Friday night: RIP Richie Havens
It wasn’t planned that way but the first performer to take the stage at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair in 1969 was Richie Havens, who passed away earlier this…
April 2013
Election 2013: Party platforms from 10,000 feet
Friday, April 26, 2013 The BC New Democratic Party released its election platform on Wednesday (April 24th), the last of the four main parties to release its platform. What? You…
Election 2013: Party platforms from 10,000 feet
Friday, April 26, 2013 The BC New Democratic Party released its election platform on Wednesday (April 24th), the last of the four main parties to release its platform. What? You…
from your children’s cold dead hands, America
From the “You’ve got to be fucking kidding me, America” department: Why try to control the spread of push-button death machines when you can dress you kid kevlar? From the…
so you think you can play harmonica
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Angus Reid BC Poll: 45% NDP, 31% BC Liberal
We’ve got just over two weeks to go before E-day in British Columbia, and so far there has actually been some slim pickings for polling done. Since the beginning of…
The 2013 Q1 Churn Appointments #nlpoli
One of the great things about having orders in council readily available is that people can find information. That’s exactly why the current administration has kept them as secret as…
NDP Leader Adrian Dix Isn’t Short Sighted With His Position On Oil Pipelines
Kevin Logan-Cowichan Conversations Contributor Cowichan Conversations and Common Sense Canadian contributor Kevin Logan has hit the big time with this opinion piece carried by the Vancouver Province. His was a…
How much does it cost your cell phone provider to send your text messages?
We recently saw Telus increase the cost of sending a text message to the U.S. to 40 cents. Research and your stories have shown that Canada has some of the…
5919…Air Quality Is An Issue In Eastern Canada
From Facebook. Lord help us if they win the Cup, eh? WFDS
what i’m reading: youth fiction: the hunger games
This is the first in a series of reviews of youth (formerly called YA, or young-adult) novels, which I will be reading in no particular order and with no particular…
I Hear that BCR Train a-Coming, It’s Coming Down the Track!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger One of the longest, if not the longest controversy ever to hit BC, the BC Rail Scandal, will be examined following the election of Adrian Dix and…
5918…Ottawa Mayor Gets/Pays Parking Ticket.
CFRA reports that our boy mayor, Jimmy Watson, got his Toyota Camry tagged with a fifty dollar ticket last night at City Hall. CFRA also reports that our boy mayor…
5917…Ottawa Citizen Takes Shot At Justin Trudeau
I dunno why nor do I understand the concept. What I do understand is the Stephen Harpers have taken debt in Canada to a whole new level so perhaps Cam…
Walking for Mother Earth
Winnipeg, April 21, 2013: Some of the participants in the 10th annual Seventh Generation Walk for Mother Earth, at the Oodena Circle at The Forks. Photo: Paul S. Graham Despite…
5916…Speaking Of No Shows
Dean. Del Mastro. Where for art thou? WFDS
Denise Wagler-Allan winner of this year’s HCDC pop quiz
Congratulations to Denise Wagler-Allan – winner of this year’s Health Care Divisional Council annual pop quiz. A $100 gift certificate goes to the delegate/alternate whose entry was first to be…
Rape victim’s father takes on Christie Blatchford’s rapist apology column
Christie Blatchford is the ideal Canadian Conservative journalist. She rarely shows compassion. Her game is to game the system to act as stenographer for authoritarians like Stephen Harper and Rob…
Public comments prove Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is all risk, no reward
By: 350.org | Press Release: WASHINGTON – April 23, 2013 – Opponents of Keystone XL have submitted more than one million comments urging President Obama, Secretary Kerry and the State…