U.S. Gun Deaths Since Sandy Hook Top 1,280
Some of the faces of the victims of gun violence Source The Huffington Post. This story from the Huffington Post is very relevant, 1,280 gun deaths in the US since…
February 2013
Hubris
More legal trouble for Mayor Rob Ford “The audit revealed more than 100 apparent contraventions of the Municipal Elections Act, including the finding that Ford spent more than $40,000 above…
Vision pokes hornet’s nest at community centres
By Allen Garr, Vancouver Courier February 1, 2013 It is hard to imagine just how much political trouble Vision Vancouver is in right now. The pushback over its attempt to…
Political staffer profiles
There’s a couple in the papers today – one in the Globe, one by Canadian Press, about Grits and Tories, respectively. What do staffers think about such profiles? They hate…
The other conspiracy theories….
After writing about the nonsensical “chemtrail” conspiracy theory and its tin-foil-hat brigade believers, I amused myself by reading up on some of the other conspiracies-du-jour on the internet. And no,…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Ray Grigg explains how Idle No More and other decentralized social movements may make for a crucial counterweight to the Harper Cons and…
Premier Brad Wall’s MLAs Interfere With And Obstruct Saskatchewan’s Provincial Auditor In The Performance Of Her Duties …
“I just hope the discussion around here, and with all due respect, is not a message to me and to my staff that we should not be operating independently and…
5583…Public Peeing In Berlin
Germany. Those people love their rules. Thanks to Brent Kerrigan, my real world friend, for sharing this on Facebook. WFDS
A look ahead
SO after a successful OLP Convention where several bloggers were accredited (and others were blogging as delegates and alternates), here’s a brief look ahead at where I hope to be…
5582… The Clarity Act Vs. 50 Plus 1
I know the ROC gets its panties in a knot when talk of separation of La Belle from the rest of Our Home And Native Land comes up but I…
Feb. 2: Li-ar. li-ar, pants on fi-re…..
The great issue in Moncton is the building a hundred million dollar ‘events’ centre (hockey rink). This debate has been going on with one, constant theme in The Moncton Times…
Autism Society New Brunswick Meeting March 23 MacLaggan Hall UNB Fredericton
Autism Society New Brunswick Annual General Meeting March 23, 2013, 12:30 pm MacLaggan Hall, UNB Fredericton Room 53 Anyone with an interest in, or affected by, autism in New Brunswick…
They Want In
When Preston Manning’s neo-conservatives rode into Ottawa twenty years ago, their rallying cry was, “The West Wants In.” They claimed that they had been outsiders for too long. And, with…
In Canada, Aboriginal people more likely to suffer heart attacks: REPORT
by Canadian Institute of Health Information, Jan. 31, 2013: Once hospitalized for a heart attack, Aboriginal peoples in Canada are likely to have similar health outcomes as others in this…
Ontario Regional Chief Welcomes Superior Court Decision Regarding Residential School Records
by The Chiefs of Ontario, Jan. 31, 2013 TORONTO – Yesterday the Ontario Superior Court published a decision which made clear the federal government`s obligation to turn over its archival…
CASWE and CASW joint statement supporting Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island
A Canadian Association of Social Work Education (CASWE) and Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) joint statement supporting the aspirations of Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island and their aspirations, currently…
Saturday At The Movies
Never tick off a frog.
Stephen Harper and the Con Cabaret
OMG. It's true. They really are trying to change Stephen Harper's image. It's the most massive makeover in Canadian history. Even bigger than the last one.For there he was today…
Choosing the next Liberal leader
Choosing a candidate to lead a political party is ostensibly a task with the lofty goals of deciding the scope and direction a party is heading, the relative importance of…