By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: This week six courageous “Journey of Nishiyuu” Aboriginal youth arrived in Ottawa after walking 1 600 kilometres from Whapmagoostui on Hudson Bay in…
And, as I remind my children all the time, the lead singer has a Ph.D and teaches at Cornell.
On holiday in Cat Island, Bahamas recently, something happened. Regular readers of my blog might recall that I’ve blogged about Cat Island before – it’s a remarkable place in its…
April 1, 2013 marks the 64th anniversary of Newfoundland’s confederation with Canada. Here are a few older posts on the subject that stand the test of time: Federalism and the…
With all the Enbridge advertisements flooding our airwaves I think it’s time to show another kind of flood. This is footage of the oil spill in Mayflower Arkansas. This is…
I think he may have. Here is a quote my real world and Facebook friend Samuel Getachew posted. “When I die….if you want my organs, get them. I am going…
Another first for the UN-phobic Harper government. After earning the distinction of being first to bail out of Kyoto, they are now the first to jump ship from the UN’s…
Or, more to the point, Washington Post writer Thomas Boswell explained Why Time Begins on Opening Day in his 1984 book. The boys of summer are back. Let’s go Yankees,…
From January 30, updated with an audio clip from The Bill Good Show on CKNW. Monday, in Something Big, Out of Something Small…, Alex Tsakumis mentioned a fact obvious to…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Saturday turned out to be a spectacular warm spring day. It was perfect weather for about 250 residents and politicians gathered in Shawnigan Village to rally and…
MAYFLOWER, Ark. — Exxon Mobil Corp. says crews are working to contain and clean up an oil spill near Mayflower, Arkansas after its Pegasus pipeline ruptured Friday afternoon. The pipeline…
Ogden Nash To paraphrase Ogden Nash (actually Mr Nash did not utter this famous phrase, but for some reason we all think he did), “Spring has sprung, the grass is…
The astute among you may have perceived somewhat of a reduction in the frequency of updates over the past several weeks. With Slap approaching its seventh year, I need a…
The astute among you may have perceived somewhat of a reduction in the frequency of updates over the past several weeks. With Slap approaching its seventh year, I need a…
As US renews pledge to drill in Arctic waters, Greenland places moratorium on new leases By: Lauren McCauley | Common Dreams: A White House official reaffirmed Wednesday the Obama administration’s…
Ever wonder what would happen to the reactionary conservative sense of identity if it ever ran out of things to be outraged about? Happily for its psyche, that is not…
The Dominion of Newfoundland celebrated Gordie Howe’s birthday in 1949 by ceasing to exist. It was on this day that Joey Smallwood’s dream came true. Newfoundland became Canada’s 10th province.…
He is not fully hatched yet.
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