Canada Crime Bill C10 Hunger Strike Update: May 22, 2012
Today I felt really sick. And this is the first time I’ve felt this sick since I started the indefinite hunger protest on March 24. For over a week now,…
Today I felt really sick. And this is the first time I’ve felt this sick since I started the indefinite hunger protest on March 24. For over a week now,…
As we go about, getting and spending, here is a sobering reminder of other people’s reality. Recommend this Post
In the wake of Justice Thomas Lederer’s decision last week to overturn the election results in Etobicoke Centre, the Conservatives have filed documents to declare challenges to seven other elections…
It is always amazing to me that one group, facing prejudice, will then turn around and subject another group to prejudice. Amazing and sad.
Boing boing reminds you that “In case you need an antidote to commencement speeches that tell you to follow your dream to attain success, here’s Bobcat Goldthwaite’s 2009 Commencement address…
101 is a pretty important number in La Belle. Today marks day 101 of the student’s protest in Montreal, Quebec. Apparently the 250,000 on the street yesterday did not, as…
Not to be outdone by their British compatriots, the North American members of the League of Peculiar Gentlemen were also able to strap strange things to their faces. Perhaps the…
As a former Albertan, I remember Pierre Trudeau and his National Energy Program. Albertans, I gather, still speak of the NEP with great disdain and bitterness. Consider these startling similarities…
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/23/world/europe/british-energy-plan-would-add-nuclear-plants.html "While Germany intends to phase out nuclear power, and France's new president, François Hollande, says he hopes to reduce his country's reliance on it, the British government appears to…
A few days ago, Stephen Taylor posted a table from a 2010 study that showed how big Quebec’s public debt is compared to that of countries around the world. The…
Some of my fave non-food-related pics since I started coming here in 2009. Part 1. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
News picks for Wednesday, May 23, 2012. // ]]> Conservatives ask for dismissal of robocall court cases — This is hardly surprising news. What is interesting are that the Conservatives…
The May Show of today is a pale imitation of the May Show that was so successful through the 1980′s and the first half of the 90′s, so maybe it’s…
It is not only plausible, but inevitable, that any future Quebec referendum will generate a national debate on whether the province should be allowed to stay. A nationwide referendum on…
Bill 1? It’s a secret! Alberta MLAs may not be exactly as illustrated. It’s great work if you can find it! The first session of the 28th Legislature of Alberta…
The Shen Young Performing Arts troupe recently had their Alberta 2013 performance dates thrown into question when the Alberta Government revoked an agreement to use the Jubilee Auditoriums in Edmonton…
Well, it would appear the real battles have begun – this I was anticipating as the obvious response to Charest’s new law. What I didn’t anticipate was an international day…
The students still protesting in Quebec against tuition hikes should make sure that they don’t track their progress by the political reaction of the opposition parties and of the Charest…
Tweet By: Richard Liebrecht Going into the election, the two-person caucus of Brian Mason and Rachel Notley was well known among media insiders and observers for punching above their weight…
Slumbering cats.