TweetA by-election will be held in the federal riding of Calgary-Centre on November 26, 2012. The by-election is being held to replace former Conservative Member of Parliament Lee Richardson, who…
I have an oped in Saturday’s Vancouver Sun. The editor wanted me to focus on the claims of economic gains for BC, so the piece ended up being a complementary…
The Ottawa Centre MPP announced on Facebook that he is going to sit this one out and return to his position as El Presidente of the provincial Liberals. Next time.…
George McGovern, the greatest POTUS who never was, has died at the age of 90. WFDS
And why is this news? It is a prime example of the non-secular bias in our mainstream media. Hell, the news about Streisand wowing he crowd at Scotiabank Place last…
Pennsylvania recently passed Act 147 – also known as the Indigenous Mineral Resources Development Act – opening up the floodgates for hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) on the campuses of its public…
Years of prayers have been devoted to Kateri Tekakwitha, a woman that never let her faith waver despite persecution from her fellow natives. Nearly 300 years since her death, Tekakwitha…
I don’t often write about the Provincial government for two reasons:- 1) there is enough anti democratic stuff going on at the federal level to keep me and a truck…
“If you can find money to kill people, you can find money to help people.” ~Tony Benn (Former UK MP)
I was nervous going thru this tunnel in Google Street View. Imagine driving a bus! View Larger Map Try this one. View Larger Map Will he make it? Will he…
I was on my way to catch the ferry the other day, when I came across this seagull perched majestically on a pole, looking like it knew the answer to…
Alison Redford speaks to the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees’ convention in Edmonton yesterday. (AUPE photo.) Below: Ms. Redford with AUPE President Guy Smith. Is she trying to build an…
Mormons are in style these days. A hit Broadway show, The Book of Mormon, the dude who may be elected Prez of the World in a couple of weeks. If…
In the big Who Gives A F*ck Contest. Michael Ignatief. Mr. Ignatief, the man who woulda, coulda and shoulda is in yesterday’s Calgary Herald talking about the upcoming race to…
Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman unpacks ”The Invisible War” a new documentary that examines the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the U.S. military. She speaks to Trina McDonald and Kori…
Top: Crew members of the Estelle A ship carrying thirty activists from Europe, Canada and Israel has been intercepted and boarded by Israeli marines. The Estelle, carrying a cargo of…
Can Canadian Liberalism survive? Is the party over? The times are clearly dire, for Canadian Grits. One need only to survey newspaper opinion pages to know this is so. “(There…
Being neither a lawyer nor an accountant, I have to stress I may be missing something here. I do invite correction. However, I don’t think I’m wrong here. Here’s a…
