October is Autism Awareness Month in Canada. You would never know it based on the contribution made by Canada’s federal government which has taken a strict, division of constitutional jurisdiction,…
It's one of the most depressing things about living in Harperland eh? The way Great Monstrous Leader commits one democratic atrocity after the other, but gets away with it by…
I think it’s far past time for me to drop fully back into blogging. I’ve posted a few updates over the past couple weeks but I want to aim to…
shipping containers are now being converted into homes – part of a growing trend of recycling architecture VICTORIA – The concept of a house is changing as architects and home…
Yeah, I couldn’t believe it either, but its true, he did: Six months into his papacy, Pope Francis sent shock waves through the Roman Catholic church on Thursday with the…
Top: Killah_P Beneath: Suspect Giorgos Roupakias in custody and shrine at killing site On September 17, Greek hip-hop artist Pavlos Fissas aka Killah P was stabbed to death in the…
So says Noam Chomsky in this 2003 video produced for the BBC. I find little with which to disagree in his analysis: Recommend this Post
Good things happen when Canadians speak out! For months, tens of thousands of citizens from right across Canada have stood up to demand the government take action for authentic choice…
I love it—war with words rather than guns. Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times laying out his views on international law…
It would be nice to be able to blame the ‘Riders’ latest loss on injuries hitting a few more of the team’s key players. But that excuse would ring rather…
Rafe Mair recently vowed to cancel his Postmedia subscriptions – here’s why he couldn’t pull the trigger. I have a terrible admission to make. I have to because the bastards…
That is if you’re Albertan, Conservative, a bible thumper or white male. If you’re an aboriginal, forget it. If you’re an aboriginal woman, you’re fucked. Literally. Just consider Harper’s latest…
Although the Harper Government surely has its share of climate change deniers, they are at least partially held in check by a populace who, as of a 2012 Insightrix poll,…
The Bureau of Land Management is having a hard time getting rid of our publicly owned coal. For the second time in two months, a federal coal lease auction resulted…
He’s a Jesuit, natch. I was taught by Jesuits. A quote to the gladden the heart of any modern Catholic: “Pope Francis is warning that the Catholic Church’s moral edifice…
WATER DAMAGE: Water flowed past a damaged home in Salina, Colo., Tuesday, after heavy flooding in the state. (Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera/Associated Press)
R. v. Samuels, 2013 ONCA 551: Evidence may be admissible for one purpose but inadmissible for another. Where the evidence relates to conduct that is extrinsic to the charges before…
We’re getting pretty excited about a new short documentary that OPSEU will be releasing soon on the impact of the mis-named “right-to-work” movement in the United States. The Ontario Conservatives…
a wellhead, crude oil tank, toxic waste water tank llifted from ground, separator, and combustor flares submerged under flood waters – Weld County, Colorado (all images courtesy of EcoFlight) Earlier…
