Aiding and Abetting Guilty Pleasures
Tomorrow morning, I’ll wake up early to go see my Mom. I am at our lake house for two weeks of holiday with my husband and I feel badly leaving…
July 2013
Adding My Voice to the Growing International Call for a Boycott of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic & Paralympic Games
Vladimir Putin’s Russia has been making grim international headlines lately. Never the sort of bastion of freedom of expression which many in the West hoped it might become after the…
A Kid With a Utility Knife Gets Mowed Down. In Montreal, a Guy With 182 Firearms Who Shoots at Cops Gets a Non-Lethal Rubber Bullet.
Isidore Havis is a lucky man. He’s especially lucky that he lives in the Montreal burbs, not in Toronto. 71-year old Havis is in a Montreal hospital with a possible…
Patent transfer recommendations remains secret
The provincial Ombudsman has followed up on his damning report on the privatized, non-ambulance patient transfer industry. The Mike Harris Progressive Conservative government privatized the patient transfer industry at the…
The Amazing Big Telecom! Able to flip-flop in a single newspaper!
It’s a bird… It’s a plane… It’s Big Telecom flip-flopping on Canadian policy! In response to Telus taking the government to court to fight rules that would help independent cell…
Define "Democratic Reform"
You knew when Harper appointed Pierre Pepperpot to his cabinet as minister for democratic reform, something remarkably undemocratic was bound to follow. And so it has. Pipsqueak Pollivre has struck,…
"Ah yeah, sure I know. It’s a free country. You know you…
“Ah yeah, sure I know. It’s a free country. You know you got the right. But I got a badge, what do you got?” That line from West Side Story…
Tool used by the NSA collects nearly every piece of information about Internet users
When whistleblower Edward Snowden claimed he could access anyone’s online information with no prior authorization through the U.S. NSA’s mass spying program, U.S. officials were quick to claim this was…
CPC would win election on less votes than Liberals
According to an IRV poll from Forum Research for the National Post, the Liberals have a 4 point lead on the Conservatives but would actually lose the election: July 2013…
Arctic expedition radio doc airs on CBC Ottawa
Download: soiarctic2013-cbc-final.mp3 I was fortunate to participate on the Students on Ice 2013 Arctic Expedition this year, which was a tremendous experience. We traveled up the west coast of Greenland…
Whenever you are sad, watch the closing credits in Something About Mary
That’s what I do. My God, I love this movie.
Great Lakes saved from nuke waste contamination
The Great Lakes have been saved from nuke waste contamination after Swedish company Studsvik canceled its plan to ship radioactive waste across the Lakes, says Emma Lui, the Council of…
Poverty the biggest barrier to good health for Canadians: Report
Poverty is making Canadians sick, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), “the national voice of Canadian physicians.” The post Poverty the biggest barrier…
July 31:Now, it gets dirty…
A communications specialist, so-called, is commonly a spin doctor – a person who lies for whoever will pay for it. There’s a beautiful example of it on p, 1 of…
The Guardian Praises BC’s Carbon Tax Initiative. Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch, or, Christy Clark’s Giant Methane Fart
According to The Guardian, British Columbia’s 5-year old experiment with carbon taxes has been a great success and stands as an example of to governments everywhere. In 2008, British Columbia…
Super Thursday – The Day of the Liberal’s Reckoning
Tomorrow is the day that five by-elections – those are again Windsor-Tecumseh, London West, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Scarborough-Guildwood, and Ottawa South – will be held. So far we’ve seen polling that is…
Sammy Yatim: One More Word
While I can’t promise this will be my last post on Sammy Yatim, I do want to direct you to Rosie DiManno’s column and a few comments from The Star’s…
Norm Farrell with Ian Jessop on CKDA
Tuesday, July 30, I was interviewed live by Ian Jessop on his afternoon program on CKDA1070. We talked about BCiMC for almost 30 minutes after 1:00 pm. You can listen…
Ice Crisis at the Poles: Ice, Ice, Baby
What continent is this, anyway? And why does it matter? The arctic ice cap will be fully melting in the next few summers, likely. There is a lake on top…
Those Critical Five Seconds in the Life and Death of Sammy Yatim
Stills taken from security camera video of the Sammy Yatim execution, published by National Post, may be the most important evidence of all. They reveal, according to the paper, that…