Sun comes up, it’s Tuesday morning
I spent the half hour before the kids got away to school going through the letters I have in my little Tin of Letters that I have hauled with me…
April 2012
Robert Schuller Jr. sued by CBS
In 2009 Robert A. Schuller and his son-in-law, under their company ComStar Media acquired FamilyNet, a tv network in the US. In March 2011, it was announced that FamilyNet was…
“Directly affected” silences hunters, fishers, landowners … and environmentalists
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Natural Resources Minister, Joe Oliver, recently stated that proposed changes to Canada’s environmental laws will (if passed) prevent anyone who is not “directly affected” from speaking…
Lovelock’s Curious Turn
At 93, James Lovelock chose a curious moment to call himself an “alarmist” over global warming. Yes, he was a good bit over the top when he predicted mankind would…
This Is Most Gratifying
I suspect that Adam Carroll, the Liberal staffer who established the Vikileaks Twitter account revealing embarrassing yet publicly-available information about Public Safety Minister Vic Toews was speaking for many of…
Risks of Cell Phone and texting
It can put you in a deep dark hole. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Those who do that while driving makes it even…
April 24: people are dying..so who cares?
The Moncton Times and Transcript has no follow-up on the Fredericton man from Congo who was on a hunger strike to draw attention to human rights abuse in Congo. When…
If you build it, they will come.
We have been working on a technical project for a couple weeks now. It’s coming along nicely. We still have a wishlist of things to resolve, but we are hopeful…
Send a Growable Card to Clients
I recently received a wonderful greeting card from Walmart. It is made of special seed paper that can be grown into a plant. For a company on the sustainability journey,…
Wildrose defeat shows the limits of social conservatism in Canada
Alberta is Canada’s most right leaning province. The Wildrose party is a further right splitting of the long dominant right leaning party in Alberta. If there is anywhere that the…
Albertans reject retreat
During her concession speech last night, Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith stated that Albertans just needed more time to get to know her party. In fact, that was why Wild…
Canada to suspend most sanctions on Burma
In an expected move, Baird today announced that Canada will suspend most sanctions on Burma. Canada follows other countries like US, UK, Norway who have done the same. Imports, exports…
Paradis talks digital economy at Canada 3.0
Today Industry Minister Christian Paradis gave a speech to the Canada 3.0 Digital Media Forum in Stratford, Ontario, in which he reaffirmed the government’s commitment to a long-overdue digital economy…
Canada-U.S. Price Gap: Multi-National Suppliers To Blame, Retailers Say
I did a blog few days back comparing the cost of Grekko baby stroller in Canada and US and for those who found that interesting, here is something I saw…
A Solution to Our Political Apathy?
I would like to think that one needn’t be a political junky to have at least a reasonable awareness of what our federal government is doing ‘on our behalf.’ Yet…
New Democrats At 51% In Quebec – LaPresse
“(Ottawa) The orange wave that swept Quebec in the last federal election would turn today’s tidal wave now that Thomas Mulcair is the head of the NDP. If a federal…
"40 more years! 40 more years!"
How certain was I that Alison Redford would be dealt a humiliating blow last night? I had my “morning after” post time stamped to go up at 8 am, detailing…