You Don’t Deserve to be Misled: City Reserves
Some very bad, intentional, misinformation is being circulated today by email and on Facebook, about how the city manages it’s savings accounts, otherwise known as reserves. “Reserves” are a fancy…
October 2013
Explosion, flames as CN oil train derails in Alberta
Alberta firefighters on the scene of a burning oil train wreck (Dan Reidlhuber/Reuters) GAINFORD, Alta. – Firefighters who were battling a major blaze Saturday after a CN tanker train derailed…
A quick look at the Ward 5 candidates.
I’m sure regular readers of this blog (assuming such a creature exists) are looking to me for guidance about how to cast their vote on Monday. I am far too…
Austerity protests draw tens of thousands in Italy, Portugal | News | DW.DE | 19.10.2013
Austerity protests draw tens of thousands in Italy, Portugal | News | DW.DE | 19.10.2013. Police detained several people during the protest in Rome after about 100 people threw rocks,…
From Elizabeth May To Canadians, A Green Speech From The Throne
Elizabeth May, the MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands and leader of the Green Party of Canada, offers Canadians her own version of the Speech from the Throne. The post From Elizabeth…
Greatest quote of 2013
“Maybe his girlfriend knew more tricks than a monkey on a flagpole.”
‘Trade Deal’ Sure Isn’t the “New Deal”
5 ways the Canada-EU trade deal will impact Canadians By Susana Mas, CBC News Posted: Oct 18, 2013 9:16 PM ET Last Updated: Oct 19, 2013 8:03 AM ET I…
Free trade ideology much ado about nothing
The idea that free trade deals create wealth and jobs is a fallacy according to Paul Krugman. Who is he? A “leftist” columnist for the New York Times? No, actually…
Railcars and Oil Are a Deadly Mix
‘Geriatric Joe’ Oliver thinks trains daily shuttling a million barrels of Athabasca dilbit to the B.C. coast is a dandy idea. Oh, sure, he’s heard about some dustup in Lac…
BOOM!!! Part II
A CN Rail train carrying liquefied petroleum gas and crude oil has derailed and exploded about 80 kilometres west of Edmonton, prompting an evacuation in the tiny community of Gainford.
Duffy Should’a Listened
Beleaguered senator Mike Duffy may be on the ropes. About to get sent to the senate cloakroom for a time out, the cops closing in and his heart giving him…
Park Board needs a better communication plan
What is with the Park Board? They pass a motion to put a new bicycle path through Kitsilano and Haddon Parks and then crumble when the public object. The motion…
Oct. 19: decent reporting…
…lousy editing… As a day’s newspaper rolls out, editors (are supposed to) look it over, see if the stories have any areas that still aren’t sufficiently explained, then go over…
Haven’t done one of these in awhile, a peek at early declared Liberal nomination candidates
Hey, before you take a look at who has come out of the wood work early to run for nominations, why don’t you take a look at my policy on…
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading. – Thomas Walkom notes that the CETA isn’t particularly about trade, but instead serves to enshrine yet again the principle that investors come…
Who Do You Trust?
Two seeming unrelated stories, both connected by one pernicious element: unwarranted government secrecy. In this morning’s Hamilton Spectator is the sad tale of Marit McKenzie, an 18-year-old Calgarian who died…
The Ford Brothers Radio Show Does Not Belong On Public Airwaves
Recently resigned member of Toronto Mayor Ford’s executive committee, Paul Ainslie (voted with Ford 80% during this council term) has written a letter to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council asking…