During a California wildfire rescue workers ran out of crates to place rescued animals, forcing them to put a fawn and a bobcat kitten in an office together. When they…
It’s an urgent, trillion-dollar threat that Harper thinks we should throw $50-billion dollars at over ten years. Hint: He should have made a $50-billion down payment on it in his…
Surprising to some, I suppose. It is not until ages 18 or 19 years that males (52%) and females (48%) are relatively equally represented as perpetrators. Perhaps related to age…
The rain has stopped. The sun is coming out. The TandT is its usual, wretched self – except for NewsToday. It is so good, it is almost mediocre. But let’s…
“(In)visible Dialogue”. Installation by Wang King Road. 2011. Wikipedia Commons. (This post was written by Alex and Jordan Himelfarb; an abridged version appeared in the Star here.) We don’t like…
“(In)visible Dialogue”. Installation by Wang King Road. 2011. Wikipedia Commons. (This post was written by Alex and Jordan Himelfarb; an abridged version appeared in the Star here.) We don’t like…
After a few weeks of maddeningly bad luck, the Saskatchewan Roughriders desperately needed a win against B.C. to stay in the race for a top-two position in the West. And…
An editorial in the Toronto Star says Toronto needs a ranked ballot voting system in city elections. It says ensuring a candidate wins with over 50% of the vote is…
Your news links for today: Canada spying in Brazil: more to come, Greenwald promises (CBC) Brazil is tip of the iceberg on Canadian spying, U.S. journalist says (Globe & Mail)…
While 80’s youth are generally described as the “me generation,” Hunter S. Thompson had a better term for the Reagan-raised assholes who reigned in the first Bush’s America – Generation…
Last night, Calgary’s Civic Camp organization put together an all-candidates debate for the Mayoralty. The format of the forum was excellent, and the effort to crowdsource the questions to be…
TweetYesterday, I travelled to Red Deer to participate in a panel discussion with Mount Royal University professor Duane Bratt and former councillor Larry Pimm about an upcoming plebiscite on whether…
Yen Estate v. Chan, 2013 BCCA 423 holds that in the absence of suspicious circumstances or contrary evidence, the trial judge was entitled to rely on the rebuttable presumptions that…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Debbie Chachra discusses why an effective government is a necessary element of civilization – and why charity can’t fill in the gap:…
I note this is a photo of a chimp wearing a silk kimono, taking a photograph of a bikini model from an angle which can only be described as avant…
Watch this informative video from OperationMaple.ca, describing Enbridge’s plan to ship 300,000 barrels/day of Alberta bitumen east by reversing the flow of a 37-year old line from Montreal to Sarnia,…
Last evening I watched a program on CBC on Sochi Olympics 2014. The corruption in Russia is incredible. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Jean-Claude Killy, Chairman of the…
Thus far Ezra Levant said nothing re the latest defamation case brought against him. However, I have it on good authority that he will be issuing an official statement on…
Tonight The Scarborough Hospital and Rouge Valley Health System are having their second public telephone town hall to discuss the benefits and risks of a merger. The first town hall…
This is a guest post by Mike Stark from FossilAgenda. Last month, I attended Platt’s 36th Annual Coal Marketing Days. As a journalist predominantly focused on climate change and the…
