shutterstock_87374705.jpg One of the environmental movement’s biggest accomplishments over the past decade has been convincing states to adopt so-called renewable portfolio standards (RPS). RPS require a state’s energy supply to…
Very nice write-up on Xtra.ca about something I’ve been working on the last few months. I re-print it here in its entirety: Pride short-film showcase ON SCREEN / ‘It makes…
Storm chasers converging on Saskatchewan hoping to catch sight of tornadoes REGINA – A storm chaser says he and others from the southern United States are going to be watching…
Lowest numbers in eons for RIM stock. Eon = 2003. Story in The Hamilton Spectator quotes Morgan Stanley as saying the company is “essentially broken”. I guess the question I…
So the city is conducting a consultation on the Byron/Tyndall Corridor – basically the route from Gladstone to Parkdale to Tyndall to Holland to Byron. Although the study is looking…
Stephen Harper’s Tories are proof that when a dictatorial regime is threatened by the force a democratic insurgency, and the specter of losing power, it becomes dangerous. Threatened by the…
Columnist says that the big three of American technology all clearly have their eyes on the television market and with TVs getting increasingly advanced and internet-connected, they’re becoming more reliant…
“I very much doubt that any of the interveners actually think that they can stop the (MLSE) transaction; what I think they are hoping to do is to cause the…
Those of us living in civilized and modern societies now understand that the future belongs to indistinguishable gender roles for men and women. Roles that do not discriminate between the…
Nothing out there about El Roundo today. Methinks it is only time before he is back selling Suziki’s. Isn’t that ironic? WFDS
Except for me. At least I am consistent. Eme.WFDS
Friday it was about 40 with the humidex and all that; 100 plus American. Today’s headline at CFRA Online is Kayaker Treated for Hypothermia Seriously. WFDS
The last Tuesday in June. Happy early Canada Day as next time you hear us, Canada will be another year older. We have an exciting show lined up for you.…
Daniel Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Wolf, Bill Maher, Michael Moore, and Oliver Stone were among the prominent USians who signed a letter urging Ecuador to grant asylum to…
I strongly encourage anyone with an autistic child or interest in autism services in Canada to watch this video by Jean Lewis, Canada’s foremost autism advocate, who has lived and…
A follow up from an earlier post on this blog about This provincial riding. I’ll be brief. Lets first examine what happened to get us here. The NB Liberals began…
No post to day because I spent most of it running around preparing for NPD Outremont’s barbecue. Great fun, good crowd (we went through 200 paper plates, which gives an…
In Federal Court:* Council of Canadians: There was vote supression in the 2011 election. Conservative Party of Canada: Maude Barlow hates us. Council of Canadians: There was vote supression in…
The Conservative government created the position of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, and now the government is creating its legacy. After creating the position of Parliamentary Budget Officer in 2006 this…
Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page’s quest to force the Harper GovernmentTM to release details of its budget cuts escalated over the weekend, when Page said that the government’s secrecy could…
