Oh Petro, I stand on guard for me
Graham Thomson of the Edmonton Journal put out a great piece a few days ago on the Cold Lake bitumen leak which I would recommend you give a read. Yesterday…
August 2013
Are We Addicted to Immigration?
There was a time that I couldn’t get going in the morning without a coffee and a cigarette. They were, to me, at that time truly indispensable. What brought back…
Chris Hedges on "Murdering the Wretched of the Earth"
There’s a reason the Muslim poor flock to radical Islam, several reasons in fact. They’ve been discussed at length before but Chris Hedges, in light of the massacres ongoing in…
No Washington Post, DO NOT fire Jennifer Rubin
The left needs her. Rubin is so wrong, so misguided, so racist, that she denigrates the right with every word she writes. The disgraced blogger is one of the biggest…
Kingston psychiatric hospital sheds about a fifth of its workforce to cope with $6 million cut
KINGSTON – Facing $6 million in budget cuts, Providence Care is telling staff today of one of the biggest job losses in the history of the former Kingston Psychiatric hospital.…
ForestEthics sues Harper government over limits on pipeline hearings
A Vancouver-based environmental group ForestEthics and activist Donna Sinclair are suing the Harper government over new rules that drastically limit Canadians’ participation in pipeline project hearings and decisions relating to…
On Tim Hudak’s Evangelical Political Fervour
Crazed clerics are not the only ones possessed of an evangelical fervour. Young Tim Hudak, leader (at least for now) of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, is well-known for wanting…
The Power of Apocalyptic Thinking
If you pay much attention to what’s going on in the world, if you try to stay on top of science and research, your worldview is bound to become a…
Sean Holman on Corky Evans-The Failure of Discipline
Former NDP MLA Corky Evans Sean Holman former ‘Public Eye Online’ blogger is now living in Calgary and teaching Journalism at the University of Alberta. More recently he produced the…
The Legitimacy Of Harper’s Senate Appointees
With the latest set of revelations in the ongoing Senate Scandal, we find out that Senator Wallin spends the majority of her time living in Toronto. Frankly, I don’t much…
It’s Come to This
It’s here – anti-date rape drinkware. It is a line of straws and glasses that change colour or pattern in the presence of GHB, ketamine or Rhoypnal, common date rape…
Malaysian energy giant makes Skeena River disappear in LNG proposal
You would think Malaysian energy giant Petronas would have learned a lesson from fellow fossil fuel pipeline and coastal export terminal proponent Enbridge’s “disappearing islands” debacle last year. Enbridge was…
6324…Or We Could Abolish The Senate
One can smell the fear rolling off a Huffington Post article I just finished that has Senators from both teams, red and blue, splaining how vital and important travel is…
Okay Kids, We’re Now Playing For The Second Half of This Century
A new report published in Environmental Research Letters focuses on what’s in store for mankind in the second half of this century if we don’t get our emissions under control.…
Three Centuries of Drought Brought Down the Cradle of Civilization
French archeologists believe they have discovered the true cause of the collapse of societies in Egypt, Turkey, Greece and the Middle East three thousand years ago. Until now this was…
Banning scooters from streets…
It’s about time that someone pushed this issue up a flagpole! I don’t always agree with Councillor Clark, but the issue of scooters on city streets should at the very…
Obama: Let’s Play Politics Anywhere Except at Home…
Obama puts Egypt on notice after clashes kill 525 U.S. president urges Egypt to end state of emergency day after clashes with police-Morsi supporters The Associated Press Posted: Aug 15,…
Keystone XL Influence Peddling Web Extends into PA Governor’s Race Via Katie McGinty
Pennsylvania Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate and former head of the PA Department of Environmental Protection, Kathleen “Katie” McGinty, has hired powerful PR firm SKDKnickerbocker for her campaign’s communications efforts. SKDKnickerbocker…
Urban Studies, 50 years + A New Publication
Urban Studies just marked 50 years as one of the top journals in the field. To celebrate they’ve launched a new blog along with a free digital issue compiling their…
Urban Studies, 50 years + A New Publication
Urban Studies just marked 50 years as one of the top journals in the field. To celebrate they've launched a new blog along with a free digital issue compiling their…