Parsing Redford’s Little Black Lies, Part 3
This is the third post in a three-part series. For Part 1 of Parsing Redford’s Little Black Lies, click here. For Part 2, How Redford Can Walk the Walk, click…
March 2013
#SpinAlert: Light Rail for the Valley Instead of a UBC Subway
Who Framed Roger Rabbit reminded us all of the Great American Streetcar Scandal: cars over mass transit. Now, in the lower mainland we have the UBC tunnel over light rail…
Astronaut Chris Hadfield Sings For St. Patrick’s Day
He sang from the international Space Station. Good singer!!
Stiglitz on Singapore
Nobel laureate economist, Joe Stiglitz, has an op-ed piece in today’s New York Times in which he looks at how Singapore’s efforts to redress inequality has reaped huge benefits for…
What Sideshow Steve Never Learned in Bible School
Harper, to the extent he thinks at all, thinks regular inspection of bitumen supertankers and a bit more aerial surveillance should put coastal British Columbians’ concerns to rest. Harper curiously…
Links of the Day: March 18, 2013
Analysis: Conservative scandals could overshadow budget in House this week The headline to this article really speaks for the entire article. The Conservatives have suffered scandal after scandal after scandal.…
March18: Damn it, Norbert….
…will you please stop pronouncing on subjects you know nothing about. You have never studied education. You have never taught a day in your life. It is possible you have…
1500 kilometres by foot through the arctic winter: the journey of the nishiyuu nears ottawa
On January 16, 2013, six young Cree men and an experienced guide left their community on Hudson’s Bay, in the far north, on foot. Their destination: Parliament Hill, Ottawa. Along…
Public broadcasting creates informed citizens – but only if we invest in it by Stuart Soroka and Blake Andrew
Columnists say the strongest public broadcasters in the world quite clearly help produce more informed citizens than do private broadcasters.
Public broadcasting creates informed citizens – but only if we invest in it by Stuart Soroka and Blake Andrew
Columnists say the strongest public broadcasters in the world quite clearly help produce more informed citizens than do private broadcasters.
Not all home and community care receiving increases this year
It’s always been an odd concept to us to separate out hospitals from other community-based providers. If hospitals are not operating in their communities, where the heck are they operating?…
Harper to Unveil West Coast Oil Spill Prevention Programme
The Harper government, or someone on its behalf, will show up in Vancouver today to announce that Ottawa has heard our concerns and has prepared a “world class” oil spill…
The Tiger with Eyeglasses
I did the previous Tiger drawing in Sketch Club and Sketchbook Pro, just to try the apps out again. For comparison, I dropped the first huge-headed odd cat sketch into…
The Strongarming of Kevin Page
In the thug gallery that passes for a federal government today this shouldn’t surprise anyone, least of all parliamentary budget officer, Kevin Page. On CTV’s Question Period, Page revealed the…
Putting a Clear Face on Austerity
The Cypriot people are discovering how austerity politics plays out these days. Like the Irish people before them, and the American public before that, they’re being fleeced to bail out…
Autism Parent Advocacy and the ASNB AGM March 23 – Our Voices Must Be Heard!
Parents and others affected by autism disorders in New Brunswick are invited, and asked, to attend the ASNB 2013 AGM this Saturday March 2013 at MacLaggan Hall UNB Fredericton formally…
Die, big media, die
This study doesn’t tell you anything you didn’t already know. Its findings will be endlessly analyzed and re-analyzed, naturally, but to no effect. You’ve heard it all before. The end…
Canadians Want Science to be Free
Scientists in Canada have come under attack and censorship under the federal Conservative government and Canadians want that to change. Science Uncensored is a new organization focused on ensuring that…
That’s One Way to See Rio de Janeiro
Kids, don’t try this at home.
What I Learned from Figure Skating
The figure skaters at the World Championship competition, held this past week in London, Ontario, are the top skaters in the world. And they fall. They fall on their bums…