Tuesday, July 10, 2012 Two legal cases are underway, funded by West Coast Environmental Law, argue that the government has a responsibility to manage protected areas for the benefit of…
Whenever the federal government says “budget deficit’s are no excuse for not spending on X” you should probably be at least a little suspicious. Naturally, I was, but I’m always…
stephen-harper-environment-cuts.jpeg Canadian scientists are taking to the streets in protest of the Harper government's latest cuts to scientific research and its increasingly backward environmental policies. read more
…’s next lecture on only Conservatives really “get” Capitalism.
Their leader. Now, don’t get me wrong – I think the ad is pretty good, if something of a carbon copy of the style of ads the NDP ran in…
Big Telecom company Bell wants to use public benefit funds to bankroll its expansion into Northern Canada. “For Bell Canada and its subsidiary to propose this to the CRTC is…
I cannot tell you how happy I was to read the following on the front page of this morning’s Globe and Mail: President Barack Obama wants to shift the focus…
It was close – 77 to 71 – but it was enough for the Dutch parliament to cancel their planned purchase of 80 F-35 stealth light attack bombers. Lockheed is…
In an op ed piece in The New York Times today, Thomas E. Ricks says: Let’s Draft Our Kids. He writes; “In late June, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the former…
By Sandra Thomas, Staff Writer July 9, 2012 Duck walkFormer Courier writer Pat Johnson sent us a YouTube video to enjoy and we thought it was too great not to…
Death of Evidence OTTAWA — Scientists will gather in Ottawa today to stage what’s billed as a funeral procession to mourn the death of evidence. The protest sponsored by the…
shutterstock_48011344.jpg How do you sell a rotten bag of goods? Rule number one of effective propaganda: repackage it into something seemingly less grotesque. In that spirit, the Houston Chronicle recently…
The NDP leadership campaign sparked considerable interest among Canadians and saw NDP membership soar, rising over 50% in six months to 128,351 on election day. Many of these first time…
A petition on the immigration minister’s website asks Canadians to thank Kenney for his work to “streamline benefits afforded to refugee claimants under the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) and…
And she stinks too.
Tim Powers is a local boy who has done good for himself as a lobbyist in Ottawa. Powers is a sharp guy who is very well-connected in Tory circles. The…
Well I can see something of Russia anyway. I can see smoke from Russian wildfires creating a haze over local mountains. At first I thought it was just water vapour…
