Guy Lauzon: He Sees Dead People
From The Cornwall Free News: CFN – Cornwall Ontario resident Barrie Brown was shocked when his daughter brought him a condolence note from SD&SG MP Guy Lauzon on Barrie’s passing!…
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Significant Digits: 2016 #nlpoli
Four years from now, Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation and Hydro-Quebec will automatically renew the 1969 power contract for another 25 years. Everyone knows that, surely. What you may not recall,…
Trashy in China, 4.0
Day one. Well, that wasn’t so bad, really… yeah, it’s about 22 hours in travel mode door to door, but the flights were uneventful and I had a half-decent sleep…
“Data” on Parliamentary Secrecy from Martin Years Includes Senate Committees, Bogus Committee
As promised, I am conducting a fact-checking inquiry into the recent news report alleging, contrary to routine media reports of growing secrecy under the Harper government, that actually Martin’s brief…
Local vs global
Over at collide-a-scape Keith has inadvertently stumbled upon an interesting observation from an article in the Guardian which states: The world’s cities have seen a 45% increase in population since…
Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel channels Henny Youngman: ‘Take my Opposition leader … Please!’
Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel and your blogger at a much warmer meeting than the one Wildrose Party Leader Danielle Smith had with His Honour yesterday. The guy with the cigarette…
New 3-ball logo
Now with more globe-y-goodness Isn’t it pretty? This new fancy 3-ball was created by Ali Lupu. Go check out his other work and while you are over at his place…
edmonton’s advantage: we owe danielle smith nothing.
After three years of slagging him in the media, Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith met Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel for the first time yesterday (The image is a dramatization of…
Not Bad Jobs; Just No Careers Either.
Very often, I find myself wondering just what goes through the mind of a Conservative Cabinet Minister before they open their mouths. Clearly, given Jim Flaherty’s latest gaffe, the thought…
Out of the mouths of babes!
A very enlightened young lady, indeed!
Who’s the REAL Manchurian Candidate?
Ezra Levant's recent description of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson as the "Manchurian Candidate" for his ("foreign-backed") oppositi...
Action on the Homefront: Introducing the Street Team Program
As part of OpenMedia.ca’s commitment to community engagement and ground-level participation in the fight for a more open, affordable Internet, we are pleased to introduce the OpenMedia.ca Street Team program.…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Personable cats.
An Examination of Marc Lemire: Part X
First, we thought we would post a transcript detailing the heady days when "White Nationalists" would roll on their fellow travellers: Marc Lemire kindly provided some of the evidence with…
Autism Reality NB at IMFAR 2012 in Toronto, Canada
I am off tomorrow morning, very early tomorrow morning, for the IMFAR 2012 convention in Toronto. I am very excited to be attending and blogging courtesy of Autism Speaks, Autism…
What Makes a Great Superhero Movie?
A few hours ago I plunked myself down in a movie theater, 3D glasses on nose, popcorn and diet coke to hand, ready to watch an action movie that got…
Koch "Facts" Flummoxed Over Undeniable Tar Sands Business, Keystone XL Interest
Koch Facts.png Authored by Connor Gibson, cross-posted with permission from PolluterWatch.org For those who missed the deep investigative piece published by InsideClimate News last week documenting a half-century of Koch…
Historical ideologues in the new era
The other day I was asked a question on twitter which for the life of me I could not fit an answer in to 140 characters. The question was in…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your day. – Kayle Hatt’s blog looks to be a must-read from here on in. And his post on what to draw from the latest polls…