Gay marriage in Canada – not so fast!
This is clearly politically motivated. What if a mixed race couple from a country that doesn't recognize mixed marriages married in Saskatoon or Halifax? Would the government volunteer "hey, your…
2012
Mountain Gorillas at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After making the long journey to the picturesque Bwindi National Park (tightly clutching our gorilla tracking permits), and hiking down 600 metres to the valley bottom where the Mountain Gorillas…
The case is made for the Liberal Party to adopt primaries to pick leaders
As those politically inclined know, the Liberal Party is holding a convention in Ottawa this weekend, where delegates will be voting to elect different candidates to various party positions, and…
How Anne of Green Gables Destroyed the World
“Like most of you I was inclined to say the war was caused by fish.” However, after a close examination of the evidence, Cadman Michaels — who held doctorates in…
Muskrat Falls: from worse to worser for Dunderdale and Company #nlpoli
Add Ron Penney to the list of former senior provincial public servants questioning Muskrat Falls and/or the way the provincial government is handling the project. In a letter to the…
If A Newspaper Nobody Reads Goes Behind A Pay-Wall
…will anyone read it less? And, oh look!, Revenues are down again. I think when I run past the Postmedia building this morning I’ll throw dimes at the windows, see…
Another Summerville endorsement
Well, I’m pushing it a little here. But there is an interesting endorsement of sorts for a constitutional amendment proposal co-authored by Paul Summerville, the removal of the leader’s veto…
‘eavy ‘angs the ‘ead #nlpoli
Natural resources minister Jerome! Kennedy is wading deeper and deeper into the political morass called the Muskrat Falls project these days and finding that it is a sticky, stinky, mess.…
Enbridge Tells Joe Oliver To Shut Up
Pictured: Joe Oliver consulting the youth. The oil pipeline corporation Enbridge which has: averaged over 1 oil spill per week between 1999 and 2008; spilled 800,000 gallons of oil into…
Little Victor Update | the TV zombie
I think I’m about to find out how much TV is too much TV in the safe development of a child’s mind. My two-year old son can recognize Dog The…
Pope Benny and the Gay Plot to Destroy Humanity
When I heard that Pope Benny had described gay marriage as a threat to humanity at first I was shocked. “This is not a simple social convention, but rather the…
Ethical Oil? Puhleeze!
I just finished watching Inside Politics with Evan Solomon. In this episode, he’s speaking with John Bennett of the Sierra Club and Kathryn Marshall of Ethical (sic) Oil. I turned…
Hey, here’s an idea…
Reading Ross K’s list of stuff the Harper Cons are doing to “celebrate” the War of 1812 gives me an idea.Maybe if the gay pride parades across the country promised…
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CANADIAN LABOUR NEWFOUNDLAND: TROUBLE IN PARADISE It is a very old story out in Newfoundland way. Fish processing companies come and go, opening, closing and reopening elsewhere. All, of course,…
The Cell Phone Squeeze: Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca
Happy New Year pro-Internet community! Here’s Lindsey with your first update of 2012: read more
Slouching Towards A Big-Ass State Of Petro.
HewersOfWoodCarriersOfWaterAndSqueezersOfRock NewlyMiddleEasternVille As Boris over at The Galloping Beaver points out – we already have a lot of the pillars in place to become a Petro-addled Banana State, what with…
Crudities
EthicalOil. Ezra. Shares an address in Toronto with Tony Clement. Minister of Gazebo’s in Muskoka. From a website in the archives… 02/ 19/ 04 12:21 pm Fourteen Canadian Alliance Councillors…
No Legal Requirement to Cut Lab Services
Residents around Thessalon and on St. Joseph Island, both east of Sault St. Marie in northern Ontario, have been recently told that their community hospitals will no longer be taking…