alberta-caribou.jpg Alberta’s threatened caribou herds will stand a significantly better chance of surviving the province’s development of the Tar Sands, according to a group of scientists, if the oil and…
Help a war resister adopt a service dog! So far we have raised $3,030 of the $8,000 needed. (The ChipIn page shows the amount donated online, but does not include…
I remember talking to my Grandfather on the phone in 1974. He was in Canada, and I was in the UK. There was an echo that made it very difficult…
Here. I’ll be on David Akin’s show tonight to discuss this stuff. Sure wish it was 2014, and not 2012. We could win the damned election!
There are a few items in the news today that run contrary to the constant spin we get from our Harper government spokespersons about the solidity of the omni-present Economic…
Nancy Duarte’s TED Talk about how to give an inspiring speech, and about following your dreams: * Duarte.com
This quote from Keith Ashfield, Fisheries Minister, raised my eyebrows a bit when I read it: Changes to Canada’s environmental protection laws in the federal budget implementation bill will offer…
Parasites are nasty things that take the lifeblood of other creatures, and escape to reproduce with it, leaving damage and disease in their wake. There are wood ticks and deer…
Like many Canadians, the Diva has been gripped with the dramatic situation in Elliot Lake, northern Ontario. A mall collapsed Saturday afternoon, killing at least one person and injuring more…
For those of us who loved the West Wing, we can look forward to his latest effort, an HBO series about news media called The Newsroom. And we can be…
Alex Tsakumis’ release of Dave Basi’s 2003 memo to file was an interesting test for British Columbia’s corporate media. The results were mixed. NW’s Bill Good managed to do 3½…
This is Update #12 of the Red Deer River Oil Spill… The Energy Resources Conservation Board says it has inspected the area for other oil pipeline or any other oil…
It is worth noting that EO Wilson and Richard Dawkins are currently involved in a dispute over some of the more intricate details of evolutionary theory. I mention this only…
Ian Reid at The Real Story has proposed a new name for ‘Concerned Citizens for B.C.’, a group organized by Liberal toady Jim Shepard. From BC Rail shill to straight…
Some how I don’t think this is what they had in mind: A disagreement between the twin giants of genetic theory, Richard Dawkins and EO Wilson, is now being fought…
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, with Parti Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois … or something very much like that. The politicians pictured above may not be exactly as illustrated in real…
In the book Criminal Profiling, Richard N. Kocsis described malignant narcissism as: “an extreme form of antisocial personality disorder that is manifest in a person who is pathologically grandiose, lacking…
The Ontario Provincial Police say that the average Canadian is on camera eight times a day. Slightly higher for Peter Mansbridge. Slightly lower for monks. WFDS
The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the governor general informs us on a slick vice-regal website, is “a new commemorative medal … created to mark the 2012 celebrations of…
