The various spokespeople for supposed “grassroots” pro-Tar Sands and pipeline organization EthicalOil.org have steadfastly maintained their campaign has no connection to the oil and gas industry or the Harper Government.…
Hydro-Quebec just signed a deal to purchase 150 megawatts of electricity produced by biomass. “The price for the power, in 2012 dollars, will be 10.6 cents per kilowatt hour, the…
Lindsay Blackett First-term Calgary-North West Progressive Conservative MLA and former cabinet minister Lindsay Blackett has announced on his website that he will not be seeking re-election. Mr. Blackett served as…
SOSVanScreening_120112.jpeg Event to bring attention to bills that would allow warrantless online spying January 12, 2011—In response to the government’s proposed online spying bills OpenMedia.ca will host the Vancouver premiere…
Picture 1.png According to Halliburton, one of North America’s largest hydraulic fracturing operators and suppliers, the “frack of the future” has arrived. Hoping to both increase well production and lower…
FYI: The Liberal Party of Canada will be streaming its Biennial Convention… live/en direct from Ottawa, January 13 – 15, 2012.
I’m blogging to you from Ottawa, Ontario – site of the 2012 Liberal Party convention. It’s a blistery -5 degrees outside and there’s a gentle breeze coming down from the…
Gross. Disgusting. Horrific. And off-putting too. That is all. Carry on. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
During the March 2011 federal election, Prime Minister Stephen Harper had vowed not to reopen the abortion and same-sex marriage debates. That was good enough for some Canadians, who elected…
As of tomorrow morning, I will be liveblogging sessions from Biennial. I will only be live blogging the sessions that are available to the media. I don’t feel like exposing…
As of tomorrow morning, I will be liveblogging sessions from Biennial. I will only be live blogging the sessions that are available to the media. I don't feel like exposing…
After ruefully running down the field of candidates for interim leader, here’s the conclusion I reached back in May: But, above all these names, the one that stands out is…
From one day of stoopid, and on to the next hey? A few years back, the Supreme court made a ruling….Many same sex couples flocked to Canada, to say their…
A video recently released showing US soldiers pissing on three dead Afghans has provoked outrage from all quarters. Except one – the right (emphasis mine). Not everyone, however, was saddened…
Go to BigCityLib’s place for the details on how a simple e-mail clarified at least part of a sloppily-research article from Postmedia, intended no doubt to raise doubts about the…
The world’s capitalists are worried. The World Economic Forum, an organization composed of 1,000 of the world’s most powerful corporations, is concerned that the financial crisis gripping the global economy…
As of tomorrow morning, I will be liveblogging sessions from Biennial. I will only be live blogging the sessions that are available to the media. I don’t feel like exposing…
The front page wins back its spot as the “dumb-down” page with a big story about how Tim Horton’s is changing its cup sizes.Just above it is another piece of…
This is a devastating ad by Newt Gingrich. It is a brutal attack on Mitt Romney. No, it’s actually a slap across the face of capitalism unbound. Right wingers are…
Yesterday Licia Corbella reported that she had found two people on the 4,000 plus list of folks wanting to present orally to the Northern Gateway pipeline hearings who, when contacted,…
