Meet My Mother – A Natural-Born Activist
My mother is, well, unique. When I was in kindergarten, I walked to school – alone. All the other children were dropped off by their parents, but my Mom just…
May 2013
5976…Great Food In Store At The Stampede
From the looks of the junk food menu at this year’s Calgary Stampede, held right at the epicentre of our beloved Prime Minister, Stephen Harper’s world, it won’t just be…
The Garlic: Interview With Carbon Dioxide
The Onion hasn’t lived up to its journalistic standards of fake news, so I’m writing a piece for The Garlic, and interviewing Carbon Dioxide to get its thoughts on surpassing…
ABC-Anybody But Clark (Video) Terrace Daily News
Because, you know what, do you know what? The Terrace Daily News featured this video with a display on their front page. It is edgy, well, the repeated screechy ‘Liar-Liar-Liar-Liar-Liar’…
5975…Mike Duffy Hand In Till V.2
The loyal Conservative fart catcher and Senator from Kanata Mike Duffy got caught with his hand in the till yet again.Of course the esteemed Senator “Duffy, who has already committed…
The Death Of Alvin Cote: Saskatoon Police Mourn Homeless Street Alcoholic They Arrested Over 1,000 Times
City Police in Saskatoon Saskatchewan have received a lot of bad press over the years. These articles will show that these hardworking officers and staff could not just ignore a…
PEI’s anti-choice Liberals – Abortion in PEI
An editorial I wrote today in response to this article that ran in The Guardian today: ‘ movement supporters restate their opposition to abortion’. Submitted it to the paper, maybe…
BC Liberals Close the Gap, but Is It Enough?
There have been three polls released in BC recently, which unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to cover (I’ve been busy with other things, ranging from Twitter suspending my account…
It’s Dead Motorcyclist Season Again
Late spring to early summer marks Dead Motorcyclist season. It’s the time of year when fatal encounters between motorcyclists and motorists are particularly apt to happen. Many bikers are seasonal…
Canadians paying 13% more for cell phone service than last year – time to Demand Choice!
Canadians are paying 13% more for cell phone service than they did last year – this while Canada’s overall inflation rate holds steady at 1%. That’s according to a study…
Planet Earth: Time lapse photos over 29 years recorded by various satellites
These time-lapse photos – taken over 29 years – are very telling, about what we humans are doing to this Earth. Urban sprawl in Las Vegas, forests and delicate ecosystems…
J.D. Power study shows cell phone rates are rising sharply; OpenMedia.ca available for comment
DC-Fees_200x200_130423.png Cell phone prices rising 13% more quickly than inflation WHO: Steve Anderson, Executive Director, OpenMedia.ca Lindsey Pinto, Communications Manager, OpenMedia.ca WHAT: J.D Power & Associates released a study that…
There’s Always Money in the Banana Stand
Stephen Harper has made a huge mistake. I’m not sure if Tom Mulcair has what it takes to be PM, but he’d make a fine Mr. Manager: NDP leader Tom…
Swaping songs for socks: has Indiegogo become colonized by capital?
Remember when crowdfunding was a baby? It was an innocent but fierce little phenomenon that you would feed, along with a whole community, and lo and behold, a project would…
Volkswagen’s Too Cool Autostadt
If you live in certain parts of Europe, you can get a Volkswagen directly from the factory. Your car is built to order and then stored in one of these…
Twitter as public space, and related problems
Last weekend, the Globe and Mail published two articles on Twitter, both of which were dismissive of the platform and were written by authors who do not actively use it.…
High prices & lack of competition mean Canada is the only developed country with under 100% cell phone penetration
Thanks to factors like better prices and competition, we see places where individuals can, and often do, own more than one phone. Many people like to have more than one…
Coming Soon to Canada, "Fortress B.C."
The CBC’s Stephen Smart sees rough waters and rocky shoals ahead for Ottawa-B.C. relations after Tuesday’s provincial elections. Perhaps for the first time in his reign our eastern ruler may…
Will Future Generations Call Obama The ‘Environmental President’ Or An Abject Failure?
This is a guest post by Joe Romm, cross-posted from ClimateProgress with permission. It’s tempting to grade the President on a curve, but future generations won’t — if we destroy…
And Speaking Of The Tarsands ….
This is brilliant. Thanks to Anon, who, in his comment on my previous post, directed me to this video: Let’s try to spread this as widely as possible. Mockery and…