Saturday Photo: Snow Tracery
The temperature has risen, but before the snow is reduced to piles of grayness, here’s picture taken when our holiday snow began.
January 2013
The Canadian Conversation is Not One Dimensional-But The MSM Is! *Updated*
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The concentrated ownership of the corporate media has created predictable, dull and unreliable sources of news and information. Canadians have seen their once diverse ‘Mainstream Media’ devolve…
According to The Canadian Press: “Statistics Canada says…
According to The Canadian Press: “Statistics Canada says the country’s trade deficit with the world ballooned to $2 billion in November from $552 million in October as merchandise imports rose…
Sheesh
…apparently the post below left a few folks, well, confused and hurt. My sincerest apologies to everyone I have ever offended, everywhere, at any time. So: 1. I remain a…
Saturday Afternoon Links
This and that for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne sounds the alarm about the choice of the government of Newfoundland and Labrador to cry “deficit!” as an excuse to…
Idle No More
Harper’s neglect of First Nations, indifference to them, has come to a head, with the Idle No More protests taking off across the country. The protests are against the poor…
#skndpldr Candidate Update – Trent Wotherspoon
Let’s close my mid-campaign updates with a look at Trent Wotherspoon – who started the campaign trying to lock in an image to swing the race in his favour, but…
Star-Phoenix gets it right
Refusing to join the knee-jerk triviality displayed elsewhere, the editorial writers at the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix understand the bigger picture: Serious talks just beginning: Over the last generation, more First Nations…
Jan. 12:public sector, private sector and other myths
Interesting story on p. A14. Mr. Ashfield, the minister responsible for cuts to employment insurance says all the complaining about the cuts is due to misinformation. Quite possibly so, with…
Ontario Rangers Rally in Support of Life-Changing Program
photo by awreeves Until the first speaker reached the podium, the protest to save the Ontario Ranger Program at Queen’s Park on January 4 seemed more like a high-school reunion…
OLPLDR
If today is LEM day, can I finally expect to not be voicedropped by six candidates a day? I mean, the movie voiceover guy is nice and everything, but I…
#skndpldr Candidate Update – Erin Weir
As the candidate with the least name recognition in a field consisting of the 2009 Saskatchewan NDP leadership runner-up and two multi-term MLAs, Erin Weir has spent much of the…
Starring Brad Pitt as Pontius Pilate?!?
By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission No one can say that Hollywood is a boring place, eh? It seems that Bible-themed films might be a bit of…
My tribute to OLP leadership teams, and my so long to OLP, too
As all of the OLP delegate-selection stuff begins today, I figured I would be uncharitably nice. Just this once. The Eric Hoskins folks have run a creative, fun campaign, with…
Idle No More: A profound social movement that is already succeeding
I haven’t written about Idle No More yet because I am inspired by the plethora of Indigenous voices that we are finally hearing across the country, including of late in…
Vote for a jobs Premier, vote for Charles Sousa at your LEM today!
He’s proven he can win. He has the business experience and financial acumen Ontario families trust. He’s put forward bold ideas for renewing our party and growing the economy. But…
Crown must take aboriginal status into account when considering filing notice mandating mandatory minim sentence in impaired driving matters
R v Anderson 2013 NLCA 2 holds that the Crown breached s. 7 of the Charter in failing to take the offender’s aboriginal status into account when filing notice mandating…