On Monday the CRTC, Canada’s telecom authority, kicked off a week-long hearing that could change the future of cell phone service in Canada. Their plan is to develop a national…
No surprise that on the day after natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy talked about looming deficits of pre-1934 proportions that the ruling Conservatives did two things. First, backbencher Paul Lane…
Shocking, exciting news from Russia early this morning as coincidentally on the same day a major 50m asteroid is set to fly by Earth, a meteorite has struck Russia. Reports…
On the face of it Saint Valentine is a pretty odd fellow, after all how many saints have days promoting procreation named after them? There really is only one other…
For years, one of the few things that I have agreed with Harper has been on the issue of Senate reform. I don’t necessarily agree on all the details, and…
Alberta’s perpetually mismanaged boom-and-bust economy makes homelessness worse, as hopeful immigrants flock here in hopes of a better life, and find nowhere to live. At least this guy has warm…
All the attention focused on how costly it is to make pennies is worth less than any piece of copper. For much of last year the most popular cited reason,…
Download: earthgauge-podcast-feb14-2013.mp3 This week on Earthgauge, I present a feature interview with the Ottawa Riverkeeper, Meredith Brown and we talk climate science with Eric Galbraith of McGill University. Click the…
Well today was Valentine's Day and I didn't really feel like writing about it this year.For starters, if I saw another cellophane rose, tacky card, or other pinky thing coming…
NANDAIME – Valentine’s Day in Nicaragua is as much about friendship as it is love. Before the day was out, we would be finding both. Nandaime is a quiet town…
Guy Lamarche. He is the tourism manager for the Ontario city of Timmins. Toughest job in the world. WFDS
Rob Snow hosts the afternoon drive show on Bell Media’s talker in your capital, 580 CFRA. This week he is filling in for Lowell Green. Mr. Snow seems totally obsessed…
(For anyone interested, here is the eulogy I gave at my dad’s funeral. Lots of inside stuff, but it give you an idea of what the man was all about.)…
Late-night flotsam and jetsam: Original Sin Obama Is Wrong: Gerrymandering Isn’t to Blame for the GOP Fever Has Obama Kept His Open-Government Pledge? Neocons vs. Realists Is So 2008 Foucault’s…
A little past 4 30 EST this afternoon Marc Garneau, via The Huffington Post, called out Justin Trudeau. Those of you that follow this sort of thing are aware that…
Columnist says that while consumers complain about being handcuffed to long-term cellphone contracts, CRTC chair Jean-Pierre Blais has told Bell Mobility to estimate the cost of reintroducing one- and two-year…
Columnist says that while consumers complain about being handcuffed to long-term cellphone contracts, CRTC chair Jean-Pierre Blais has told Bell Mobility to estimate the cost of reintroducing one- and two-year…
Canada’s telecom regulator paid a to the Edmonton offices of RackNine Inc., a voice-broadcasting company used by the Conservative Party to deploy a robocall poll opposing changes to Saskatchewan riding…
Canada’s telecom regulator paid a to the Edmonton offices of RackNine Inc., a voice-broadcasting company used by the Conservative Party to deploy a robocall poll opposing changes to Saskatchewan riding…
