Calgary Herald: NDP Leader Mulcair says oilsands access should be opened up, but not with new pipeline Yes. A better/cleaner/safer plan all around would be to process this stuff in…
July 12, 2012. 4:00 pm • Section: OpinionThe Province, Vancouver BC There has been some discussion at Vancouver city council about an extension of the seawall. A motion is coming…
Watershed Watch presents a “Cliff’s Notes” version of key evidence and testimony from the ongoing Cohen Sockeye Inquiry. “Concerned that key evidence was hard to access and could become buried…
Responding to Doug Johnson, who in turn is responding to Miguel Guhlin, who has made his RSS work again. 🙂 My managers and co-workers read my blog (though not as…
marcellusmoney.jpeg Consider it official: the Pennsylvania statehouse has been bought and sold by the shale gas industry, confirmed today, yet again, by MarcellusMoney.org. In a press release, Marcellus Money, a…
Someone thinks this story should make you angry about the big bad government and how it discriminates against poor persecuted Christians and robs people of fundamental liberties with its jackbooted…
It is all over the media. For those of you that don’t recall/were not born, his 1980’s TV show, which ran at 8 on NBC Thursday night, was so powerful…
I was at Wal-Mart South Keys today and saw sunblock at 110 spf. As best I can figure this means I, a very White person of Celtic stock, can, after…
Invocation of the Queer Spirits (Governor’s Island) – AA Bronson There is always a certain magic to be found in the moment of queering. As bodies are opened to unsanctioned…
Scott-Brown-Campaign-SMS-Marketing1.jpeg With a straight face, Republican Senator Scott Brown told a crowd in Massachusetts this week that “oil companies don’t get subsidies” from the federal government. Brown tells us that,…
Thanks to modern technology it can be really easy to always be checking email and taking calls. This is great for some circumstances but it’s always important to take a…
Paying Workers More to Fix Their Own Mess, David Leonhardt, New York Times, March 2009 ” ‘We cannot attract and retain the best and the brightest talent to lead and…
Enbridge has provided an interesting response to Christy Clark’s concerns over the Enbridge pipeline. “We have a struggle here in B.C. and we know that,” said Janet Holder, the Enbridge…
With all the predictions of doom and gloom coming from the austerity camp, one would think that Canada was already about to hit the famed (but never seen) “debt wall.”…
FRIENDS recommends that as part of the CBC licence renewal process, the CRTC carefully examine the importance of hockey rights to the overall CBC English Television commercial revenue model.
Looking for an apt night out in Ottawa to celebrate Friday the 13th? Then look no further than La Danse Macabre, a brand new event hosted by Ottawa Goth. La…
The rumor mills are buzzing with the news that Jean Charest’s Liberals are going to call an election for Sept. 4 or Sept. 10. Which makes it quite apparent that…
Henricks-Hunter v. 814888 Ontario Inc. (Phoenix Concert Theatre), 2012 ONCA 496 deals with section 24 provides that a court may enforce a fee agreement if it is “in all respects…
When we were looking for a place to live, we chose to buy a home in a beautiful, peaceful valley. Every day after work, we crest the hill and the…
Containers, Facebook, Baseball & the Dark Matter around Open Data (#IOGDC keynote)
Below is a extended blog post that summarizes the keynote address I gave at the World Bank/Data.gov International Open Government Data Conference in Washington DC on Wednesday July 11th. Yesterday,…