In Tuesday’s Sun: disasters, political and natural
In Alberta, no elections are happening next week. People are focused on more important things — like the tragic loss of life attributed to the great flood of 2013, or…
June 2013
RoboCon Scandal: If You Complain You Will PAY
It's one of the worst scandals in Canadian history.A clear and deliberate attempt to steal an election.But if you received a call from the Con conspiracy called Pierre Poutine, don't…
Why are fewer hospital patients waiting for LTC?
Ontario hospitals report a significant decline in the number of patients in hospital beds who are waiting for a long term care bed. From November 2009 to March 2013, the…
Transfered, Beaten and Abused: The Ongoing Persecution of Kevin “Rashid” Johnson by the u.s. Penal State
The following is from a letter just received from Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party Prison Chapter. As previously reported here, Rashid was recently transferred from…
Idle No More And Indigenous Uprisings Guarantee A Sustainable Future
by: Kristin Moe | Article originally published by Yes! Magazine: Idle No More protest on Parliament Hill, Ottawa. Dec 2012 (Photo: Obert Madondo) There’s a remote part of northern Alberta…
Calgary’s Manhattan Moment
Andrew Nikiforuk is one of Canada’s leading energy writers and todays offering published in the Tyee gives an in depth report on the latest flooding events in Alberta and of…
Harper ‘Stunned’ By Magnitude of Alberta Flooding
I guess it doen’t take much to stun a climate-change denier like Harper: Recommend this Post
6183…Kathleen Wynne Has Pride
The Premier of Ontario sent me this note and asked me to share it with you. When I ran for the leadership of this party, some people asked if Ontario…
The Rising of a "Supermoon"
Reblogged from The Amazing Sky: Here is the much hyped Supermoon of 2013 rising into a twilight sky on the wet Alberta prairies. A clear night for a change, with…
Spending a Billion #cdnpoli
Many homes and lives were recently destroyed in Alberta last week. Warnings about where, and how to build homes were not heeded. A former Alberta MLA who headed up a…
6182…Bacon Dipped Bullets
Exclusively from South Fork Industries of Dalton Gardens, Idaho comes the pork dipped bullet. Iffen I could make sh*t like this up I would be a millionaire. But I can’t…
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, warns against governments taking control of the Internet
The inventor of the World Wide Web warns that companies and governments are trying to take control of the Internet, undermining the founding principles of the web. He is calling…
Trafficking on The Hill
As President of the Parliament Hill Driving School, I am pleased to announce that our company is now offering two new courses to our growing customer base in the House…
Canadians refuse permission to be filmed for anti-immigrant reality TV show “Border Security”
By: BC Civil Liberties Association | Press Release: BCCLA delivers over 1400 forms filled out by individuals refusing permission to be filmed to CBSA, Shaw TV and show producers BCCLA…
Mandela’s Family Praying For a "Smooth Transition"
Nelson Mandela is near death. The great man’s daughter, Makaziwie, says he is at peace and the family are spending “quality and sacred moments” at his bed side. “All I…
Flood Aid and the Self-Serving Hypocrisy of the Free Market Right
I knew it was coming. I knew it was coming, as sure as you know that when a big disaster happens in our neighbour to the south, sooner or later…
Trafficking on The Hill
As President of the Parliament Hill Driving School, I am pleased to announce that our company is now offering two new courses to our growing customer base in the House…
Happy Fête nationale from Someone Who Chose Quebec
Today is Quebec’s big holiday. Formerly named after French Canada’s patron saint St. Jean, Jean the Baptist, it now is more inclusive. Everyone is supposed to be welcome, although some…
Everybody get down, make love
I am about a week late for this, I guess, but I’m not one to jump on bandwagons and talk about things because it’s the official week of talking about…