The "New" Tim Hudak’s First Policy Announcement?
Ontario Opposition Leader Tim Hudak stopped short of telling the Niagara Parks Commission to approve the proposed wirewalk over the Horseshoe Falls by daredevil Nik Wallenda. But Hudak did say…
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Catholic Schools Unveil Their Tax-Paid GSA Replacements
The Ontario Ministry of Education has long recommended that all schools offer student-run Gay Straight Alliances. GSAs intend to improve the lives of GLBT students, giving them positive role models,…
PUB concerned about Nalcor capex and electricity rates #nlpoli #cdnpoli
The province’s public utilities board is concerned about the impact Nalcor’s capital works programs will have on consumer rates even without taking Muskrat Falls into account or considering any increase…
Pipelines and pandas
Harper is back from China, and it’s all talk about possible future free trade agreements and pandas. Not that everyone is convinced by just how much success was had with…
This Week at the Ontario Court of Appeal
Each Week Wise Blog reviews recent decisions from the Ontario Court of Appeal. Perron v. Perron The Respondent sought security for costs in an appeal from a judgment granting the…
The Faux Throne Speech…Will She Go ‘Round In Circles?
WhoNeedsBlazingSaddlesWhenYou’veGot TheProducersVille Will she? Go ’round in circles, I mean. Of course she will. But that’s not the point. Because, unlike Billy Preston under the ‘Fro, once you remove the…
A political poetry break
the regina mom participated in the Saskatchewan Council for International Co-operation (SCIC) Global Justice Poetry Slam last week. This poem got her into the second round where a false start…
letter by former mla a glimpse at desperate times in the liberal party.
“At year’s end there is a saying, “Out with the old and in with the new” “Unfortunately, this does not apply to your St. Albert Provincial Liberal Constituency Association. The…
One Town’s War on Gay Teens | #uspoli #lgbt
One Town’s War on Gay Teens | Politics News | Rolling Stone: “Asked on a radio program whether the anti-gay agenda of her ilk bore any responsibility for the bullying…
More turmoil with the Crystal Cathedral
There is an interesting item posted on a website of disaffected Crystal Cathedral folk. The site received information that one of Robert Schuller’s daughters, and the husband of the other…
I Love the Liberals Some Days
For the exact reason that we are the only party that can manage to make ourselves sound like unfaithful lovers to voters, and we really want a second chance: I…
happy birthday to charles dickens from eric blair
For reasons unnknown, Blogger will not allow me to follow my friend’s NN’s blog for more than a few hours. It insists on dropping Stacked-NYC from my reading list. Because…
Cons, Ducks, and the Great Darkness
(Click pic to enlarge) As I rushed to catch the ferry this afternoon, it still looked like the Canada I love. The fresh dusting of snow. The ducks sheltering from…
this week in sexism, or why feminism still matters
In celebration of African American history month, thousands of Texas schoolchildren attended a screening of the film “Red Tails,” about the famed Tuskegee Airmen, the first black aviators to serve…
Away to me
In this dream I was running. The grass was the colour of deeply polished jade, and the sun had warmed the sidewalk enough that my bare feet were warm. I…
New Prog Blog affiliates
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Talking (Show) Points Premier….The Table Read
OurProvinceIsNotAMelBrooksComedy RunByTheProducersVille Rumour has it that the script-reading earlier today, in advance of tomorrow’s really big show, was an intense affair. Two of the juiciest bits of gossip that have…
A Choking on my Coffee Moment With Laughter
I have to learn to not read funny, ironic things in the news while sipping my coffee or anything else for that matter. It appears that (quelle surprise) the Greek…
In defense of partisanship
I touched on many of the reasons I disagree with Nathan Cullen’s (pre-)electoral cooperation proposal a few days ago, which was primarily a reiteration of my previous statements on the…
Song Byeok: N. Korean artist paints Kim Jung il in drag
What comes to mind when you mention “art” and “N. Korea” in the same sentence is propaganda – art that venerates Great Leader, glorious military victories, joyous workers and racial…