6187…NFL Union Weak: Presumption Of Innocence
One thing that seems to upset people in my peer group and in Ottawa specifically, is the fact that when police get busted for something, something they are suspended with…
June 2013
Fundamentals of procreation
What is in a man’s brain structure and wiring that when he see a beautiful woman he goes gaga. Same goes for a woman seeing a handsome man. One thing…
6186…JT’s Liberals Breaking Thru In Alberta
Among other places. A piece I grabbed off of the Laurier Institute For The Study Of Popular Opinion And Study states that the federal Libs are poised to break thru…
President Obama Takes First Step On Path To Climate Sanity
As President Obama unveiled his plan of action to address climate change earlier this week, my husband and I were part of a group of 370 citizen lobbyists from across…
Corporate money preventing all-out campaign to stop global warming
Highly-regarded former Toronto Mayor David Miller says he is “very excited” about becoming the new President and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund-Canada in September. “They’ve made such a difference,”…
Corporate money preventing all-out campaign to stop global warming
Highly-regarded former Toronto Mayor David Miller says he is “very excited” about becoming the new President and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund-Canada in September. “They’ve made such a difference,”…
Fracking, LNG Plans Deserve Same Scrutiny as Enbridge
Damien Gillis ties together a number of historical and current BC issues in this talk at the Village of Gitanmaax (Hazelton) in Gitxsan Territory on May 18. From the province’s…
Video: Fracking, LNG Plans Deserve Same Scrutiny as Enbridge
Damien Gillis ties together a number of historical and current BC issues in this talk at the Village of Gitanmaax (Hazelton) in Gitxsan Territory on May 18. From the province’s…
June 27: "Clouds can be a sign of rain: prof"
That’s so true. I’m a prof so, of course, I speak as an expert (just like prof Savoie) when I say clouds can be a sign of rain. Curiously, the…
Harper Explores Geo-Engineering to Arrest Global Warming
The Harper cabinet has been meeting to explore options for geo-engineering our way out of climate change.On June 5, 2012, then–Environment Canada deputy minister Paul Boothe convened a meeting to…
Whipped-Sean Holman on ‘Party Discipline’ CBC the Current
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Friday morning, 8:30AM June 28th, Rick MacGinnes-Rae, hosting CBC’s ‘the Current’, will peer into the secret world of party discipline. His guest will be Sean Holman. a…
NDP, Liberals – Your Summer Project
Thanks to Senator Hugh Segal, the opposition parties have a wonderful opportunity to do something useful over the summer recess – they can rally to the defence of Canadian labour…
Now, Alberta, About That Pesky Carbon Bubble
Alberta is facing three immediate and potentially lasting problems – the prospects of frequent, severe floods; the likelihood of extended periods of severe drought; and the Carbon Bubble that hangs…
Mystery Station: for train lovers
Filed under: Fun Tagged: Bessarion, TTC charms
How to Get Out From the Invasive PRISM Surveillance Program
Thanks to the brave efforts from Edward Snowden we are now aware of something long suspected: that the USA (and many other nations including Canada) are reading our communications. The…
Cletus, Jethro, Beula and Slim…
… would all be great names for the yet-to-be-born latest British royal anachronism! I listened with disgust this morning as some zombie from the monarchist league of Canada (yes, they’re…
Conservatives vs. Conservatives – Anti-union bill gets gutted in Canadian Senate
When the Federal Tories took “progressive” out of their title after merging with the Reform Party, it was inevitable that the radical right wing ideology of the Reformers would come…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – The Canadian Labour Congress calls out Jim Flaherty for stalling on his promise to work on boosting the Canada Pension Plan. Meanwhile,…
New column day
Here, on some of the next steps Saskatchewan should consider along the path toward the preservation of human rights – including adding “social condition” as a prohibited ground of discrimination,…