An Opportunity To Send Harper Inc. A Message
I received the following email message last evening from Leadnow.ca: Since the Harper Conservatives announced their Omnibus Budget, more and more Canadians are rallying against a bill that would put…
May 2012
Sinn Féin warns Irish against EU treaty ‘yes’ vote
The Irish face a referendum this week on the new EU fiscal treaty. Yet another EU referendum in an Ireland now under-the-gun of austerity. The signs are that the voters…
What Chesapeake Energy’s Financial Scandals Mean For The Rest of Us
Chesapeake-McClendon.png Given radioactive wastewater, earthquakes, and flammable tap water, one might think that drilling and fracking could not possibly have any more dirty secrets. But here’s the biggest secret of…
Former Ministers, PC & Lib, Call Harper Out
They’re challenging Stephen Harper to come clean. An open letter from four former fisheries ministers, two Tories, two Libs, demands some explanations from the Prince of Darkness about just why…
Change
After 8 years and 3,000 posts, it was time for a change. Before you are the shiny new colours wordpress has to offer, thanks to some help by the web…
Do Wind Turbines Effect Property Values?
I recently found the decision of the Ontario Assessment Review Board related to this story. From the story:Ed and Gail Kenney are calling it a setback, not a defeat.The Wolfe…
Alison Redford heads to Bilderberg conference on public dime
It seems to be becoming more accepted, that public politicians who are supposed to be representing their constituents and reporting to them can freely attend secretive meetings with foreign dignitaries…
Then Who Represents The Majority?
Very good
Under Siege by the Fates
Here’s the thing about being a parent to a son or daughter who is totally dependent – as you get older, you feel more vulnerable, not less. You begin to…
Floods Hit Close To Home
The city of Thunder Bay and surrounding townships have declared a state of emergency this week because of flood conditions throughout the region after more than 100 millimetres of rain…
Oil is Too Expensive for Wasteful Use
Looks like those “crazy environmentalists” were right all along: the cost of oil has gotten so high that companies are looking for alternatives. When it comes to companies that rely…
Green Cities, Open Data
Toronto is the least bikeable of Canada’s large cities, and we’ve got the numbers to prove it. Released earlier
Green Cities, Open Data
Toronto is the least bikeable of Canada's large cities, and we've got the numbers to prove it. Released earlier this month, Bikescore is an online calculator that ranks the overall…
Green Cities, Open Data
Toronto is the least bikeable of Canada’s large cities, and we’ve got the numbers to prove it. Released earlier
4695…Culling The Herd
Washington Post has a nice piece this a.m. “Mack” Wolford, a Pentecostal pastor from West Virginia who tried to preserve the religious tradition of serpent-handling, died Sunday from a rattlesnake…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Thomas Walkom criticizes the Cons’ war on labour at the federal level – though John Ivison notes that the Cons’ habit of interfering…
The Provincial Public Debt…again #nlpoli
As often as they say it, the facts don’t bear out the claim some politician like to make about the provincial public debt. The Premier did it again in the…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, May 30, 2012: Not even jail stopped ‘unrepentant’ disbarred lawyer from practising BC Judge finds Facebook pictures…
Mr. Radwanski’s passion
As both a Catholic and an Ontario Liberal, I disagree with just about everything Adam has to say, here. But I like the fact that he says with passion and,…
Flaherty and Ornge: the Conservative links grow
Quote unquote: “Questions are swirling as to why ORNGE officials sought to place a helicopter base at the Oshawa airport and if Finance Minister Jim Flaherty made an attempt to…