New Windfarm for Shetland Islands to Power 175,000 Homes
The Shetland Islands will be getting what is expected to be the most productive wind farm on the planet. Wind blows across the islands almost all the time thus producing…
April 2012
4433…Penny Wise And Pound Foolish
That’s our Stephen Harper. The beloved Prime Minister of all things Canuckistanian is proudly blowing out almost 20,000 members of the public service. At the same time, at least if…
Ocean view #15
Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: art, ocean, painting, seascape, water
April 4: The Moncton Times and Transcript is changing….
…..it’s getting more boring. Up until two years ago, the TandT was a vicious, ranting paper – rather like Norber on a bad hair day. I remember, in particular, its…
4432…Time Begins Today
Todayish at least. This is opening day for Major League Baseball. They kind of stagger out of the gate so if you miss today’s opening day there is always another…
And if she was wrong about that, too… #nlpoli
There are two things in this world. There is what actually happened. And then there is what Premier Kathy Dunderdale says. The two have very little to do with one…
CBC/Radio-Canada outlines extent of budgetary challenge and its plan to address it
CBC/Radio-Canada has applied to the CRTC to add advertising and sponsorships to its two national music radio networks.
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, April 4, 2012: Cadillac Fairview Building draws birds to their death, Environmental Protection Act trial told Pensions…
Dear Line Beauchamp,
Doesn’t it bother you, as a woman who is the Quebec Minister of Education, that given that women still do not earn the same salaries as men, raising tuition fees…
CBC/Radio-Canada’s budget response plan / Plan d’action de CBC/Radio-Canada relativement au budget
CBC President says the reduction of $115 million to its appropriation, combined with the unavoidable costs required to continue transforming the CBC into a modern public broadcaster, means the public…
Dear Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper,
Why have you systematically misled the Canadian people about the costs of purchasing flying machines?
Canada’s Chinese Influence
Canada was built in large part due to the efforts of Chinese immigrants. Canadians were cruel in their treatment of these immigrants, preventing whole Chinese families from immigrating here in…
Swinging The Wrecking Ball
The Harper government has killed Rights and Democracy. The decision — even though it wasn’t mentioned in Tuesday’s budget — should come as no surprise. In fact, it’s pretty clear…
The F-35 Debacle: Will There Be Fallout?
Not counting this post, in the past year I have written nine times on the F-35 jet controversy. I point this out, not to claim any particular perspicacity on the…
CNET: U.S. ISPs take copyright law into their own hands
Since big telecom companies have major content assets and are ISPs, there’s a good chance we’ll see this sort extra-judicial online censorship in Canada before too long. What can you…
Good Fences make Good Neighbours!
With summer around the corner, people spend more time outside and issues with neighbours that were hidden in winter tend to come out. That’s why spring is often the time…
Nowhere To Hide
Harper stands ups, folds his hands and in hushed tones acts as though everything is in complete control. Then his surrogate Ambrose rises, speaks with a purposeful disinterest, intimating it’s…
Ai Wei Wei installs live webcams in home – Artists winks at Chinese authorities with a Big Brother flourish
Artist Ai Wei Wei has installed live webcams in his home so that authorities – and worried supporters – can keep track of his day-to-day whereabouts and welfare. Feeling hemmed…
Chart of the day
And maybe of the year (click to enlarge): (Source) 2.76 We also have significant concerns about the completeness of cost information provided to parliamentarians. In March 2011, National Defence responded…