Ocean view #22
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April 2012
Alberta Votes Day 17: Conservatives Attack Conservatives for Being Conservative
Alberta Tories play race card, call Wildrose party of old, white men in election EDMONTON – Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives appear to be actively painting their Wildrose opposition as the party…
the reform-conservative family feud continues in alberta’s election.
Wildrose is under attack! The same people that caused the Liberal Party of Canada to be in power for 13 uninterrupted years now have Wildrose in their crosshairs. They want…
Another critique of Linda Ross #nlpoli
In a CBC Radio commentary Heather Davis – a former co-ordinator director of the women’s centre in Corner Brook – criticises the Advisory Council on the Status of Women and…
Government cutting 100 food-safety inspectors
This seems like a penny wise pound foolish move. Canada has a recent history of serious illness and death from tainted food — I’d be inclined to cut elsewhere: Story…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, April 12, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, April 12, 2012: Divorce rights the center of court battle beginning Tuesday – Global Montreal Ottawa Judge…
Adolph Hitler’s Grandson Philippe Loret
“Jean-Marie Loret (Philippe Loret’s father) allegedly said that his mother, Charlotte Lobjoie, told him he was conceived in June of 1917 when she — then 16-years-old — had a brief…
Letter to Supporters: What’s next for Canada’s digital future?
The threats to the open, affordable, surveillance-free Internet aren’t going away. Whether those threats come from industry lobbyists bent on protecting outdated business models, price-gouging big telecom companies, or out-of-touch…
4463…Tonight Is The Night
That the hunt for this year’s winner of La Coupe Stanley starts. By Friday the letters to the editor decrying the fact that hockey is pushing The National to different…
Mitt Romney’s Daily Routine
Flip flops, of course.
David Gilbert’s Love and Struggle: the Videos!
Here is the official trailer for David Gilbert’s Love and Struggle: My Life in SDS, the Weather Underground, and Beyond, recently published by PM Press. As many of you know,…
Cry Wolf: An Unethical Oil Story
Picture 4.png Over the last several months, Alberta has killed more than 500 wolves using aerial sharpshooters and poisoned bait in order to conceal the impact of rapid industrial development…
Would You Buy A Used Car From This Man?
The above question, first asked about Richard Nixon as he ran against John Kennedy in the 1960 Presidential race, was designed to underscore the seemingly untrustworthy nature of the candidate…
Dueling Ledes (Compare & Contrast)
TorStar, March 20th: Schools, hospitals and popular burger restaurants such as Hero’s and Lick’s are part of a suddenly massive beef recall over fears of E. coli contamination. The G&M,…
Have spare change — will travel
Spare Change, a photo by jrtce1 on Flickr. NASA’s latest funding model was not as successful as they hoped. Alltop keeps getting wooden nickels.
History Repeats Itself
The Globe and Mail reports this morning that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in particular will feel the consequences of the Harper government’s drive to reduce spending. Bill Curry reports…
Canadians will pay higher taxes if shown its benefiting them.
Hard-right conservatives will not like the findings of this poll: Fully 64 per cent, including a majority of Conservatives and wealthy people, say they are willing to shell out a…
Interesting tale from Mr. Angry Dipper’s past
No wonder he looked medicated in that NDP ad!