Big reporting by Don Martin
…and a big disgrace for the Reformatories. They have now fully become what they pledged to destroy.
August 2012
Well, I’m a busy man too, officer…
… just like Mayor Ford… is what I’ll say if I am ever pulled over for talking on my cell, eating, reading a paper, watching a video or having a…
It Is Time To Stop Our Dependence On Dirty Energy
Dirty energy isn’t just dirty because of the carbon dioxide pollution it releases into our atmosphere. It’s polluted the global geopolitical landscape – and increasingly North American domestic politics –…
Who Else is Getting Tired of Writing About Rob Ford
So, sometime really soon I’m going to have to take a serious break from writing about Mayor Ford…our “embarrasser-in-chief”. I mean, I’ve already written this and this. But, like George…
Harper and God
Told you so. From one of the best reporters in this country, David Akin: “You may have read elsewhere that Harper is secretly guided by Canadian Christian evangelicals and that…
You can’t pin this one on Mazza
McKerlie, however, you can.
Congrats Dr. Dawg
The Fourniers pay up, and his defamation case against various FreeD denizens slowly proceeds. Mark says: We are getting our ducks in a row and expect to have a stellar…
Muskrat Falls: the revised cost for consumers #nlpoli
If, as Shawn Skinner suggests, the cost of Muskrat Falls is going to jump by a third or more by the time we find out what the Decision Gate 3…
United Church should adopt boycott of Israeli settlement goods
The United Church of Canada’s governing body is meeting this week to decide if the Church will adopt a boycott of goods that come from illegal Jewish “settlements” in the…
5034…Bestest Obituary Line Ever
From yesterday’s New York Times. “Helen Gurley Brown…died on Monday in Manhattan. She was 90, though parts of her were considerably younger.”No truth to the rumour that instead of being…
TorrentFreak.com: New data exposes Canadian ISPs throttling download speeds
Canadian citizens are paying for Internet access, but Big Telecom isn’t being completely open about the restrictions that they’ve been imposing. With new data just published by the Measurement Lab,…
Economic downturn taking toll on health of Canadians – CMA report card
The economic downturn is taking a toll on the health of Canadians according to the Canadian Medical Association’s annual report card. The report card represents a poll of Canadians conducted…
The Annals of Alberta Labour Relations: Redford Government goes boldly where no Tory’s gone before
Some of the AUPE members who work at the Revera Riverbend facility in Edmonton, which ended yesterday when the Alberta government imposed a first-contract binding arbitration process and ordered an…
Vic Toews and my Manitoba Nightmare
Oh. My. Zombie. What a horrible nightmare. I'm pedaling furiously across Manitoba, desperately looking for a cheap motel. Because I've been warned not to be out on the road after…
The oxymoron of Access to Information in Canada, and the continuing trend of diminished transparency.
The current and continuing laws of Access to Information in Canada are insanely atrocious. Obtaining simple documents can be a bigger hassle than it has to be, and the government…
The oxymoron of Access to Information in Canada, and the continuing trend of diminished transparency.
The current and continuing laws of Access to Information in Canada are insanely atrocious. Obtaining simple documents can be a bigger hassle than it has to be, and the government…
Canada: Where The World Learns
I'm absolutely thrilled to see the government of Canada moving on the issue of opening Canadian universities and colleges to the world. I mean what a novel idea. I mean…
Canada: Where The World Learns
I’m absolutely thrilled to see the government of Canada moving on the issue of opening Canadian universities and colleges to the world. I mean what a novel idea. I mean…
Canada: Where The World Learns
I'm absolutely thrilled to see the government of Canada moving on the issue of opening Canadian universities and colleges to the world. I mean what a novel idea. I mean…
Canada: Where The World Learns
I’m absolutely thrilled to see the government of Canada moving on the issue of opening Canadian universities and colleges to the world. I mean what a novel idea. I mean…