From the overflowing proud Dad file
So, out with Son One tonight. He’s 14. We found a new 7-11, and thus a new source of Slurpees. A Good Thing. Then, he asks me if I want…
July 2012
Activist Communique: The Slackers Guide to Activism—Superhero Style
Submitted by JEN MESZAROS My name is Jen, and I’m creating an activist group in vancouver to increase the community’s participation in world issues–such as exposing Monsanto, Arctic drilling by…
Financial Post – Canada’s telecom giants face $18-billion class action suit over system access fees
An $18-billion class-action suit has received the go-ahead to proceed against Canada’s Big Telecom companies. What’s the contested litigation? The long-imposed – but often vague – system access fees. Late…
Is Vic Toews Responsible for Hikes in Canada’s Homicide and Child Abuse Crimes?
To hear the Minister of Family Values and Random Diddling, Vic Toews tell it, he’s responsible for the overall drop in Canada’s crime rate even though it has been declining…
4931…Something To Do A Week From Saturday
And it is at the bar that my dad and my uncle drank away my childhood in! WFDS
Why CETA is bad for Canadian Internet Users
As many of you know big media lobbyists have lost several battles to impose severe Internet restrictions at the national level in bill C-11 here in Canada, and in SOPA/PIPA…
Northern Gateway and Rightwing blindness. . . .
I seldom comment on provincial politics – particularly a province in which I no longer live. But BC politics has become interesting in the past couple of years and, for…
Wildrose leader pandering or pro-gay? Listen to the podcast interview
For the first time, leader of Alberta's Wildrose party, Danielle Smith, has spoken out against homophobic comments made by a former Wildrose candidate. In a 2011 blog post, Wildrose candidiate…
Why?
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Banksy on the London Olympics: BTP graffiti crackdown
Top: Work by Criminal Chalklist / Various Olympics related artworks New Olympics related works by Banksy stick a pin in the hype surrounding the upcoming London event. With signature Banksy…
Congress: Expedite Renewable Energy
solarf.jpg This is a guest post by Stefanie Penn Spear. Originally published at EcoWatch. In 2009 it seemed as though Congress was finally going to pass legislation that would transition…
4930…Lawyers Have To Be Lawyers
Like go to school and everything. Cut and paste from 580CFRA. Charge Man for Posing as a Lawyer Stephanie Kinsella Tuesday, July 24, 2012 Ottawa police have charged a 32…
Life without Papers: Campaign to Register Children in Burundi
More than ten years ago now, I spent an amazing few weeks in Africa, particularly in Burnundi in the central Great Lakes Region. I was doing rsearch for the book…
CisionPoint Media Lists
Cool stuff, courtesy of the Newhouse School: CisionPoint Media List for PRL 604 Filed under: PRL 604: Writing for News and Public Relations, Public Relations, S.I. Newhouse School of Public…
4929…Please Pass This On To Stephen Harper
I believe that is what FDR’s New Deal did; here is an opportunity for our beloved Prime Minister to step up to the plate. WFDS
Canada’s Shame: Acclaimed Inuit Artist Pregnant And Homeless In Ottawa
“We CAN look after each other better than we do today” and “Canada is a great country, one of the hopes of the world. We can be a better one…
The TPP isn’t just a Trap, it’s a Cat-astrophe
The cat’s got their tongue, but let’s make them talk. Make a contribution to the StopTheTrap.net campaign by clicking here.
Letter to America: You’re making it too easy.
Dear America: The events in the Aurora movie theatre are heartbreaking and shocking, and our hearts go our to the families of the victims, and the extended family that is…
Don’t Text and Drive (OMG, LOL)
This Colorado road sign is making the rounds on Facebook and the web: – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net WRONGFUL DISMISSAL • CIVIL LITIGATION…