Brampton is not the sleepy Bill Davis, greenhouse town of my youthful remembrance
It’s huge. Massive sprawl. Lots and lots of subdivisions, wide roads and shopping malls. On our way up to the farm we’d drive right up main street and someone in…
2012
Musical interlude
Big Wreck – That Song
‘Dutch Disease’ Confirmed By Harper-Funded Study
Despite the ongoing Harper-led campaign of vilification against Thomas Mulcair for his comments about the Alberta tarsands and Dutch disease, a Harper-funded study confirms the truth of his assertion. As…
Scandal, transparency and integrity in politics : a discussion
http://www.facebook.com/events/283645018396065/
Scandal, transparency and integrity in politics : a discussion
http://www.facebook.com/events/283645018396065/
Scandal, transparency and integrity in politics : a discussion
http://www.facebook.com/events/283645018396065/
DSM5 Autism Day At IMFAR 2012: Swedo Confirms Some Intellectually Disabled Will Be Excluded from DSM5 Autism Spectrum Disorder
Today was DSM5 Autism Do-Over Day at IMFAR 2012. Dr. Susan Swedo, head of the DSM5 committee that drafted the DSM5 Autism Spectrum Disorder, spoke twice today, once at a…
Letter to CBC President Hubert Lacroix
Letter to CBC President Hubert Lacroix regarding applications by the public broadcaster to amend the licences of Radio 2, Espace musique, and their affiliated stations to permit national advertising
Con talking head is “disappointed” in our democratic process…
…huh? Conservative Party spokesman Fred DeLorey called the decision disappointing. “Fifty two thousand people in Etobicoke-Centre followed the rules, cast their ballots and today had their democratic decision thrown into…
CBC Problems Start At The Top by Barry Kiefl
The CBC’s former head of research says that outmoded management systems are crippling our most important cultural institution.
Friday night
How can you not like that with all the kids around the world and all the athletics and the dancing, so fun. Great pump up song. Have a good night!
Friday night: RIP "Duck" Dunn
Bass player Donald “Duck” Dunn passed away last Sunday at the age of 70. The list of Top 40 hits he played on is a long one but it all…
Toronto Riding Election overturned for irregularities
Wrzesnewskyj v. Opitz , 2012 ONSC 2873 was release today – see below for decision. The case was careful not to attach blame on the candidates but rather to focus…
From Doug Pyper
Hi Friends, I just sent a message to Premier Christy Clark recommending that the Government of British Columbia inform the Government of Canada that the province is now exercising its…
Arthur Topham Arrested
Not sure of the details, but boneheads are claiming online that Arthur Topham was arrested this past Wednesday: Arthur Topham, publisher of the Radical Press website, was arrested on May…
Quebec’s red square hits Cannes’ red carpet
The team behind 'Laurence Anyways' attends the film's premiere in Cannes, France. (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images.) Although Québécois filmmaker and actor Xavier Dolan may be across the Atlantic at the Cannes…