Montreal and the Grand Prix Circus
It's Saturday night in Montreal, and the Grand Prix party is just warming up. Thousands of people are milling around on Ste Catherine street. Demonstrators, racing fans, tourists, party kids,…
2012
Alison Redford opens Edmonton Pride Festival – but goes AWOL from parade
Your blogger, with Alberta Liberal Leader Raj Sherman. Where were the PCs? Below: Some of the throng in Churchill Square, NDP MLAs David Eggen, Rachel Notley and Deron Bilous, Liberal…
Two Men Who Changed The World, And Two Men Who Didn’t
“The problems of Canada are not problems caused by Canada, they are the effects of the foreigner causes, the communists and the Jews.” The crowd of men encircling the speaker…
The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #2
This is Update #2 of the Red Deer River Oil Spill… Plains Midstream Canada has shut down 10 kilometres of the Rangeland Pipeline System. Plains Midstream Canada says, “The release…
5 Broken Cameras: a powerful record of Palestinian resistance
Top right: Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi 5 Broken Cameras is a must see. The documentary covers a span of 5 tumultuous years in the life of a Palestinian farmer…
Radicalizing Scientists
Dr. Mark Jaccard, professor of economics at Simon Fraser University and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his contributions to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,…
Founded speculation: Conservatives push for for-profit prisons and prison services in Canada?
There are some concerning trends happening in Canadian federal politics and government. Our current Conservative government is intent on passing legislation which would aim at putting more and more people…
The Bail System’s Not Broken
Christopher Husbands, who is charged with one count of first-degree murder and six counts of attempted murder in the Toronto Eaton Centre shooting, was on bail for sexual assault at…
June 10: How the news media got so bad…
Until the 1890s, newspapers were too expensive for most people; and news took a long time to travel. Accordingly, early newspapers were heavy on shipping news, official statements from the…
Halfway
So that went well. Mostly. I rode off at 6:40am and got in by 2pm. Maybe I am slowing down in my old age or maybe I need the speed…
Endangered Species Legislation Wrong Approach
Trying to protect endangered species is simply the wrong approach to protecting wildlife. What we do is allow open season on development/destruction of wildlife habitat unless it contains endangered species.…
4722…Dalton McGuinty On Beer
Imagine, an Irish Catholic that likes brown pop. Dalton McGuinty Craft breweries create a product that Ontarians enjoy and they help strengthen communities across the province at the same time.…
Liberal -The Farewell Tour!
Its all over except for the crying! Liberal Leadership Alchemy 3.0
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your Saturday. – Susan Delacourt’s mention of “likeonomics” as a branding strategy offers an interesting reference point for Canadian politics (particularly since our political scene has…
Blocking the Metro to the F1 Race is Dangerous
This is just wrong on so many levels. "Ligne jaune" (yellow metro line) is the way the vast majority of spectators will get to Montreal's F1 race tomorrow. To get…
photos: politicians in edmonton’s pride parade 2012.
Tweet Dave Colburn, chair of Edmonton's Public School Board. NDP MLA's David Eggen and Deron Bilous. Liberal MLA Laurie Blakeman (second from the left) Edmonton City Councillors Ben Henderson, Kim…
On activist parties
I haven’t written much myself on the NDP’s relationship to the growing casserole protest movement (which in recent weeks has expanded well beyond its Quebec origins). But I’ll take some…
Faytene Last-name-to-follow
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Some brief “stop press’ type items on Faytene, if I may. Why no full name mention on first reference, as I…
Splotch
Filed under: art, digital, drawing Tagged: 100 cats
100 cats series
Accidentally today, a number of posts went up. I’m scheduling some cat images from the 100 cats series. Sometimes the WordPress app screws up and doesn’t remember a tap or…