Corporate advertising in public schools
I noticed in the news this week that a debate is taking place in Alberta over the consideration of selling naming rights to companies for school facilities and classrooms. The…
November 2012
Sandra Pupatello’s web site
Live! Right here! Oh, and here she is with some guy from Toronto this afternoon:
Good Ol’ American Sex Scandal
The American media is very primitive, which is why it avoids complex and important issues, and instead resorts to tabloid topics like sex scandals. While their country is embroiled in…
The Ideal MP for the Cariboo-Chilcotin
{The following article was also published in the November 2012 issue of the Anahim-Nimpo Lake Messenger–MC} Have you ever thought about what the ideal political representative for the Cariboo-Chilcotin would…
Things are a-brewin’
Well, even though I haven’t been directly involved in activism for a while, there’s a huge number of people who haven’t slowed down a bit. They’ve created a group called…
Behind the Scenes of the Bell-Astral Decision: The Heroes of Stop the Takeover
The CRTC’s recent ruling against Bell’s proposed takeover of Astral Media was a great victory for the thousands of Canadians who participated in the Stop the Takeover campaign, and the…
pollitt: when "pro-life" kills: honour savita’s memory with a donation to help other irish women
Who is more valuable, a living woman or a dying fetus? The Catholic Church has given its answer, and Savita Halapannavar is dead. If this was Islam, we’d never hear…
The Province of Vancouver Island
There are more than a few VanIslanders wondering why we're not a province all unto ourselves. If Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island qualify as provinces, why not Vancouver Island?In area,…
Earthgauge Radio feature interview with U.S. Green Party leader Jill Stein
It was a pleasure to have the opportunity to speak with Dr. Jill Stein this morning who was the Green Party candidate for President of the United States in the…
U.S. comedian Stephen Colbert “in the crosshairs of the Canadian press”
Once again, American comedian Stephen Colbert is playing victim and anti-Canada provocateur. This time he drags Canada, Canadians, the CBC, Winnipeg and Windsor into his attack routine. Watch:
Canadian Gamers Put out Consumer Warning on Black Ops 2
Due to the sheer numbers of gaming consumers having significant issues with the new Black Ops 2 and the seriousness of the problem, the Canadian Gamers Organization (CGO) is issuing…
You’ll Never Walk Alone
I am proud to call Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosie Abella a friend. A few days ago, I was watching the television news when a story about a disability rights…
Sarah Ellen Robertson Raises Eyebrows
This just storry just blow my mind. Skip the Cadburry commercial if you have seen it a million times. There is some obvious stop motion going on there. This half…
Addicted to Oil: The Politics of Canadian Dilbit Pipelines
Not long after the Defend Our Coast rallies, a pollster phones, wanting to know whom I plan to vote for in the provincial election. The first party to unequivocally say…
PCs rule out legislative wage freeze deal with McGuinty
The Progressive Conservatives have -- effectively -- all but ruled out reaching an agreement with the McGuinty government on a legislative public sector "wage freeze".While complaining that the McGuinty government…
Climate predictions are getting better … and hotter
Arguably, the biggest winner on election night in the U.S. wasn’t Barack Obama, but the nerdy Nate Silver. Silver is of course the statistician who fed reams of polling data…
Deposing the King
I don't meet a lot of people who like Stephen Harper. I meet a great many people who dislike Stephen Harper but nonetheless say he's doing a pretty good job…
Fight The Right at U of T!
Well-attended event last night at U. of T. – and Son Three was there to sell Fight The Right! (We sold out, too.) Most interesting thing, from my perspective: that’s…
Obama’s possible failings our fault, says the Lord
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved, Used by Permission. If you are not a supporter of Barack Obama, you could be making the President fail. Thus saith the Lord. Per…
Conservative Group: Impeach Obama Robocalls Campaign
What is wrong with Tea-baggers? They cannot accept the outcome of the election? They were allowed to literally rig the 2000 election - result in Florida was ambiguous, the Republican…