Count on it, Alison Redford is getting up to something as we wait for a clearer picture. Illustration by William Prettie, currently exhibiting in Cambridge, Ont. Regular blog posts will…
tic is a personal friend of mine. And, yes, lower case. tic is also a presenter on 93.1 CKCU, Ottawa's 37th most popular radio station. tic is celebrating his 500th…
tic is a personal friend of mine. And, yes, lower case. tic is also a presenter on 93.1 CKCU, Ottawa's 37th most popular radio station. tic is celebrating his 500th…
So doeth Senators Patrick Brazeau and that TV chick from Saskabush, Pam Wallin. One presumes that when called to the trough they thought it was like marriage. Til death do…
So doeth Senators Patrick Brazeau and that TV chick from Saskabush, Pam Wallin. One presumes that when called to the trough they thought it was like marriage. Til death do…
Close cats.
Ottawa has been rocked by two days of revelations and accusations skilfully delivered by veteran defence counsel, Don Bayne, and the beleaguered senator Mike Duffy himself. Bayne fired the opening…
As a general rule people accept written text over oral communication. To some degree this can be explained by the apparent permanence of written text. The obvious vicissitudes to which…
There needs to be a discussion on whether he should resign. It’s that simple. (3) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
The full Mike Duffy speech is below (audio). According to this speech, there is a lot more to this story than initially revealed. The Prime Minister, Nigel Wright, and Duffy…
We all know the iconic cartoon the title of this post refers to. Boing Boing has republished a story about it, originally run in The Magazine, an ad-free, reader-supported magazine…
I have said it before. I am a walkin’ talkin’ eating disorder. I started purging and crash dieting at the age of 12. Fast forward a few years, and I…
This morning, OpenMedia.ca stood with our friends at the BC Civil Liberties Association to fight against unlawful government spying on your sensitive, personal information at any time and without a…
Senator Mike Duffy says Stephen Harper is an outright liar. Duffy told his fellow senators that it was Stephen Harper’s decision that he repay his housing allowance payments at a…
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International says some of the unlawful killings executed by US drone strikes in Pakistan “could even amount to war crimes”. The post Amnesty International calls US…
As part of our continuing series of special commentaries marking the 50th anniversary of the publication of Mel Watkins’ classic article, “A Staple Theory of Economic Development,” we present the…
Alexandra Morton with yellow salmon on Mountain Bar, Fraser River (Morton facebook page – Oct. 5) You may have thought the Cohen report on collapsing Fraser River sockeye was a…
I will have the transcript of Mike Duffy’s address to the Senate as soon as possible …. (history is being made in Canada today). MORE .. ‘Just the three of…
The BC Civil Liberties Association has filed a lawsuit against Canadian spy agency ASEC, claims its surveillance of Canadians is unconstitutional. The post Civil Liberties Group Sues Spy Agency Over…
The international pipeline safety expert who last August described Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline as “high risk for a rupture” now says the probability of Line 9 rupturing is “over 90%.”…
