On the same day that the Health Minister unceremoniously fired the Alberta Health Services board for refusing to revoke $3.2 million in bonuses, the Energy Minister announced the appointment of…
“In Ottawa,” Michael Den Tandt wrote last week, “money sloshes around like water in a tub.” Things have gotten worse since Stephen Harper ditched Jean Chretien’s modest attempt to provide…
After big election upsets, like in British Columbia this year — or in Alberta last year, or federally the year before that — political people like to say knowingly, “Campaigns…
There was a wonderful picture of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and resigning MP Bob Rae as they walk down a corridor in the Centre Block of Parliament the other day.…
How will Leonard Cohen feel when he picks up NY Times and finds out he’s dead, according to the Style section? pic.twitter.com/3nNhPjLnFS— Jessica Allen (@jessieraeallen) June 23, 2013
We watched Life of Pi last night, a film that has garnered much critical acclaim and won four coveted Oscar awards (although it has not been without controversies). I had…
It is always heartening to me, and I am sure to countless others, to see that some members of the Canadian electorate are not asleep at the proverbial wheel but…
Islander R.V. Sales & Rentals Ltd. v. Rice, 2013 NLCA 41 deals with reasonable fitness for purpose under the Sale of Goods Act (while a Newfoundland case the statute is…
Oh no. What a disaster.And how ironic eh?An extreme weather event, the kind the Cons don't like to talk about, has forced them to postpone their convention. The Conservative Party…
Hey I am/is/are/was as excited as anyone when I just/just/just read in the online edition of The Ottawa Citizen that our man Justin Trudeau is looking good. Your capital’s fave…
TweetCouncillor Don Iveson announced his candidacy for mayor this week, rounding out the list of the most likely candidates expected to run for Mayor of Edmonton this year. Councillor Iveson…
Honestly I expected more from the leader of The Green Party when she finally got herself a seat in The House of Commons. Before she became an MP she was…
I’d move to Yellowknife if it didn’t mean I’d be doing it alone! I had a great time in the North West Territories, and I look forward to going back…
I’d move to Yellowknife if it didn’t mean I’d be doing it alone! I had a great time in the North West Territories, and I look forward to going back…
Just a quick note that I posted a review of Man of Steel on the BC Humanist Association blog. Make sure to follow that blog for the occasional update. Tl;dr…
The Prime Minister infamously implored people to not “commit sociology” when Chechen-American thugs blew people up in Boston. The PM’s point was that he didn’t want people analysing the root…
In this speech George Galloway is in top rhetorical form. He takes a few well aimed shots at western hypocrisy, pointing out that while the U.S. et al are allied…
TweetWith three of Edmonton’s City Councillors in the mayoral election and two councillors retiring, there are now five open Ward’s in this year’s municipal election. With five out of twelve…
