Once upon a time in the state of Indiana… Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States, one of the country’s most widely read history books, died…
Chris Hayes did a documentary on Global Warming on August 16, 2013. I watched it and it is an eye-opener. Since then I have been looking for clips of this…
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Not surprisingly, this week’s revelations about Pamela Wallin have set off plenty more discussion about what’s wrong with the Senate and its…
Updated 2013-11-11 As I am not an expert on cycling safety this post is not intended to be advice on how to safely take the lane but only my thoughts…
Updated 2013-11-11 As I am not an expert on cycling safety this post is not intended to be advice on how to safely take the lane but only my thoughts…
As I am not an expert on cycling safety this post is not intended to be advice on how to safely take the lane but only my thoughts on the…
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Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/08/17/politics-north-harper-visit.html
Panda mother cradles its baby cub on their first meeting. It is very cute.
Clayton Ruby writes that the federal and Alberta governments want to pipe bitumen through Enbridge’s already constructed 9B pipeline. They also want to increase the pipeline’s capacity from 240,000 barrels…
If so, someone should tell the owner that a bunch of yahoos in one of their trucks (didn’t get the phone number and can’t find them with Google) ran the…
Beach house, outhouse, old punk louse.
Hi, it’s me, Ernie, with Part II of our honeymoon. After our five blissful days in Trinity East, we headed back to St. John’s for a couple of days. Along…
The confirmation process of Ontario’s provincial government was shown up for how artificial and shallow it is the other day. A lawyer named Ed Waitzer appeared before the Standing Committee…
Think I’ll go out on my bicycle this morning. In the meantime, enjoy these letters on the Senate imbroglio found in yesterday’s Star: Machiavelli wrote: “Those who governed the state…
In a post a while back I advocate the best of our worst options for saving our species: a government that forces us be less wasteful. It’s an idea that…
This week Forest Ethics Advocacy, launched a constitutional challenge to new requirements in the National Energy Board Act that have the effect of silencing citizens concerned about tar sands pipelines.…
How can a former Saddleback worship leader sit in an Ontario jail with no money, no defence attorney and no one from churches he works for, or worked for in…
Word has it they’re Vietnamese. Not that many around here can discern the subtleties of southeast Asian nationalities. We grew familiar with them scouring the flats of Nanoose bay, opposite…
