On provisional boundaries
Volkov has already summed up the likely effect of the preliminary Saskatchewan federal riding boundaries released today. But before we start planning the Regina Lewvan victory party, the most important…
2012
On unscientific methods
Scott is absolutely right to be skeptical of the claim that the Cons will let science play any role in their attempt to force a pipeline through northern B.C. –…
The Mars Landing Videos
Mars Science Lab which is presently the Curiosity rover, landed on Sunday night Earth time in Saskatchewan. There’s an excellent video first that explains why the landing was carried out…
Andrew Bolt Cuts Ties With Climate Science Denying Galileo Movement Over Alleged Anti-Jewish Conspiracy Theory
galileo.jpg ANDREW Bolt is Australia's loudest and most popular climate science doubt-spreader who just loves to stoke the fires of environmental conspiracy theorists with his daily splurge of blog posts…
Having an issue with my Rogers cell phone. They’ll fix it…For a fee!!!
What a great day I had today, let me tell you about it. My cell phone basically shut down this morning, sometime before it was to sound the alarm I…
Arctic Ice Decline Much Worse Than Expected
August 2012, Arctic ice extent models.png As the extent of Arctic sea ice declines to levels unrecorded since satellite monitoring began, the National Snow and Ice Data Center has released…
Canadian Government to extend EI benefits to families of seriously ill children
The Canadian Government announced today that Employment Insurance (EI) benefits will be extended to families of seriously ill children. It will allow parents or legal guardians of minor children with…
Canadian Government to extend EI benefits to families of seriously ill children
The Canadian Government announced today that Employment Insurance (EI) benefits will be extended to families of seriously ill children. It will allow parents or legal guardians of minor children with…
Canadian Government to extend EI benefits to families of seriously ill children
The Canadian Government announced today that Employment Insurance (EI) benefits will be extended to families of seriously ill children. It will allow parents or legal guardians of minor children with…
Canadian Government to extend EI benefits to families of seriously ill children
The Canadian Government announced today that Employment Insurance (EI) benefits will be extended to families of seriously ill children. It will allow parents or legal guardians of minor children with…
New Sask Ridings Give NDP a Leg Up
The folks doing the federal redistribution for the province of Saskatchewan has come out with their proposed boundaries today, finally putting to rest those horrible eight ridings that broke up…
Netflix Satisfaction Ratings Dip by Daisy Whitney
According to TDG’s research, the number of “highly satisfied” Netflix streaming customers has dipped from 68 percent to 48 percent.
He Blinded Me With…Science?
Source: CBC News: Harper Defends Independence of Pipeline Approval Process Well, this certainly wasn’t a headline I was expecting to find this afternoon. It’s pure fantasy, of course, but it…
4997…Twoonie Tuesday At PFK
PFK is known as KFC in the non Bill 101 world, nonetheless I believe that Twoonie Tuesday is universal. It is also closer to two twoooonie Tuesday but I digress.…
Time for British Columbians to Get Serious About Energy Issues
A recent poll by the Globe and Mail reveals that British Columbians place an appallingly low priority on energy matters, with just 1% identifying energy as the most critical political…
4996…How About Them Expos
First place in the National League East. Of course they are now called the Washington Nationals but, but, but. As a former residence of Jonesville I have my fingers and…
Montreal’s Week Against Prisons, August 7-12
Because if you’re Black, you are three times more likely to end up in a federal penitentiary. Because if you’re Indigenous, you are nine times more likely to end up…
FIFA sucks… and so does the IOC…
This is such utter bullshit. Either the fix was in or that ref was just so completely incompetent that it defies imagination. And I know more than a little bit…
“Right to Work” Laws and Jobs
Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak claims that passage of an anti union “right to work” (RTW) law (making mandatory union dues illegal) would create jobs, especially in hard-hit manufacturing. With…
4995…Say A Prayer For Jim Watson
It is reported widely that Ottawa’s boy mayor is, as I write this, undergoing his second round of treatment for skin cancer. And if you are white like he and…