Conrad Black, Vito Rizzuto, but Not Omar Khadr?
Vito Rizzuto who recently finished a prison term in the US for involvement in a gangland killing, was whisked back to Canada as soon as he stepped out of jail.…
2012
As You Sow: Coal Investments, Shale Gas, a Bad Bet
In a missive titled “White Paper: Financial Risks of Investments in Coal,” As You Sow concludes that coal is becoming an increasingly risky investment with each passing day. The fracking…
Aggregation Workflow in gRSShopper
A few points: First, on workflow, which is the topic of this post. Here’s how gRSShopper currently works. It’s more detailed than suggested in the post, but contains the same…
Clown Apocalypse: The Clownsickle
One of the worst things about the clown apocalypse was just sorting out the sick from the opportunistic psycho-killers, who used the disaster to cover their own heinous activities. Many…
Canadians Answer The Call To Defend Our Coast While Climate Silence Reigns South of Border
It was a cool rainy day in Victoria, British Columbia yesterday, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from coming out to the B.C. Legislature to show both the provincial…
To all of those Con and Dipper detractors…
… who screeched that the Premier of Ontario was but a power-crazed coward for resigning his post, I say: HA! Turns out he only wants to spend more time with…
Go For It
The next premier of Ontario will almost certainly face a spring election. I like elections. In fact I don’t think we have enough of them. In fact between elections I…
Oxford Properties Building New RBC Headquarters
Can your landlord help your business attract talents, reduce environmental footprint, and foster team collaboration? Royal Bank of Canada aims to achieve all that with its new Canadian headquarters in…
He would’ve been a contender
…and I can tell you that senior Conservatives were quite unenthusiastic about him as federal leader. But that’s that.
When engineering becomes imagineering #nlpoli
Nalcor issued a news release on Monday to correct inaccurate statements about the water management agreement between Nalcor and Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation. Sounds good, except that Nalcor didn’t identify…
The Lougheed Legacy: Christy Clark, and a Divided and Uncompetitive Nation
The Lougheed Legacy: Christy Clark, and a Divided and Uncompetitive Nation You will note that I did not make this post at the time of Peter Lougheed’s death and the…
Questioning Answers – An Excellent Autism Research Blog
My favorite blog dedicated to autism research is Questioning Answers, by researcher Paul Whiteley, and I recommend it for anyone interested in the subject. Whiteley presents autism research information in…
Budget Fall 2012, Part 4: 28 Canada’s Largest 43 Lakes Removed from Navigable Waters Protection
Sixth Estate’s budget coverage continues; previous reports are on the MP pension reform scam and the removal of 30 of Canada’s 47 longest rivers from protected status as navigable waters.…
The Conservative Economic Record
Sept 2012: Unemployment is up at 7.4%; it has been increasing since June while American unemployment has only gone down. July 2012: Worst trade deficit ever in Canadian history at…
Comedian Kamau Bell Joins Romney, says F**K Science!
This is a funny video brought to you by Actually.org – the same team that produced Samuel L. Jackson’s election video “Wake the F**k Up!” Enjoy: Tags: kamau bell election…
This Is My Mecca
I make it pretty plain that I’m a biker. I had my first serious crash in, I think, 1965. ’75, ’85, ’95, ’05, what is it now, 2012? I’ve ridden…
Paulie Clears Up Tremaine Story
You know, this might come as a huge shock to our readers, but the fine folks at Free Dominion don't seem to like us very much. We know! We can't…