Secret buds fishing trip
Shh, be very quiet, no one wants us to know about this: “Stephen Harper lures Rob Ford to Harrington Lake.” No comment all around, from the PMO and from the…
2012
Nomination battles these days
Joan Crockatt’s winning numbers at Saturday’s Calgary Centre nomination meeting: Two sources indicated that three candidates were dropped and their votes redistributed before Crockatt emerged with more than 50 per…
Quebec’s Election: Endorsements and Analyses
Quebec politics are unique in North America because of the two distinct dimensions along which political battles are fought. In addition to the standard left-right dimension, there is the sovereignty-federalism…
Sea Ice in Arctic Measured at Record Low – NYTimes.com
The amount of sea ice in the Arctic has fallen to the lowest level on record, a confirmation of the drastic warming in the region and a likely harbinger of…
Neil
By now the news of Neil Armstrong’s death is a few days old, but while we all mourn the passing of a great man, we should take the opportunity to…
a narrow focus on downtown won’t help edmonton.
TweetA new report released by Edmonton’s Downtown Business Association shows the downtown may potentially be on the verge of some significant development. The report, which included speculation about rumoured investment,…
Legault’s CAQ party filling Separatist sails
Quebec Liberal party supporters could be excused for perhaps thinking that the idea for the creation of François Legault’s CAQ party was to split the federalist vote. After all the…
Sid Ryan
Anyone got his real email address? Something could get really, really interesting.
I’m entitled to my entitlements
The spirit of David Dingwall lives on.RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson thinks he was entitled to use “volunteer” RCMP as a backdrop at his wedding.Toronto mayor Rob Ford thinks he’s entitled…
Weekend in Frontenac Provincial Park
Irene, Mallory and I had booked a weekend in Frontenac Provincial Park but my father died and the only weekend we could schedule for the memorial happened to be the…
Photos of Gravelbourg, Fir Mountain, and Wood Mountain
Here’s a sampling of why you’d want to take a drive south of Moose Jaw sometime. I left Wood Mountain on Sunday afternoon Drove by Fir Mountain not too long…
‘The Liberal Party Of Canada’ – a party about nothing ….
The Liberal Party no longer “stands for anything” and could be “squeezed out” by Canadians who think the political spectrum is strictly left or right, says a high-profile leadership contender.…
Progressive Quebeckers Should Vote PQ
Has the PQ erred by not having an English version of their website? Yes, obviously. Is the premier of Alberta and the the Republican USA candidate more bilingual than Pauline…
Environmental Assessment in Canada/PEI
TCH ‘Plan B’ – Environmental Assessment has GREAT significant impact! on a crowd of people who learn that the chances of getting a ‘significant impact’ ruling, is 100-1. Tonight I…
Proof Mitt Romney is Racist
The ultimate proof Mitt Romney is a xenophobe:
Here’s a pet peeve.
(5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Senate Officials Kept A Liberal Senator Voting For Months After She Was Declared Legally Incompetent By Medical Officials
Our unelected, undemocratic Senate limps along with absolutely no regard for the nation. Here we have a Liberal Senator, who, as a result of Alzheimer’s disease has been declared legally…