January Is a Cruel Month: the Carpe Diem Files
Four friends lost parents in January. All of the deceased were in their 80s or older–and one, our neighbor Mary Macdonnel Bélisle, was 106. My mother, whose birthday was in…
February 2013
Hudak mental health white paper ignores existing national and provincial strategies
Earlier this week we were told that the Hudak PC’s were going to release a White Paper on Mental Health this Thursday. While the paper is still not up on…
Score Two for the Telly #nlpoli
James McLeod’s Telegram front-pager – above the masthead no less – on John Noseworthy’s $150,000 contract with the provincial government got all the facts right. He nailed it all, in…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, February 8, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, February 8, 2013: Of terrorism and citizenship Pastor apologizes to employer for praying alongside Muslims, Jews at…
Is it time to phase out Vision’s Penny?
By Allen Garr, Columnist Vancouver Courier February 7, 2013 There is at least one penny a growing number of people in Vancouver would be happy to see taken out of…
Stephen Harper’s Man
Plenty of side issues now swirling around Patrick Brazeau, which to my mind are distractions from the real issue as articulated in this wheat from the chaff summation. This controversy…
Stephen Harper’s Man
Plenty of side issues now swirling around Patrick Brazeau, which to my mind are distractions from the real issue as articulated in this wheat from the chaff summation. This controversy…
Stephen Harper’s Man
Plenty of side issues now swirling around Patrick Brazeau, which to my mind are distractions from the real issue as articulated in this wheat from the chaff summation. This controversy…
Stephen Harper’s Man
Plenty of side issues now swirling around Patrick Brazeau, which to my mind are distractions from the real issue as articulated in this wheat from the chaff summation. This controversy…
GovernmAnt’s next Anti-crime salvo to target mentally ill
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/inside-politics-blog/2013/02/governments-next-anti-crime-salvo-to-target-mentally-ill.html
Exploiting Mandela
In an age when everyone feels entitled to their own reality series because, well, because they are ‘special’ and entitled, I suppose I shouldn’t be appalled that that icon of…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – While we may sometimes lose track of the continuing differences between Canadian politics and those in the U.S., here’s a reminder of how…
Algonquin Park: A Waste Diversion Success Story
Algonquin Park at sunrise. Flickr image by Karin Lewis. The crown jewel of Ontario’s provincial park system is being recognized for hitting a crucial milestone not often associated with our…
Cool top guys
Great idea, great fellows. Know and like them all. They also all read this web site, and they’d bloody well give me some business for the free advertising I just…
First rule about campaigns to improve your reputation?
Don’t tell everyone you’re running a campaign to improve your reputation. Sheesh.
Ask General Kang: Is there anything wrong with using the word ‘sartorial’?
You probably get a lot of funny looks when you employ that adjective. Some of the looks are from borderline homophobes, who believe that you’d have to be a little…
Why did Harper appoint Brazeau to the Senate? Political gain of course
You may have heard that Senator Patrick Brazeau was arrested on a charge of domestic violence in the last day and that within hours of that news, Prime Minister Harper…
In Which Enbridge Admits
…that diluted bitumen can sink, thus acknowledging reality. Getting them to that point was a bit like pulling teeth, however.
Muskrat Mania #nlpoli
Nova Scotia “energy consultants pan Muskrat Falls project”. “Let’s wait for URB verdict”: former NS NDP leader Ekuanitshit Innu suing over Muskrat Falls. (French) Nalcor excluded the George River herd…