Function Better in Your Old Age by Playing Music
Admit it: you’ve always wanted to play guitar, or perhaps, you’ve been meaning to pick it up again. Either way, you should! New research has found that people with musical…
2012
Call for artists in support of ‘Occupy’ movement – Online, international platform for performances, installations, actions in real time
Project Lowlives is seeking artists for a global online live presentation of artistic work in support the Occupy movement. Lowlives: Occupy! will take place on March 3, 2012. From the…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, January 31, 2012: Lawyers point to several grounds for appeal in Shafia case – Globe and Mail…
Conservative MPs seek to "de-fund" the CBC
Over the past few weeks, three Conservative MPs have presented petitions to the House of Commons seeking to “de-fund” the CBC.
Brain Dead?
Richard Cohen writes this morning that Herman Cain’s endorsement of Newt Gingrich is proof positive that the Grand Old Party is brain dead: It’s hard to know who is the…
An update on all the people not running for Liberal leadership – Part 2
Yesterday, I looked at the ten names being tossed around most frequently for Liberal leadership – Rae, Leblanc, Trudeau, McGuinty^2, Garneau, Brison, Coderre, Cauchon, and Kennedy. Today, a look at…
Once A Political Bully….
RunRunRunRunRunRunRunAway FromYourPastWordsAndDeedsVille The Province published a great letter to the editor from Delta teacher Grace Hoover on Sunday. Here’s the heart of the matter as Ms. Hoover sees it: …January…
Ontario’s Privacy Commish slams the online spying bills in CBC interview
Anne Cavoukian, Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, articulately takes a stand against the upcoming online spying bills in the video below. Check out her interview on CBC, visit http://StopSpying.ca/ to…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Kady points out that the Cons are back to their old tricks in trying to push as much committee work as possible…
hedges: what happened to canada? (corporations have no borders)
Chris Hedges: What happened to Canada? It used to be the country we would flee to if life in the United States became unpalatable. No nuclear weapons. No huge military-industrial…
Public opinion in Kamloops & the rest of Canada concerning the CBC
New opinion research on public reaction to a proposed a new radio service in the Interior BC region of Kamloops in the autumn of 2012.
Kermit & Miss Piggy Respond To Fox News Attacks
I’m about ready for a recess on the nonsense coming out of Ottawa, and the Harper government – and parliament just resumed sitting yesterday after a 6-week Christmas break! Here’s…
Kamloops area residents want their own CBC station
A substantial majority of Kamloops area residents would like CBC to establish a local radio station to cover community affairs and three-quarters hope their MP would champion a new station…
Vernon Morning Star – Service loss silences mom and daughter
This is such a sad story from my community back home and I just had to share it. A woman who is deaf and her mother who is blind were…
The politically (and otherwise) incorrect former mayor
I see Larry O’Brien has apologized. At the official unveiling of his portrait at City Hall last night, he told a reporter he was sorry about the racial slur. Instead…
Larry, Larry, Larry…
… you should never Tweet while drunk. Our former mayor apologised yesterday (at the unveiling 0f his official portrait at City hall, no less) for Tweeting about “spics” while he…
Thomas Mulcair discusses Bill C-10 and other criminal justice and immigration issues
Regardless of your political views you are invited to hear Thomas Mulcair address Bill C-10 and other criminal justice and immigration issues. He is one of the front runners for the leadership…
How’s That Finger in the Eye Taste, Harper
I expect I’m likely going to be eaten alive by this post. I’ll pass you the dipping sauce for ease of consumption Brad Trost, the Conservatiave MP from Saskatchewan, has…