2nd Largest Cdn Forest Fire EVER Goes Unreported
A massive fire burning in northern Quebec is Canada’s second largest fire since fire records began in 1959, according to the Canadian Forest Service. The fire was more than twice…
July 2013
Putdownable books?
A recent article in The Independent said that J.K. Rowling’s new book and the abysmally-written 50 Shades of Grey were among the books most put down by readers as unfinishable.…
6239…Where’s That Rob Ford Video?
U know the one of him getting high with his home boys. Things that make me go hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. He’s gonna win again, eh. WFDS
Whipped
For those who haven’t yet seen Whipped, Sean Holman’s documentary on party discipline in the B.C. legislature is now available through CPAC’s website. And it’s well worth a watch (particularly…
Saruday Photo: The Bees Are Back!
For the last several years there has been a beehive in the wild space belonging to the city of Montreal that has come to be known as Les Champs des…
Statement of Solidarity from Incarcerated Women Across Massachusetts
This statement was created by Members of The Prison Birth Project: As Prisoners across the country prepare to strike, our hearts and thoughts are with them. As incarcerated women we…
Vic Toews is quite a guy
Reading his bio I came across this. “Toews divorced from his wife of 30 years, Lorraine Kathleen Fehr, after it was discovered that he had fathered a child with his…
Lac Megantic Oil Train Explosion: Consequences of Deregulation
This is a guest post by Phil Mattera. Canada’s Transportation Safety Board is far from reaching a conclusion on what caused an unattended train with 72 tanker cars filled with…
Liberals deliberately trashing BC Hydro, WAC Bennett’s legacy
BC Hydro was created out of the fertile mind of WAC Bennett when, in 1961, his government bought out The BC Electric Railway Company. The purpose of this gigantic move…
Canada is an un-developing country. It has been for decades….
Canada is an un-developing country. It has been for decades. Here are some of the signs. * Crumbling infrastructure. * Irresponsible deregulation of industry and cutbacks to enforcement of the…
How Well Do You Remember the 70s?
Unless you’re already well into your 50s, chances are you don’t remember much if anything of the 1970s. And that’s too bad for you because, as you’ll discover in the…
Life lessons: Inspirational
Very interesting video. You judge it for yourself.
Time to Get Ready for the Future – My Personal Decision
I don’t often blog about items of a more personal nature, but today is an exception. Over the past several months, I’ve had the pleasure of taking some time off…
If an employee is too hot it is justified to fire the employee
Melissa Nelson was fired by her boss – a dentist – because she was ‘too hot’. Ms. Nelson sued her boss but the Iowa Supreme Court decided that the firing…
On selective endpoints
Shorter Andrew Coyne: If you ignore the actual recent rail disaster that blew up a town, there’s little apparent risk of rail disasters. So let’s keep assuming the likelihood of…
6238…Ban The Burqua
The Telegraph drops the knowledge that “Holland is to become the latest European country to ban the burka, despite the fact that fewer than 100 Dutch women are thought to…
Your water bill is a subsidy for the wealthy
The City of Toronto has a new problem: people are conserving water. If that seems like something of a strange problem to you, then you’re right, its not actually a…
Beer man Jim Gibbon runs for Edmonton City Council
TweetJim Gibbon, the founder and president of Amber’s Brewing Company, announced this week that he will run for City Council in west Edmonton’s Ward 5. Speaking over the phone this…
Judgemental? Yes
But true nonetheless: You can read more about our perilous state here. Recommend this Post