Leave Joyce alone
…or, here’s the deal: every Liberal staffer who spots a drunken, stoned or otherwise indisposed Conservative Parliamentarian will be provided with an online spot to record and document what they…
2012
ConCalls: Waiting For Nothing #RoboCon
As many bloggers have suspected for months, there’s no serious investigation into over 230 ridings across Canada regarding the robocalls scandal. Elections Canada is supposed to be working on more…
New Forms of Assessment: measuring what you contribute rather than what you collect
Once again, as we do at the start of every school year, we are hearing about the rampant cheating that goes on, especially online, but in fact, everywhere, and without…
What A Difference a Year Makes
Just ask anyone who lives alongside or works on the Mississippi River. This is what Big Muddy looked like last year. And this is what the mighty river looks like…
"Students putting students first" – Ontario Student Trustees’ Association calls Putting Students First Act "a fair deal", but will the NDP and Catherine Fife listen?
The NDP and Catherine Fife have already come out against the Putting Students First Act, but will they listen to the students of Ontario themselves or their big union money…
5097…NDP Busted
So like you cannot take donations from unions anymore but the Dippers took over 340,000 shekels from their friends at the United Steelworkers, the Canadian Labour Congress, the United Food…
Beam me up
Lala just won this for me at an amusement park in Maine. I am comfortable with the change in gender roles, yes.
5096…President Romney A Def Possibility
Race Even As Parties Convene That is a front page headline in today’s hardcopy of The Washington Post which is the paper of record in D.C. Yogi Berra said “It…
CBC Television Consumer Watchdog Show “Marketplace” Alive And Well
Canada’s long-running consumer watchdog show survived the recent brutal CBC budget cuts, after all. “Marketplace” returns on September 14. With seasoned reporters Tom Harrington and Erica Johnson at the helm…
North Cowichan Budgeting Should Be Participatory
Rob Douglas is a Cowichan Valley activist very instrumental in organizing a series of meetings regarding Cooperatives in the Valley. Here is his latest column written for the Cowichan News…
Video from the BC Humanist Association
We were sent a link to the following video on YouTube. It is a presentation from August 17, 2012 by Edwin Hodge concerning white supremacy in the digital age. Overall,…
Canada Politics News Roundup For Monday, August 27, 2012
The highlight of our Canada politics news roundup today is a piece of news that highlights the burgeoning culture of entitlement by public figures. RCMP Commissioner, Bob Paulson, used eight…
Attitudes Toward The Poor
“The more wealth you have, the more focused on your own self and your own needs you become, and the less attuned to the needs of other people you also…
You’re Hooking That Electrical Wire WHERE?!?!?!
Source: CBC News: RCMP, Border Agents Can Use Torture-Tainted Information Astute watchers of this government will tell you that this is hardly news; such a missive went out a year,…
Rogers strikes deal to buy Score Media in $167M deal by David Friend
Rogers Communications has struck an agreement to buy sports broadcaster Score Media Inc. in a transaction valued at $167 million.
Rogers strikes deal to buy Score Media in $167M deal by David Friend
Rogers Communications has struck an agreement to buy sports broadcaster Score Media Inc. in a transaction valued at $167 million.
Who Really Created the Internet? These Cool Dudes
Brace yourself. You owe it all to this dapper bunch. Nice black knee socks, eh? Or maybe you’re more into the ankle socks.
Stephen Harper: PM of Cannibals
Recently Stephen Harper was introduced by a Conservative MP Ryan Leef as the PM of Cannibals; later on Environment Minister Peter Kent did the same. Now Harper has a new…
Long-term care industry plans reinvention during austerity
Not all beds in “Long Term Care” facilities provide long term care. “Convalescent care” beds are a form of “short-stay” beds in long-term care (LTC) facilities. Convalescent beds receive an…