Canada in Kandahar
There’s a very interesting article from CBC reporter Brian Stewart up right now, covering a story that the myth the Harper government has been pushing that Canada’s military service in…
July 2012
When Whitchurch-Stouffville Was New York
Carved woodpecker head Apparently, they’ve been working on the Mantle Site, the largest and most complex ancestral Wendat-Huron village to be excavated in the Lower Great Lakes region, for a…
Science Trumped by Politics In Cuomo’s NY Fracking Plans?
Don't Frack Sign.jpg New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has said repeatedly that, in making the decision on whether to allow horizontal hydrofracking in New York State, he wants to rely…
Autonomy and Legitimate Aspirations #nlpoli
Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter is ringing the bells, trying to alarm Canadians to the fact the federal government is trying to withdraw funding from areas that are generally provincial…
Dear Health Canada
News yesterday that Health Canada has decided to do some research: “Health Canada to probe possible health effects of wind turbines.” This study is going to be very carefully watched.…
Leave Ron Jeremy Alone
If you’d were asked to dangle your wiggler to hook a murdering cannibal you might think twice too. Isn’t it enough that the man loves animals? And when it comes…
Stephen Harper’s Most Horrible Day
Golly. Talk about a study in contrasts. There was Tom Mulcair flashing a winner's smile. While in the other corner, there was Stephen Harper looking absolutely AWFUL. As if he'd…
Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald to shed more staff as newspapers struggle to survive
Peering through the fence at the newspaper business in 2012. Canadian newspapers may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Edmonton Journal editor in chief Lucinda Chodan. The newspaper industry was…
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Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Nuzzling cats.
Stephen Harper Isn’t Socialist But Don’t Tell Him That
It would be ludicrous to suggest Stephen Harper is a socialist, because he’s not, he is however similar to one. Creating the biggest government in Canadian history, running the largest…
Chali 2na at Bluesfest
I should start off by making it clear that there is nothing queer about hip hop artist Chali 2na. However if you are a marijuana advocate who digs rap, Chali…
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4863…Someone Get Jane Fonda A Moped
She is all over today’s Sun, the one from the UK, that cleverly shows the Ottawa temp btw, talking about how at 74 her sex life is better than ever.…
NDP launches new TV ad: Stephen Harper’s solution
So It’s so very cool to see Canada’s official opposition, the federal NDP, lash back quickly against the Conservatives and give them a taste of their own medicine. For too…
Politics ain’t beanbag: Stephen Harper is attacking the most vulnerable Canadians
Politics ain’t beanbag, people, and it’s not NERF ball either. But Liberal leaders Michael Ignatieff and Stephane Dion both played it that way, so it was easy for Prime Minister…
Why now
Of all the possible answers to the suggestion of a guaranteed annual income, I for one didn’t see “how can you speak of such a thing at a time like…
NDP: Harper Created Worst Deficit in Canadian History (VIDEO)
Apparently, the Official Opposition will not allow Stephen Harper‘s appetite for character-assassinating attack ads and propaganda to go unchallenged. The NDP has responded to the Conservatives’ recent attack ad targeting…