LyondellBasell recently announced its plans to nearly triple its tar sands refining capacity from the Keystone XL pipeline as protests escalate across the continent By: Tar Sands Blockade | Press…
Former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein passed away a couple of days ago at the age of 70 – not unexpected, as media reported a couple of weeks back that his…
This is a bit of an old story but one that has legs.Earlier in March The Toronto Star reported that “A Quebec senator is in the spotlight over reports that…
Recently on Twitter I engaged first the execrable Ezra Levant who had retweeted some obvious climate change denialist trolling to #cdnpoli (apparently the fact that it is cold at the…
Over the course of a recent fortnight, I used any time not otherwise committed to engage in a mind-numbing and potentially pointless task: I have gone through the web sites…
America, land of the formerly free and home of the lamentably broke. A recent Harvard study estimated the costs of America’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq at at least $4-trillion…
A new generation of home buyers, lured by low, post-hurricane prices, are moving in to coastal neighbourhoods devastated by Hurricane Sandy. They may be on the losing end of a…
South Cowichan are residents facing an unfathomable threat to their Shawnigan Watershed, drinking Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger water, creek and Shawnigan Lake. They have been organizing resistance to this…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Paul Krugman discusses how a myopic focus on slashing taxes and services figures to cheat future generations out of desperately-needed social structure: You…
Clark Aposhian heads his state’s biggest gun lobby, the Utah Shooting Sports Council. Aposhian is a true believer in the right to bear arms, including the AR-15 assault rifle. He…
Page 8. “Mnister extends olive branch”. Sort of. Health Minister Flemming’s olive branch is that he says he is willing to discuss budget cuts with the Medical Sociey. He will…
After the passing of Peter Lougheed last year, another Alberta PC titan is gone, with Ralph Klein passing away at the age of 70. Although it is customary to offer…
Him: Who’s this guy? Me: Who do ya think? Him: You? Ewwwwww! Me: Don’t worry. I’ll be embarrassing you for many more years to come.
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Faytene Grasseschi is starting to promote her pro-life walk from Montreal to Ottawa with an interview with Brian Lilley of Sun…
Those of us who write in the progressive blogosphere, I suspect, often have a ‘dark night of the soul,’ fearing that we are only preaching to the converted in our…
Now, I never passed Anarchy 101 and have never painted a haphazard “A” within a circle in red paint. Ever. Never even thought about it. But I’m going to take…
A great loss and tragedy. I knew Kevin forever. He was a decent, straightforward and competent professional. Someone you could talk to by phone and who always focused on substance…
L: Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Jody Carr R: Autism Society New Brunswick Acting President Harold Doherty The Autism Society New Brunswick meeting last Saturday March 23, 2013 was…
In the midst of scandal Peter Penashue resigned and is seeking re-election in Labrador. This by-election is perfectly placed to be a present for the next Liberal leader. Another seat…
