OpenMedia Street Team replies to the Hon. John Weston
The OpenMedia Street Team recently delivered 354 StopSpying.ca signatures to the office of Hon. John Weston (West Vancouver – Sunshine Coast – Sea to Sky Country) in a coordinated campaign…
January 2013
James Lawrence Powell: Divest Over Global Warming?
This is a guest post by James Lawrence Powell, originally published on GoFossilFree.org A generation ago, students urged colleges to sell their stock in companies doing business in Apartheid South…
What happens if the Mayor’s seat on Council is declared vacant
Dear residents, On Friday, January 25th at 10:30am, we will find out the court’s ruling on Mayor Rob Ford’s appeal. To be clear, no matter what happens with this case,…
Hope
Now. Obviously, I lost the plot a little bit with my earlier attempts to profile all the candidates. But, with the Ontario Liberal convention upon us (today is what the…
Hope
Now. Obviously, I lost the plot a little bit with my earlier attempts to profile all the candidates. But, with the Ontario Liberal convention upon us (today is what the…
Hope
Now.Obviously, I lost the plot a little bit with my earlier attempts to profile all the candidates. But, with the Ontario Liberal convention upon us (today is what the pros…
5558…Tim Hudak And Plan Destroy Ontario
So here is the Progressive Conservative leader’s plan for Ontario.First bring in RTW, Right To Work, which will destroy unions and save us money by having ten dollar an hour…
Newspaper Comments Highlight Canadian Racism
The comments sections on some newspapers and online news sites can be infamously bad. The Calgary Herald’s commenters, many of them frequent enough to be “top commenters”, put on a…
Feet of clay
After Laura Robinson‘s September exposé in the Georgia Straight, John Furlong held a widely reported news conference where he defended himself categorically and accused the reporter of inaccuracy and “shocking…
5557…Lance Armstrong And The Bible
My real world and Facebook friend Mike McDonald, no not the comedian, may be it is the name that does it, writes that “If these lawsuits against Lance Armstrong for…
Hope
Now. Obviously, I lost the plot a little bit with my earlier attempts to profile all the candidates. But, with the Ontario Liberal convention upon us (today is what the…
5556…Twitter Fight Between Brazeau And Spence
You know you are supposed to win the war then have the Civil War. Ireland and Russia come immediately to mind but there are others. Our beloved First Nation’s people…
5555…Brian Masse On Tony Clements
My Facebook friend and Dipper MP from The Rose City, Brian Masse comments on The National Post story that is headlined thus: Despite Tory promises, spending cuts haven’t saved any…
Chief Spence Ends Her Hunger Strike, But The Struggle Continues
* Chief Theresa Spence has ended her hunger strike today. Here is the press release issued by her and her supporters: * Daniel Wilson reflects on the legacy of Chief…
Happy Ukrainian New Year With Rick Mercer
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Perhaps it is time to lighten up a bit and there is no better way to do that than hooking up with Rick Mercer. This video features…
Ontario Forests Will Be Net Carbon Source Until 2040
Ontario Forest in Spring. (Flickr image by jd_09) Ontario’s Crown forests are expected to remain a net source of carbon emissions for the next three decades, according to the latest…
Killarney Community Centre Association pitches ‘call to action’
By Sandra Thomas, Staff writer January 24, 2013 Provoked by conditions included in the park board’s proposed joint operating agreement, the Killarney Community Centre Association has called an emergency meeting…
Wynne Expects to Lose? No, geniuses.
This stupid video popped up today, and was posted by BigCityLib earlier in a post that has other stuff I really don’t know about, nor care about. This isn’t a…