Video Shows Plight of Marineland Orca
This is Kiska, a killer whale at Ontario’s Marineland. The video shows the whale swimming alone, a trail of blood coming from her tail. Her former trainer says Kiska has…
October 2012
Media fails to give an honest account
http://edocs.lib.sfu.ca/cgi-bin/Cartoons?CartoonID=2239 Yesterday, the Liberal government claimed its diligent examination of TransLink had resulted in $139 million in annual savings. As I noted, the claim was easily determined to be false.…
Parliamentary Cyber-Hacker Attacked Quebec Government
Who was Javier Doyon-Tremblay working for when he used a computer inside the House of Commons to launch cyber attacks on the Quebec government? The RCMP says the man, who…
Debate 2 Obama & Romney: The role of the moderator and questions for CNN
Romney, Crowler, Obama The furor over the intervention by moderator Candy Crowler in the second presidential debate has not died down, nor will it before November 6. The Republicans are…
“Call Me Maybe” follow-up is a Major Second song…
I heard Carly Rae Jepsen’s new song Curiosity on the radio yesterday, and was fascinated that it’s a Major Second song. By which I mean the song undergoes a key…
Billy Graham Gets His Tits Caught in the Romney Wringer
Evangelist Billy Graham must have thought he was doing Mitt Romney a big favour, inviting the Republican candidate to join him in prayer. That seems to have backfired – on…
Must Read – Greg Palast Outs Romney’s Vulture Perfidy or Why Mitt Romney Really Won’t Release His Tax Returns
Veteran investigative journo Greg Palast has the goods on Mitt Romney and why the Republican candidate doesn’t want anyone looking at his tax returns. “Oh, it’s one of the creepiest…
Person’s Day: When Women Got Recognition in Canada
One of the shocking things about life in the 21st century is how we quickly forget the fights of the past. Today is Person’s Day, the anniversary of the British…
Canadians applaud CRTC for taking a stand against Bell’s takeover
Takeover_210x150_120816.png CRTC denies Bell’s bid to take over Astral; finds deal to be counter to public interest October 18, 2012 – Today the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) listened…
Fracking Your Future: Shale Gas Industry Targets College Campuses, K-12 Schools
In Pennsylvania – a state that sits in the heart of the Marcellus Shale basin – the concept of “frackademia” and “frackademics” has taken on an entirely new meaning. On…
The Weather today
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Paul Ryan’s Greasy Soup Kitchen Stunt
Romney running mate Paul Ryan really doesn’t like the poor or their soup kitchens. In fact, if he had his way, he’d slash the very social spending they depend on.…
B.C. Conservative Exiles Back NDP’s Adrian Dix
For a good while now, B.C.’s provincial Conservative Party has been a laughingstock. Now with the party’s hopes for renewal in tatters, members of its disaffected wing say they’ll back…
Earthgauge Radio October 18 2012: James Kunstler (part 2) and The Climate Reality Project
Download: earthgauge-podcast-oct-18-2012.mp3 On Earthgauge Radio this week, we continue our discussion on the limitations of technology in solving environmental problems and we learn about Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project. I…
The Have Binders and Binders and Binders
From TruthDig:
Elizabeth May calls for a “Guaranteed Livable Income” in Canada
by Obert Madondo (@Obiemad) Green Party leader Elizabeth May is calling for a “Guaranteed Livable Income” as a strategy to eradicate poverty in Canada. In a press release commemorating October…
$1.2B Nunavut to Manitoba road would be a "tough sell"
The fact is Canada does not make economic sense — looking at economics only Canada would be far better folded into the North American market. If we want a nation,…
He Never Saw It Coming
61-year old Colin Farmer (above) is blind and, due to two strokes, walks at a snail’s pace using the standard white cane. Enter the local cops in Chorley, Lancashire, where…
U.S. and Russia vie for Iraq arms business
Much has changed in Iraq since the Americans invaded in 2003. Saddam Hussein is gone, replaced by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki who appears to want to replace Saddam’s one-party…
Concerns Raised About Metro Vancouver’s Plan to Turn Drinking Water into Hydro Power
Metro Vancouver is quite far along in a proposal to harness hydro power from our drinking water spillways at the Capilano reservoir’s Cleveland Dam and also at the Seymour reservoir.…