An open letter issued to Canadians by Royal Bank of Canada President and CEO Gord Nixon (read here) apologizing for his company’s decision to shift 45 Canadian jobs to imported…
The LSE questions the journalistic ethics of the BBC, after misleading students and posing as members of the London School of Economics during a recent trip to North Korea.
Editorial cartoon via: The Chronicle Herald The Canadian Progressive recommends: Rehtaeh Parsons: Anonymous Says It Has Rape Confession War on women Scathing report accuses RCMP of raping, abusing B.C. Aboriginal…
Kevin Grandia, DeSmog’s former Managing Editor and current senior consultant, is featured in this month’s Rolling Stone magazine. Kevin Grandia: The Muckraker, as Rolling Stone aptly calls him, is recognized…
You’re a surgeon. A father to five young kids. This is not how you should be spending your free time.
TweetThis week Edmonton-Centre Liberal MLA Laurie Blakeman was recognized in the Legislative Assembly as being the “longest-serving member to serve exclusively in opposition in Alberta’s history. Ms. Blakeman was elected…
Responding to Michael Feldstein, who on summarizing the recent EDUCAUSE MOOC conference (see my summaries from this blog) represents MOOCs as yet another form of artifact in support of traditional…
With so many things of note to comment on, today is one of those days when, if I had the time, I suspect I would spend most of the day…
The key to deficit reduction is not austerity – reducing government spending by cutting programs and personnel – but good old-fashioned employment. Stanford’s argument is in the Krugman reformist, Keynesian…
The key to deficit reduction is not austerity - reducing government spending by cutting programs and personnel - but good old-fashioned employment. Stanford’s argument is in the Krugman reformist, Keynesian…
The key to deficit reduction is not austerity – reducing government spending by cutting programs and personnel – but good old-fashioned employment. Stanford’s argument is in the Krugman reformist, Keynesian…
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Todd Bentley is preparing to crank up another revival. And GOD TV, the cable TV and internet TV station has just…
Sometimes, I’m a bit slow… Yesterday, the Tand T ran an editorial saying that the railway line through New Brunswick needs work, that it’s in bad shape. Okay… I read…
Frankly, I was disappointed in Joyce Murray’s speech at the LPoC showcase, and I have severe doubts as to whether her plan for cooperation (A runoff??? A RUNOFF???) with the…
Following her death on April 8, the bitter row over Margaret Thatcher’s legacy continues – with a campaign to get the song “Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead”, from the…
He is opening a restaurant and Saloon. Source of Picture: The Huffington Post.
And another one gone – a victim of assault and revenge porn enacted and filmed by a bunch of teenaged boys who had more power than they might have ever…
We’ve had snow in April before, but for the last several years it’s been warm enough for me to eat breakfast on the back porch, albeit usually with a coat…
Before computers, I relied on a monthly magazine for my connection to other caregivers. I was a new mother of a baby with severe disabilities and that magazine was called…
If you are of a certain age, you will remember Jonathan Winters, probably the most nimble comedic mind that the twentieth century produced. As a lad, he was one of…
