Yesterday the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) announced their plans to constitutionally challenge Shell Oil Canada’s expansion of the Jackpine Mine tar sands project. The project expansion would threaten the…
Tim Hudak’s concerns about the proposed Liberal public sector bargaining legislation are numerous. The legislation fails to impose an immediate pay freeze on workers. (“It’s not a wage freeze, it…
Trudeau enters Liberal leadership race: ‘I love this great country’ | CTV News And I’m not surprised his first stop is going to be Calgary, the lair of the beast.…
I’m pretty sure the monorail salesmen concerned business interests spending so much money equating “keeping Regina growing” with “sticking Regina with the tab for a new stadium” will start showing…
It is easy to think that we are immune here in Canada from the influence of the global “education reformers” who claim to want to improve schooling but really want…
As broadcast regulators review Bell’s $3.4B takeover of Astral Media, we’ve been reviewing how this acquisition would increase telecom prices, saturate Canada’s media channels and severely limit consumer choice. Beyond…
Well there’s nothing like a burgeoning food safety crisis to prompt some Prime Ministerial newsmaking. Meet the new nominee: “Mr. Justice Richard Wagner.” Just over one year on the Quebec…
It’s widely accepted that British Columbia lacks the authority to stop the Northern Gateway pipeline. The argument goes that the pipeline proposal would be a matter of federal jurisdiction. Maybe,…
Forbes, yes that Forbes, the business magazine understands the damage that income inequality is exacting on America’s economy. New research indicates that growing income inequality isn’t just unpleasant; it is…
He’s a former contender for the leadership of the federal Liberals, back in the days when that meant something, anyhow he landed on his feet and is the Grand Pooba…
I previously posted an item on Sir John Daniel’s discussion of MOOCs, but I have added more extensive comments on Tony Bate’s review – I rather suspect it is much…
He tops the list in Brazil.
Since Premier Redford supports the pipelines and tanker traffic and is content to have the federal government cram them past BC opposition – and bearing in mind that Premier Redford…
There has been quite a bit of angry backlash generated by the racist ad activist Pamela Geller and group succeeded in placing on public transit in San Francisco and New…
Meat recall expanded to 1,500 products over E. coli threat The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Tuesday has now recalled more than 1,500 beef products in Canada from the XL…
… behaviour directed at Québec Anglos? On the evening of September 22, Mr. G., a 17-year old young man was walking with his cousins in St. Léonard, an east-end neighbourhood…
The CRTC announced yesterday that two positions will soon be opening up: Vice-Chairperson, Telecommunications (replacing outgoing vice-chair Len Katz) and Regional Member. In addition to those vacancies, five (out of…
In 2008 the world trembled on the brink of an international financial meltdown. Stock markets sank; banking systems were almost frozen; house prices plummeted; and most people wondered what the…
The ethical, philosophical and societal implications of this are truly mind-boggling. Imagine getting your hands on a functioning, entirely lethal pistol a mere matter of downloading a file and running…
