Desperation on their own sinking ship
From Laila Yuile's blog, No Strings Attached: Breaking news – Abbotsford South BC Liberal Riding Association Directors and President resign, citing ” Unfair, not democratic ” election of candidate Darryl…
November 2012
Is Peter Kent Trying to Move Harper on Climate Change?
This starts with a tangent: I’ve been trying to understand why the World Bank’s climate report is big news. It’s just a rehash of long available science. The World Bank…
Stop PM Harper’s FIPA Sell Out Of Canadian Democracy: PETITION
Canada’s petro-Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, is about to sell the soul of Canadian democracy to the Chinese. His Conservative majority government is about to sign the so-called Foreign Investment Promotion…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Floored cats.
Technology in school? How much is too much
When a parent visits a daycare, top of their minds is what kind of activities their children will be doing. A typical visit includes a description of the day, from…
Mississauga-Halton gets bigger homecare increase
Another home care funding announcement came out today, this time for Mississauga-Halton. Mississauga The news this time was a little better, with a 4.1% funding increase for home care via…
Flu vaccine – CMAJ says it should be mandatory for health care workers
It’s a question of individual rights versus collective rights. The evidence is far from perfect, and the issue highly divisive among health care workers. The influential Canadian Medical Association Journal…
Extending time to appeal civil matters
Laczko v. Alexander, 2012 ONCA 803 sets out the test for extending the time to appeal a civil matter – the test is virtually the same as for criminal matters:…
Hintonburg Hub a reality!
Oh friends, do you know how hard it has been to keep this news to myself? So hard. But by now you’ve all probably heard that Somerset West Community Health…
Terry Tremaine Starting to Play Nice?
A visit to Tremaine's website now features the following:That's all well and good, but there appears to be a lot more that should be removed in order to be in…
LA Times Covers "Sand Land," Ecological Hazards of Frac Sand Mining in Wisconsin
On Nov. 19, The Los Angeles Times' Neela Banerjee, writing from Chippewa County, WI, explained what we covered here in June in our "Sand Land" investigation. The skinny: mining for…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your day.- Frances Russell nicely sums up the effect of the Cons' bevy of anti-democratic trade deals:Don’t be fooled. The innocuous language used to describe the…
The real Welfare Queen
Walmart: America's real 'Welfare Queen', Paddy Ryan, Daily Kos, October 2012 " As many as 80 percent of workers in Wal-Mart stores use food stamps."Inequality, exhibit A: Walmart and the…
5361…CFRA Pimping For Real
Don't know what else you would call this Ottawa's 'perfect woman' revealedAlison Sandor with Lauren Davis Tuesday, November 20, 2012A dating-auction website has revealed Ottawa's 'perfect woman.'WhatsYourPrice.com has used its…
Extension of time to appeal
R. v. Mitchell, 2012 ONCA 804 is a useful case summarizing when an extension of time to appeal will be allowed: Before granting an extension of time, the court will…
A Pillar Built on Sand
Israel’s leaders have a two-prong strategy for dealing with their Palestinian problem. First, they rely on the United States to provide diplomatic cover, especially in the United Nations. The key…
5360…Tomorrow Morning On 93.1 CKCU In Ottawa
From 7 to 10 Russell Barth, pot activist and the guy you do not want to have as a neighbour in your building , has three hours of live radio…
5359…La Belle, La Election, Le Bluffing
I heard all over the radio today, CFRA, CJAD, 1310News and so on that the Liberals and that other party in Quebec don't like the Parti Quebecois first budget and…