Monday, January 14, 2013 In November 2012, 170 resource management practitioners, scientists, academics, and community members came together at a conference in Smithers, BC entitled “Adding it All Up: Balancing…
719083 Ontario Limited v. 2174112 Ontario Inc., 2013 ONCA 11 is a source for the principle that indefeasibility of title is an essential feature of the land titles system established…
An oped of mine was published by the Vancouver Sun today: What’s next for BC’s carbon tax? Marc Lee Climate change forced its way onto the political agenda in 2012,…
This is taken directly from the draft National Climate Assessment prepared by U.S. government scientists for release next year. It is taken from the introduction to the chapter on water.…
The nurse thought it was a mistake. A large patient at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences was given a plate with six pieces of ravioli on it as…
The snow has melted quite a bit these past few days, leaving banks of gray snow everywhere. This is the down side of winter weather. It makes me want to…
Well, not exactly. But in this morning’s Ottawa Citizen Natalie Stetchyson reports that the leader of the NDP did call on Chief Spence to step back and stop her liquids…
Here’s the problem. Population is going up, food supply is heading the other way. The world is already in a state of permanent food insecurity even though, by some accounts,…
The World Health Organization sets the safe level at 25. The U.S. EPA puts the emergency level at 300. For days Beijing has been at anywhere between 600 and 900.…
When I moved to Vancouver last year, I found this tiny Thai restaurant in my neighbourhood. As a lunch special, they offered a tasty plate of pad thai for $7…
Yesterday I referred to a blog site with excellent blogs by Karl Nerenberg as being “rabble-rouser.ca” It’s not. It’s just “rabble.ca”. (Later, I’ll think of a self-pitying excuse for my…
Former state secretary and four-star general, Colin Powell, has told his own Republican party that it’s time for them to grow up, ditch their racist ways and start working for…
The Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police needs to explain why it took his officers four years to compile a list of cases of serious misconduct by its members.…
2012 was a pretty good year for me, and while we’re already 3.8% of the way through 2013, I decided to take stock of some of those fancy Blogger stats…
The Internet community faced many challenges in 2012 – threats to freedom of expression, access to information, and online privacy – meeting them head on and shared many successes. Some…
by Eve Ensler |The Guardian/UK, January 13, 2013 The Delhi Rape, Savile, Ohio – Extreme acts of sexual violence seem to be everywhere. In response, a worldwide day of action…
Pity Justin Trudeau. It seems that nobody is willing to confront him and force him to deal with the fact that the Liberal Party of Canada died two years ago.…
Foxes love his commentary.
One of the things I find fun is building marble mazes. There’s something kind of silly about them, but I enjoy them. We have a couple of sets of store-bought…
Published on Monday January 7, 2013 by UFCW Canada Political Action Blog For many Canadians, the phrase “Canada: The True North Strong and Free” means that we are free to…
