April 4: looking for an important story….
….but it wasn’t there. The confiscation of bank accounts at the Bank of Cyprus is developing as a much bigger story than it might seem. So, of course, I checked…
April 2013
April 4, 1968
As I have done for years – and as I have remembered since that day, when I was a boy in Dallas – today I remember the death of Martin…
Rappin’ with Atwood and Moore
My Twitter feed has been fun the last few days, including an exchange with one of my favorite authors, and a literary legend. I was also surprised to discover that…
Senior Civil Servant Risks Career – Goes Public!
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Kevin Page took on the challenge of setting up and overseeing the first Parliamentary Budget Office. He managed and maintained this enormous undertaking and he did…
The New Disappearing Party of Canada
Yaffe’s right – Trudeau has basically erased the Mulcair Dippers’ public profile. But the process was underway well before Justin Trudeau became a leadership candidate. Bob Rae, and his caucus,…
Well on the way to Debt Freedom #nlpoli
According to economist-consultant Wade Locke, the provincial government’s “Sustainability” Plan includes a debt commitment: The long-run target is to bring the province’s net per capita debt gradually down to the…
Alberta Govt Hires Bipartisan Team of Lobbyists to Woo Washington on Risky KXL Tar Sands Pipeline
The Alberta government has hired a team of “foreign special interest groups” to lobby the U.S. Congress and the White House in a desperate attempt to garner support for the…
Justin Trudeau and the Con Attack Machine
Holy Voodoo Batman. I see Great Ugly Leader is getting ready to go after Justin Trudeau.Hoping to pin his doll on the Trophy Board of Dead Liberal Leaders he keeps…
Wildrose raised big cash in 2012, Tories fell behind.
TweetUnofficial political donation records published by Elections Alberta yesterday show that Premier Alison Redford‘s Progressive Conservative Association is not in the robust financial situation its leaders are accustomed to over…
This week on EG Radio: Guest host Chris White on environmental cancers and media coverage of the climate crisis
Tomorrow on EG Radio, guest host Chris White will be broadcasting part of an NPR interview with Wen Stephenson on the coverage of climate change in the mainstream media. Stephenson…
Exxon’s tar sands oil spill shows risks of Enbridge’s Line 9 project for Ontario and Quebec
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Last Friday’s ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline disaster in Mayflower, Arkansas, should warn Canadians against Enbridge’s proposed Line 9 project, says Environmental Defence. The Pegasus…
Trudeau, Soldiers With Guns, and Ironic Pride
In 2006 the Liberal Party was ashamed for accusing Stephen Harper of wanting to put armed soldiers on every street; yet somehow in 2013 Liberals are proud that their next…
Robocon: Guess who Sona will call as witnesses?
Michael Sona: Whom should I call? Sona, charged with being the man behind the voter suppression robocalls in Guelph in the suspect May 2011 election, has, through his lawyer, repeated…
5815…Fine North Korean Craftsmanship
No one has ever uttered those words. No one has ever written those words. Until now. Fine North Korean Craftsmanship. The reason the WFDS wrote those words is coz he…
Canada’s lagging Internet and digital strategy
We have seen Canada falling behind the world in Internet speeds, while increasing in prices. We need the government to prioritize accessible, affordable, and excellent Internet for Canadians. Call on…
Things to Come | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
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