourselves From Our U.S.-Dominated Perspective
I have always thought that one of the biggest tragedies for Canadians is the fact of our proximity to the United States. Not only is our cultural perspective heavily influenced…
Danielle Smith needs a new PR firm (that, or a new bus designer)
H/T: @davidakin
Two names to be added to Craig Chaplin Memorial Award
This spring’s presentation of the award in my brother’s memory will include a couple of firsts – two individuals are being cited and they’re from across the Canada-U.S. border in…
pimp my ride: alberta election wheels.
With an election call expected in the next week, Alberta’s political parties are loading up their campaign vehicles and hitting the road. Here is a look at some of their…
Video: Woman proposes to girlfriend at NHL game
This is one of those feel great moments (via Jezebel), not only for the lesbian couple in the video, but also for all who believe in equality in professional sports.…
Video: Woman proposes to girlfriend at NHL game
This is one of those feel great moments (via Jezebel), not only for the lesbian couple in the video, but also for all who believe in equality in professional sports.…
Video: Woman proposes to girlfriend at NHL game
This is one of those feel great moments (via Jezebel), not only for the lesbian couple in the video, but also for all who believe in equality in professional sports.…
Video: Woman proposes to girlfriend at NHL game
This is one of those feel great moments (via Jezebel), not only for the lesbian couple in the video, but also for all who believe in equality in professional sports.…
Gas prices and political popularity #nlpoli
In some other places, gasoline prices have a political impact you can identify and measure. That isn’t the case in Newfoundland and Labrador. The reasons? We don’t have anyone doing…
Work Less for a Better Life and Better Job
The ongoing recession has left a lot of people fearful that they could lose their job any second, which is quite scary. As a result people are willing to work…
Christy’s New Snake-Eyes….Double 14’s!
There’sNoSum LikeZeroSumVille Barbara Justason and friends have a new provincial voter pref poll out. The sample size is kinda small, it was done by phone/online hybrid, and the data were…
Giving your private info to the US government.
With the revelation that it was the Harper Conservatives and not the Liberals that were using a US company to phone voters during the last election one question remains unanswered.…
I Am a Bread and Butter Canadian and I Want Government Out Of My Life
It’s hard to know where to begin with this article from the Hill Times, which twice alludes to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney as the “Minister for Curry in a Hurry”…
Apple and Chinese factories – does anyone care?
Here is a very interesting article on working conditions inside Chinese factories where Apple products are assembled. … but I wonder how many people would actually change their purchasing patterns…
Motorcycle gunman killings continue in France
“The paratroopers killed and injured were of North African and French Caribbean origin, and the targets Monday were Jewish” — I suspect therein lies the key to these monstrous acts:…
Power to dismiss for want of prosecution
R. v. Siciliano, 2012 ONCA 168 deals with a case where a trial judge, after taking a plea of guilty, dismissed a charge for want of prosecution. The Court of…
You Don’t Say… March 19, 2012
I’m not saying my generation is all talk and a badge, but according to a study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Generation Y (people born between 1982…
Thomas Mulcair is out of step with 60% of NDP supporters
Although Thomas Mulcair is popular with many NDP supporters, who admire his feistiness, his views on the ‘new politics’ idea of electoral cooperation are at odds with a huge majority…