Have Canadians Won the Man-Powered Helicopter Challenge?
The Canadian team, AeroVelo, may have won the prize for the first, man-powered helicopter flight. Here’s the tweet they sent yesterday: “Hit 3.3 metres & 65 sec on our flight.…
June 2013
Who Is Fracking With California?
California has become the newest battleground state in the fracking fight that is already being waged in states like Pennsylvania and New York. Why? The short answer is the Monterey…
#RobFordLooksAtThings – 0010
Rob Looks at an owl, owl looks for a way out. Rob Ford looks at an owl MORE RobFordLooksAtThings
Social determinants more than cost of care key to sustainability
Critics of Medicare often point to Canada’s dubious population health record as evidence of the need for system reform, but seldom do these critics spend much time looking at the…
Conor Recovery … For Dad … Means Walking On The Trail Again
We have been very happy with the excellent care Conor received after his adverse drug reaction. Everyone involved, from our family doctor who saw us very quickly after our concerns…
The Fight Against FIPA
Monday, June 17, 2013 “We stand together! We stand together! We stand together!” On June 5th, 2013, West Coast Environmental Law’s Executive Director Jessica Clogg and three legal interns joined…
The Fight Against FIPA
Monday, June 17, 2013 “We stand together! We stand together! We stand together!” On June 5th, 2013, West Coast Environmental Law’s Executive Director Jessica Clogg and three legal interns joined…
On a Day When Canada’s Two Biggest Cities Appear to Have Crooks as Mayor…
A little ditty thata may make you smile: The You Can’t Fight City Hall Blues
Out of This World – What Does Walt Natynczyk Have That Canada Needs for Space?
In my humble opinion, no Canadian general directly associated with the fiasco of our war in Afghanistan should be a candidate for government perks. That’s certainly true for Rick Hiller…
A Happy Day After Fathers’ Day
Richard Hughes-Fortunate Old Coot Well I am a fortunate old coot in many ways. Yesterday I spent most of the day playing around in the garden. That is always the…
Wordly Philosopher
This is the title of a recently published biography of Albert Hirschmam by Jeremy Adelman, a Canadian who teaches history at Princeton University. Hirschman’s life as an economist – which…
When He’s Not Kissing Ass, He’s Kicking Ass – It’s the Only Game Harper Knows
He used to lambaste the Chinese – before he became Beijing’s bitumen bumboy – but Sideshow Steve Harper has shown he still has game when it comes to Russia and…
David Suzuki On Harper’s Contempt For Democracy
David Suzuki has a thought-provoking essay in today’s Globe and Mail that also serves as an excellent precis of some of the things the Harper government would like us to…
Chinese Dissident Says We’re Becoming Just Like Them
Chinese artist and persecuted dissident, Ai Weiwei, has an interesting take on the U.S. NSA Prism scandal in today’s Guardian in which he says America is behaving like China. I…
Syria: Showdown time between the West and Putin
High noon at 10 Downing Street Politicians are becoming more graphic in their descriptions of the warring sides in the Syrian civil war, with the latest spat leading to a…
The More Things Change….
Back in the mid-70’s I managed to snag a quick interview with the head prosecutor of the Quebec crime commission while the fellow was in Ottawa. I thought I’d hit…
June 17: sometimes, it’s hard to know what to say…
In my early days of TV, I knew a producer at the station who was sent to cover a strike. When he got there, nothing was happening. The strkers were…
Former CPC candidate Saulie Zajdel arrested — what does this say about PMSH?
You remember Bruce Carson, a top adviser to PMSH? And, then there was that $90K cheque from PMSH’s right-hand man, Nigel Wright, to Mike Duffy… Well, now there’s Saulie Zajdel……
Why Canada Should be Wary of U.S. Missile Defence
There has been talk that Ottawa might jump aboard the U.S. missile defence programme out of fear of a rogue missile launch from North Korea. Before we do, let’s make…