Will the Quebec Spring Migrate South?
Students in Quebec have been boycotting classes for more than eighty days in protest of the provincial government’s decision to raise university tuition fees 75% over the next five years.…
May 2012
4576…Billy Graham On Gay Marriage
He’s against it. OMG. Stop the presses. For those of you over 30 Billy Graham was a TV preacher who was pretty much a rock star in the 1960s to…
Conservatives, Seeking To Show They Are Open-Minded, Ignore Contrary Evidence (And No, This Is Not an Onion Article)
brainsWEB.jpg I was on the road last week, so I couldn’t properly respond to this Daily Caller item, which is really sort of marvelous. Basically, it’s an attempt to use…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – The Cons’ move to suppress Canadian wages by encouraging the use of disposable, temporary foreign labour is receiving plenty of due outcry.…
Connecting the Dots: Extreme Weather, First Nations Rights, And Our Addiction To Dirty Energy
There’s so much going on in the climate change world these days, it’s hard to keep up. This Saturday is 350.org’s Connect The Dots event, where thousands of people across…
Why we are Muskrat Fallsing #nlpoli
Natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy explained it all in the House of Assembly on Wednesday: …let’s be clear on why we are developing Muskrat Falls, if we develop it. It…
Under the beneath
We had just moved to a new apartment. You suggested we have our friend Smarty Pants over, with his Very Clever family. We also had the Screeching Girl and her…
A Year Of "Achievements"
It is almost amusing watching some in the narrow corporate media turn themselves into intellectual pretzels to justify endorsing this government in the past election. The transgressions are put into…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, May 3, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, May 3, 2012: Canadian Judicial Council inquiry into Madame Justice Lori Douglas sex complaint: May 17 at…
Always leave the Shawinigan Handshake to the professionals, boys and girls
…but, in all seriousness, the now-infamous Toronto Star vs. Mayor Moron match has fully entered the pantheon of Totally Stupid Things. My take: Reporters who show up with uncharged recording…
I am more than cheesed off
…I am profoundly sad at the passing of James Marker. Hawkins Cheezies are more than the greatest cheesie-type snack. They are the sine qua non of munchies. Out West, as…
Alert! Episode 214
On Mayday Noam Chomsky urges activists to focus their attention not simply on the economy and the environment, but how the market system underlies the fiscal and environmental crisis. Clayton…
Toronto Star: Competition bureau to allow Big Telecom’s sports and entertainment buy
Two of Canada’s biggest telecom giants, Bell and Rogers, may soon be acquiring Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment together. These companies are already very large and vertically-integrated—each own a great…
Let’s discuss Harper’s style
Everyone interested is invited to participate in a free and open discussion of the issues of scandal, transparency and integrity in Canadian politics on June 2nd from 1:30 to 4…
Let’s discuss Harper’s style
Everyone interested is invited to participate in a free and open discussion of the issues of scandal, transparency and integrity in Canadian politics on June 2nd from 1:30 to 4…
Let’s discuss Harper’s style
Everyone interested is invited to participate in a free and open discussion of the issues of scandal, transparency and integrity in Canadian politics on June 2nd from 1:30 to 4…
Katimavik: 1977-2012?
I'm a Katimavik alumnus. Initially one of the many opportunities I took advantage of to improve my second language, it had a profound impact on my personal life; the young…
Katimavik: 1977-2012?
I’m a Katimavik alumnus. Initially one of the many opportunities I took advantage of to improve my second language, it had a profound impact on my personal life; the young…
Katimavik: 1977-2012?
I'm a Katimavik alumnus. Initially one of the many opportunities I took advantage of to improve my second language, it had a profound impact on my personal life; the young…
Katimavik: 1977-2012?
I’m a Katimavik alumnus. Initially one of the many opportunities I took advantage of to improve my second language, it had a profound impact on my personal life; the young…