Church planned Halloween Bible burning
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. An item from the British newspaper The Telegraph’s “Whaaa?!?!” file. A church in Canton, North Carolina, which is “King James Only”…
November 2013
Conservative ideology and brain damage
Colby Cosh of Maclean’s muses how the cold winter weather of Edmonton produced the “cradle of leadership” in Canada. He bases this on a study out of Japan which claims…
Interesting news….
…but not in any of the Irving papers. So let’s start with some interesting stuff. Yesterday, the TandT carried a front page story on how a young girl went from…
The Seven Year Harper Blues. . . .
Watching the Senate scandal slowly unfold has been a strange experience for those of us who have always despised Harper and his government. One the one hand, we are gratified…
I have lost interest in politics
The following cowboy has succeeded to turn me off of politics – Senate scandal and now his buddy Rob Ford is in the news again. This time the video, Ford…
Higher Fees for Guilty Pleas
Only in Cameron Conservative Britain. There the government wants to ‘reform’ the legal aid system to set defence counsel against their clients by making it lucrative for lawyers to enter…
Band of the Month: LadyFace
Happy Friday! Today’s Band of the Month is LadyFace. A charming, guitar driven Toronto four-piece, who’s hooks are dead set on having you singing them in your sleep. Chalk full…
Frontenanc Community Mental Health a case study in empty promises
You would think these would be the best of times for community health care providers. The Wynne government is freezing base hospital funding and telling Ontarians that they can instead…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, November 1, 2013
Your news links for today: Federal Court Orders Bell to Pay $20,000 in Damages Over Privacy Violation (Michael Geist) Consumer-friendly cellphone rules coming in Ontario (Toronto Star) Info sharing between…
Toronto needs a mayor: Olivia Chow responds
From her Facebook page. Boy oh boy, it is so refreshing to hear from someone who conducts herself like a leader should, eh? Dear friends, I believe in restorative justice.…
Hans Rosling – 200 years of global change
(h/t Andy Skuce) Andy also highlights some key points from the video which are worth highlighting: (more…)
Two Key Dates In The Duffy / Wright / Harper Scandal …
CBC’s Peter Mansbridge examines what went on behind closed doors on two key dates that led up to the current Senate scandal. If you are following the Senate Scandal ……
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – David Green asks whether decades of corporate insistence on “flexible” labour markets (i.e. ones which offer no stability for workers) have resulted in…
Toronto needs a mayor: Rob Ford says the police chief is bluffing
…his high-priced legal mouthpiece, no less, has decided to play a game of high-stakes chicken. Release the video, he says. Right here. He may be saying it because (a) he…
Please Look At Me
When I am in any kind of pain, I want people around me to look me in the eye. Here’s what got me thinking about eye contact: a couple of…
Fossil-Fueled GDP Growth
Yesterday, Statistics Canada reported that the Canadian economy had a month of fossil-fueled growth in August. Overall GDP was up by 0.3%, only half as much as in July but…
Review: The Poorer Nations
When the global justice movement erupted into mainstream North American consciousness in 1999, much that was written not only in the mainstream but even by many of the participants in…