It’s raining but a big crowd is expected this afternoon for a demonstration to protest tuition fee hikes, and the provincial government’s draconian law on demonstrations, return to classes, and…
Megan Boler has a new article on the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement and the current state of feminism and it’s a good read. She looks at the relationships between…
Nurse Practitioner (Photo credit: ekea7) by Amanda Trujillo If the newer generations of nurses out there are more confused than ever about their roles in healthcare — they should be.…
They would be the graduating class at Virginia, a university that has been referred in Sports Illustrated as “…a four-year cocktail party.” But no. They had to listen to former…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Dana Flavelle and Rachel Mendleson both cover Lars Osberg’s study on the harmful effects of inequality. But let’s highlight the key conclusion…
Okay now. I was willing to let Conrad Black be, on the principle that when someone has served their time they should be left alone to live their life –…
I haven’t blogged much about the enormous, sustained and absolutely brilliant student strikes and demonstrations in Quebec. I’ve just been watching them from afar with admiration and deep respect. Now…
One of the more curious comments from provincial Conservative supporters lately has been the claim that they support the current Connie administration provincially because they – the supporters – are…
A little blast from the past for your post long weekend viewing pleasure…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, May 22, 2012: Conrad Black on freedom….and on the record Gloria Allred sued over Travolta accusers Microsoft…
After THIRTY-TWO YEARS – the Hot Nasties’ EP has been re-issued by Ugly Pop records! We recorded it in a garage in Calgary in 1980, overseen by a couple of…
Five years have passed since Stockwell Day, then Minister of Public Safety, announced that the Harper Government would not intervene to help save the life of Ronald Allen Smith. Smith…
As a reader of various progressive bloggers, I know that the thirst for justice and accountability burns strongly in Canada. The only problem, of course, is that this passion seems…
Who said these words and when? We have three broad objectives: to develop a more community-based health care system to ensure that patients receive quality medical care as close to…
Yesterday, my son sent me a copy of this TED lecture. It features Nick Hanauer, an American venture capitalist, and is less than six minutes long. Hanauer did not turn…
Sami Yusuf ‘s I am your hope, a new song for Egypt. * SamiYusufOfficial.com
So if you’ve been following politics (oh, I hope everyone had a good Victoria Day weekend, by the way), you know there’s been a bit of a brouhaha over NDP…
This news is a new low in the Harper government’s ongoing debasement of Parliament’s role in Canadian democracy: In the months leading up to the introduction Bill C-30, Canada’s telecom…
Though not as well-known as other Leagues composed of remarkable individuals, the League of Peculiar Gentlemen (LOPG) is none-the-less, an astonishing story of sacrifice, heroism, and strapping things over your…
