BC’s adult education program victim of "choice"
The BC government has announced that it will no longer fund many of the adult education courses that were previously available at no cost, unless they are taken online. Among…
May 2012
Defiant Quebec students reject shabby government offer
Quebec college and university students are now in the 13th week of their militant province-wide strike while voting by overwhelming majorities to reject a government offer that met none of…
Empire State Building Gets a Green Overall
The Empire State Building in New York has received a green overall that has cut 20% of the building’s energy consumption and will save the owners a ton of cash.…
Craig`s timing
When Craig died five years ago today he could not have ordained that his memory would loom large during this week each year as the award in his name is…
Nursing Week Ain’t What It Used to Be
My Nurses Week joy was shattered last night when the son of a patient reamed me out for discussing the patient’s condition and treatment plan — wait for it —…
The Vaughn Report
The Harper government rues the day it appointed Kevin Page to the office of Parliamentary Budget Officer. Today, it must also wish that Scott Vaughn had never been appointed Environment…
Cold Today: Gonna Take a Nap
After passing the winter without getting sick, I seem to have been wacked with something. So no post today.
4613…North Carolina Bans Gay Marriage
Civil unions too. The Ticket reports that 61 to 39 was the spread. This vote makes the Tar Heel State the 29th in the Union to proscribe gay marriages and…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Martin Papillon offers up some lessons for the NDP in Francois Hollande’s French presidential victory: Being ideological does not have to mean being…
Rob Ford can be a moneymaking machine for Toronto
Torontonians should put this baboon in a cage and put him in the Toronto Zoo. Surely people will come from all over the world to see this baboon. Children will…
4612…Did Rob Ford Play Football Sans Helmet?
NowToronto, which is a free gay paper that is big in certain quarters of the Centre of the Universe, reports that the LGBTQ community in Toronto is getting pretty frustrated…
Fear And Loathing From The Right
The other day I wrote a brief post linking to a site developed by the Conservative party that seeks to sow fear about Thomas Mulcair’s ‘shadow’ cabinet. That campaign of…
A river runs through it #nlpoli
Jerry Bannister’s paper “A river runs through it: Churchill Falls and the end of Newfoundland history” is now available in the latest issue of Acadiensis. This paper was the basis…
The band name Against Me! now makes more sense
Still thinking about the big news. My kids, too. All four of them are huge, huge Against Me! fans. My daughter is still processing it, she says. Son One was…
CBC: Mobile app empowers people with disabilities
Here’s another reason why protecting our digital future is so important: accessibility. Since we started out, we’ve been getting a lot of email from people with disabilities and elderly people…
Immigration and attitudes
Canada prides itself in being a country of immigrants. In recent years, immigration has become an important part of the Canadian identity. This trait is particularly prevalent in provinces other…
Immigration and attitudes
Canada prides itself in being a country of immigrants. In recent years, immigration has become an important part of the Canadian identity. This trait is particularly prevalent in provinces other…
Immigration and attitudes
Canada prides itself in being a country of immigrants. In recent years, immigration has become an important part of the Canadian identity. This trait is particularly prevalent in provinces other…