Stompin’ Tom Connors Stomps Out
Farewell to a Canadian music legend who made folk music cool. Stompin’ Tom is bound to provoke cultural references for years to come. Listen to Corb Lund’s cover of Stompin’…
March 2013
A Human Caused Methane Avalanche
Reblogged from Sustainability Hub: About This Video: One of the most feared of climate change “feedbacks” is the potential release of greenhouse gases by melting arctic permafrost soils. New research…
5701…More Popular Than The Rolling.Stones
At least in your capital. A few years ago the Rolling Stones drew 43,000 in late August to the Central Canada Exhibition in Ottawa. A week or two later and…
RIP Stomping Tom Connors
Saw him at the Verdun Auditorium once, was a pretty cool character. Stomping Tom Connors
Boreal greenwashing: Mill-town politics in Northern Ontario
Every extractive capitalist economy needs a mechanism that allows corporate heavyweights to snuggle up with elected officials. In the US, there’s American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and if you haven’t…
Economic Reality
#nogrowth #cdnecon – let me reiterate – for the foreseeable future with no more than a relative 2% forever Even if one were a true believer worshipping daily at the…
Study Finds Cell Phone Customer Mistreatment Rampant
CPHSReport_Cover-Square.png Crowdsourced report puts the lived realities of Canadian cell phone users on display March 7, 2013 – A study released today by non-profit organization OpenMedia.ca shows a majority of…
Save Toronto Olivia Chow!
Olivia, or John Tory. Center-left or center-right. I don’t care. Someone please just send the clown away.
Mainstream headlines demonize Quebec student protesters (again!)
(video - 5 mars 2013, Montréal. Ostie d'grosse manif de soir contre la hausse éternelle from Mario Jean on Vimeo.) Tuesday, March 5, 2013, marked the rebirth of Montreal nocturnal…
Mainstream headlines demonize Quebec student protesters (again!)
(video – 5 mars 2013, Montréal. Ostie d’grosse manif de soir contre la hausse éternelle from Mario Jean on Vimeo.) Tuesday, March 5, 2013, marked the rebirth of Montreal nocturnal…
Mainstream headlines demonize Quebec student protesters (again!)
(video - 5 mars 2013, Montréal. Ostie d'grosse manif de soir contre la hausse éternelle from Mario Jean on Vimeo.)Tuesday, March 5, 2013, marked the rebirth of Montreal nocturnal protests…
Mainstream headlines demonize Quebec student protesters (again!)
(video – 5 mars 2013, Montréal. Ostie d’grosse manif de soir contre la hausse éternelle from Mario Jean on Vimeo.) Tuesday, March 5, 2013, marked the rebirth of Montreal nocturnal…
Vermont Voters Say "No" to Athabasca Bitumen
The people of Vermont want nothing to do with Athabasca bitumen being piped through their state. 29 towns, including Montpelier and Burlington, have passed resolutions opposing the proposed transport of…
You keep using that word…
… I do not think it means what you think it means. Ottawa pitches the oil sands as ‘green’ Relying on Canadian crude imports is the best choice for the…
Harper Conservatives Not Serious About Temporary Foreign Worker Fix
By: United Steelworkers Union (Press Release) | Mar 5, 2013: TORONTO – The federal Conservative government is showing it is not serious about fixing the discredited Temporary Foreign Worker Program,…
Breaking: NY Assembly Passes Two Year Fracking Moratorium, Senate Expected to Follow
In a roll call vote of 95-40, the New York State Assembly has passed a two-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), the toxic horizontal drilling process through which oil and…
The Next Myth: "Permanent Conservative Majority"
I’d like to point out this bit of sensationalism coming from CuriosityCat, as well as at Liberal.ca… forums? I dunno, wherever this is located. Yes, you heard it folks –…
5699…Good News For Blind Brits
Not blind as in drunk but blind as in Stevie Wonder. The good news is the price of your TV license in the United Kingdom has been halved. Registered as…
The Queers – Punk Rock Girls
Seein’ ‘em late tonight at the ‘Shoe, with Teenage Bottlerocket. Ramonesy pop-punk perfection.