Audio From The Clip That Got Ezra Levant Censored By Sun TV
…can be found here (warning: it may meet the legal def of hate speech). Meanwhile, no word about what Fox News North plans to do about The Ez’s latest transgression.…
September 2012
No conclusion as to whether waiver and promissory estoppel are essentially the same thing
Technicore Underground Inc. v. Toronto (City), 2012 ONCA 597 declines to decide if waiver and promissory estoppel are essentially the same thing: The second matter warranting comment is the City’s…
What’s The Fracking Problem With Natural Gas?
This is a guest post by David Suzuki with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Communications Manager Ian Hanington. At least 38 earthquakes in Northeastern B.C. over the past few years…
Eurozone: Move over politicians, here come the German Judges!
It’s not just the politicians who make decisions about how to rescue the foundering Euro: a Constitutional Court in Germany also has a say on the most important decisions: Germany’s…
Who wants to make a movie depicting Judasim as a cancer?
I saw maybe half of Sasha Baron Cohen’s movie ‘ Borat’, I thought it was ignorant and stupid. When his latest movie, `The Dictator’ was released I watched the trailers…
Time for a Taste of Wellington!
This Saturday is the annual Taste of Wellington – a great opportunity to get out and sample all that our community has to offer. It started off as little more…
The state of my brain 5
Filed under: art, life Tagged: brain, Concussion
No Go Argo
When I saw the trailer for Argo, I had a flashback to the Tommy Douglas Story. It was obvious from the focus of the plot that the CIA was going…
Survey for Prairie Bible Institute abuse survivors
PBI abuse survivors have a 4 question survey online and are asking abuse survivors to take a minute to fill it out.
Canadians Hang Out With Soccer Superstar Christine Sinclair (VIDEO)
Olympic soccer bronze medalist and national women’ team Christine Sinclair answers some questions from her fans and Sportsnet.ca host Gerry Dobson. After leading the Canadian women’s Olympics soccer team to…
Christianity Today continues look at David Jang and Second Coming Christ Controversy
Christianity Today continues its investigative coverage of David Jang, his theology and his North American business expansion. In August Christianity Today published an investigative article on the ongoing controversy over…
iTunes 7 Way Better than iTunes 6.6
iTunes 7 is either way better than iTune 6.6, or exactly the same. I can't tell. Anyway, if it is exactly the same, I just discovered the full screen cover…
Romney’s Libyan gamble
Romney has a point — isn’t free speech, even if deeply offensive, a crucial part of a free and democratic society? Isn’t it a problem when the instinct is to…
Obama’s Second Achilles Heel: Foreign Policy
Obama’s chances of a second term are now under the worst threat since the presidential election started. He faces a triple whammy of attacks on his Administration’s handling of Iran…
In which Mulcair muddies the waters
This was NDP leader Tom Mulcair yesterday on the Harper government’s decision to cut off diplomatic relations with Iran: …it’s … becoming increasingly clear that there were serious concerns, we…
Two proud bands vie for big money
Queer audiophiles in Ottawa will be watching the outcome of this year's Live 88.5 FM Big Money Shot competition. Two queer, or at least queer-friendly, bands have made it into…
My Favourite Custom j.mp
j.mp or bit.ly .Now that Khadafy is dead, you can use both. Here are some of my favourite shortened urls (I thought I had a clever one for iPhone5, but…
Reporting back on the Bell/Astral hearing: The early days
The first couple days of the Bell/Astral hearing have come and gone – and I’ve got to say, they’ve been riveting. No joke. If you’re wondering what I’m talking about,…
Will new health care technology bring a utopia or dystopia?
It’s easy to get carried away with the continual promise of better health care through technology. From the IBM Watson super computer to vending machines that dispense pharmaceuticals, we are…
Bell’s Astral Takeover: What’s at Stake?
Bell’s escalating vertical integration is raising concern among Canadian citizens and scholars. Should their takeover of Astral Media receive approval by the CRTC, it will tighten Bell’s grip on the…