Networking – The Essential Job Search Skill
Oooh, look at my diverse group of new professional contacts! So, last week I did a little piece on a crucial job search skill: the all important job interview. Now,…
2012
Chesapeake Energy Well Blowout in Wyoming Causes Evacuation, Methane "Roared" For Days
chesapeake-energy.jpg A potentially dangerous oil well blowout at a Chesapeake Energy site in Wymoing caused at least 60 and perhaps 70 residents to evacuate within 5 miles of the disaster…
alberta election maps: percentage of vote by constituency.
I have spent some time over the past week looking at the voting numbers from Monday’s general election and have created these maps showing the percentage of vote earned by…
Just Another Ordinary Liberal in the Trenches
Twitter is an interesting place to observe the partisans of various parties verbally sparring with each other. You can also see partisans from the same party going at each other…
Coal Ash Sites Posing Increasing Dangers To Water Supplies, Public Health
toxins-in-water.jpg The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) has once again put together a fantastic report regarding water contamination near coal ash disposal sites. Last year, the EIP released several reports showing…
KONY 2012 – Why we need to focus on another cause
I keep seeing these posters all over town about KONY 2012. For a while I saw statuses and YouTube videos posted on facebook and Twitter about the documentary that Invisible…
Stephen Harper: NDP Didn’t Support War Against Hitler
This is truly weird. Harper has completely lost it. Read the story here.
Harper hitting new lows
The talk of the day, the Nanos poll on leadership numbers. Nice to see Canadians seem to be factoring in the major scandals of the past month or so on…
Liz Witmer
I always liked her, have I mentioned that lately?
Shaw Cable’s Dismissive, Dodging Customer Service
Shaw, the Corporation If you are a lower mainland Shaw Cable customer you may have noticed a quite vague notification of a $5 bill increase coming in June. It is…
Top 10 Lists Nurses Probably Should NOT Publish on their Blogs
The Top Ten: 1. Top 10 Reasons I Should Be Reported to My Professional Regulatory Agency 2. Top 10 Medications Errors I Have Made (and How to Avoid Them) 3.…
Chrishaun "CeCe" McDonald stands trial for defending herself against racist, transphobic, homophic attackers…
A transgender African-American woman is set to go on trial next week on charges of second-degree murder for an altercation after she was reportedly physically attacked and called racist and…
Chrishaun "CeCe" McDonald stands trial for defending herself against racist, transphobic, homophic attackers…
A transgender African-American woman is set to go on trial next week on charges of second-degree murder for an altercation after she was reportedly physically attacked and called racist and…
Chrishaun "CeCe" McDonald stands trial for defending herself against racist, transphobic, homophic attackers…
A transgender African-American woman is set to go on trial next week on charges of second-degree murder for an altercation after she was reportedly physically attacked and called racist and…
How to survive a plague – a documentary about the history of AIDS activism
The 25th anniversary of the formation of ACT UP recently passed and Democracy Now did a piece on this documentary. This weekend marks the 25th anniversary of ACT UP —…
How to survive a plague – a documentary about the history of AIDS activism
The 25th anniversary of the formation of ACT UP recently passed and Democracy Now did a piece on this documentary.This weekend marks the 25th anniversary of ACT UP — the…
How to survive a plague – a documentary about the history of AIDS activism
The 25th anniversary of the formation of ACT UP recently passed and Democracy Now did a piece on this documentary. This weekend marks the 25th anniversary of ACT UP —…
#HarperHistory: Canadians Respond to Stephen Harper’s NDP ‘Hitler’ comment
In Parliament yesterday, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair asked PM Stephen Harper whether or nor Canadian special forces would stay in Afghanistan beyond the 2014 withdrawal deadline. Harper’s answer: “The leader…