We Have Had Enough Rubbish From This Rogue CVRD Board!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger-Beware of CEO’s bearing gifts!’ The CVRD Director’s are out of control and have been for the past three or four years. The Eco Depot, a Garbage Transfer…
January 2013
Please tell me this isn’t true, Ontario Liberals…
The same day I send in my delegate form, I see this rumour coming from Scott Tribe: … might pull the move the Federal Liberals tried a year ago, which…
Trend breakdown for 2013
In 2013 we can expect to see some significant events. I still believe that 2012 will be considered a “cakewalk” compared to what we can expect to see coming up…
Raising your voice for the Enbridge JRP (in Victoria, Vancouver and Kelowna)
Thursday, January 3, 2013 Well, tomorrow (January 4th) the Enbridge Joint Review Panel arrives in Victoria. It’s in Vancouver on January 14th, and in Kelowna on the 28th. So this…
here we go again
Edmond Burke’s famous maxim that “those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it”appears to be a feature not a bug for the ascendent Japanese right-wing. Shinzo Abe seems…
Shell’s Kulluk Rig Grounding Proves Folly of Arctic Oil Drilling, Again
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell spent a good portion of 2012 defending allegations that the company wasn’t “arctic ready.” The disaster that occurred with their offshore drilling rig Kulluk on…
As life moves on
The holidays are over, a season that pleased even the newcomer, grandchild #6, grand-daughter #2, from our youngest son and his wonderful wife. Can anyone doubt why we need steady…
We need a youth service corps.
Until 2011, Canada had a pretty cool program government-funded program called Katimavik. This program took young men and women from all over the country and showed them the culture of…
A message to Christy Clark and friends
An old Turkish folk tale teaches: The candle of someone who lies almost always burns just to midnight. After his candle goes out, nobody gives him any light. He remains…
Wedding Garb, Bulgaria
Winter-only weddings – Bulgaria ‘I do’ Source: NBC Interesting!
As a RTW province, would Ontarians face higher unemployment and lower wages?
With rising inequality challenging economies in developed countries, it is hard to understand why Ontario’s Tories would pursue a labour agenda that would only serve to further widen levels of…
Defaulting on Sanity
Just when you think the stupidest ideas on Earth have died for good, they will be resurrected as an even stupider idea. The Wildrose alliance has finally given their take…
Al Jazeera different than Fox? by Daniel D’Addario
Columnist says Qatari network Al Jazeera’s purchase of Al Gore’s Current news channel has resulted in Time Warner Cable promptly dropping Current, denying the forthcoming Al Jazeera America access to…
Vancouver’s annual lifeguard school begins January 8
January 3, 2013 The Vancouver Park Board’s annual Lifeguard School begins January 8 at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre. The program provides lifeguard certification and recertification to update qualifications. Now in…
The mean test: how we measure success
Chief Theresa Spence (by Regina Southwind, Rabble, December 17) As we enter 2013, how is Canada doing? How do we stack up against other rich countries? Emerging from the year…
The mean test: how we measure success
Chief Theresa Spence (by Regina Southwind, Rabble, December 17) As we enter 2013, how is Canada doing? How do we stack up against other rich countries? Emerging from the year…
Meet Anthony Ingraffea—From Industry Insider to Implacable Fracking Opponent
By Ellen Cantarow – Originally published at EcoWatch.org Why, exactly, is high-volume slickwater hydraulic fracturing such a devastating industry? How best to describe its singularity—its vastness, its difference from other…
Hard for First Nations to get out the real story
Jon McComb, doing the morning show on CKNW today, had this to say about Attawapiskat: “The housing crisis that has plagued her remote reserve of about 1,900 people has been…
Atleo Proposal Offers Harper Way Out
For those people hoping Theresa Spence will get out of this hunger strike alive, or simply too weary of all the coverage and wanting it to be over, today’s modest…
The Ontario Liberals have lost the next provincial election.
Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten has decided to impose conditions of employment on Ontario's public elementary and secondary school teachers. She did mention that she would repeal Bill 115 after…