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May 2012
The Casseroles Continue
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Parliament in Review: May 1, 2012
Tuesday, May 1 saw more debate on a couple of relatively non-contentious bills – along with a prime example of the Cons’ blinkered focus on mandatory minimum sentences. The Big…
Smokestack Expertise to be Abandoned? W.T.F. is Peter Kent thinking?
I am not very happy with Environment Canada in general, and Peter Kent in particular. I read this article this morning, and discovered that the Conservative Government has decided that…
Quebec casseroles illustrated by Ben Tardiff
Montreal illustrator Ben Tardiff depicts the casseroles, the nightly pot-clanging protests that challenge the legitimacy of the Quebec government. The ruling Liberal party’s planned university tuition hike — and the…
Shrinking Arctic Ice May Cause Mercury Poisoning
Arctic-MultiYear-Ice-1980-150×150 (1).jpg NASA has shown repeatedly that the Actic icecap is melting, and melting faster than climate models predict. This new visualization is stark and should be of obvious concern,…
Having the Talk about Birth Control
One of a series of YouTube videos from Bedsider, a program of the U.S. National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, on having the birth control discussion with a…
RCMP – Really Carefully Monitoring People
Originally appeared on BackoftheBook.ca How can I write this without sounding, well, paranoid? I believe the RCMP is watching too many people, and abusing its resources. There are plenty of…
Calgary’s RiverWalk gains international recognition
Two main ideas contend for how rivers should be treated as they flow through cities. One says they should be left as natural as possible, bordered by grass and trees…
The funniest story you will read this week
Doctor Grumpy in the House: Memories…Takeaway line: “You have to wonder what he’s like in bed!”
Prom shots
Check out The Best Of Prom 2012 — here’s the one that would be truly unforgettable:
When Chris Met Ezra
I’m surprised that the entire Universe did not disintegrate in a flash of pure dorkiness as soon as their elbows touched. More pics here.
Dear travelers to Montreal,
As the nightly demonstrations that snake their way through the city continue, often picking up thousands along the way and cheered on by onlookers from balconies, windows, and outdoor patios,…
Dear travelers to Montreal,
As the nightly demonstrations that snake their way through the city continue, often picking up thousands along the way and cheered on by onlookers from balconies, windows, and outdoor patios,…
Dear travelers to Montreal,
As the nightly demonstrations that snake their way through the city continue, often picking up thousands along the way and cheered on by onlookers from balconies, windows, and outdoor patios,…
Dear travelers to Montreal,
As the nightly demonstrations that snake their way through the city continue, often picking up thousands along the way and cheered on by onlookers from balconies, windows, and outdoor patios,…
May 26: An editor’s philosophy…
and you have to decide. You really do. Read today’s editorial in The Moncton Times and Transcript. It’s about Moncton’s bus drivers; it’s about humanity; it’s a profound statement about…
What is that all over his economy? Ants!
I’d like to see what Aesop would make of derivatives. Alltop enjoys a good fable.
The Third World is just around the Corner. . . .
In his article today Andrew Coyne returns to his standard praise of the Harpercon government, this time praising them for a so-called renewed sense of purpose and a move away…
By the sea
I woke this morning keenly aware of the distance between us and sad because of my loneliness for you. I asked myself, was it so very bad? And the answer…