OLP Candidates On Wind Tubines
Didn’t like this bit:Kathleen Wynne is uneasy about the quality of information fuelling the renewable energy debate. “Where is the evidence and science in making these decisions?” asks Wynne. “I’m…
Didn’t like this bit:Kathleen Wynne is uneasy about the quality of information fuelling the renewable energy debate. “Where is the evidence and science in making these decisions?” asks Wynne. “I’m…
Once upon a time when I thought about the plight of our First Nations, I used to think that George Bernard Shaw was right:"The worst sin towards our fellow creatures…
The CBS show 60 Minutes ran an item tonight about how robots were displacing humans in America’s work force. The story featured great minds from MIT and elsewhere discussing how…
Filed under: Uplifting Tagged: moving stories
Laureen Harper tuning up her pipes for the fiscal Götterdämmerung? Canadian political spouses may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: The real Mrs. Harper; the unreal Mr. Harper, long rumoured…
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog…
Son One and I are Pupatello delegates to the OLP convention. He’s now worried he’s going to have to give a bunch of speeches. “Only 20 or so,” Lala told…
While living in Paris during World War II, Picasso suffered harassment from the Gestapo. One officer asked him, upon seeing a photo of Guernica in his apartment, “Did you do…
Cory Booker, the popular mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was a student at Stanford University when in 1992 he published an article in the Stanford Daily that described how he…
Cory Booker, the popular mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was a student at Stanford University when in 1992 he published an article in the Stanford Daily that described how he…
Cory Booker, the popular mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was a student at Stanford University when in 1992 he published an article in the Stanford Daily that described how he…
Cory Booker, the popular mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was a student at Stanford University when in 1992 he published an article in the Stanford Daily that described how he…
This book is, I think, tailored for use in labour studies courses. The selection of essays on various aspects of political action by Canadian unions and workers would serve very…
Ray Grigg on the logging of Cortes Island’s old growth forests. “These are the business forces allied against Cortes and the people of Wildstands Alliance who are trying to mitigate…
One way that some of my longstanding interests have recently become configured is in a desire to think more about how, in concrete and practical terms, our lives are knit…
by Nikki Skuce, Senior Energy Campaigner, ForestEthics Advocacy Every time I read the comments section related to a story on First Nations activism, I am saddened by the depth and…
For Immediate Release: January 11, 2013, Victoria Island, traditional territory of the Algonquian Peoples: Chief Theresa Spence is standing firm on her request that both Prime Minster and Governor General…
I just saw that the house featured in the Mary Tyler Moore show is up for sale. And I’ve been thinking about how much I was influenced by the character…
There is some great art/electronic music coming out of Canada lately. Lights seems to be quite well known. Grimes, now out of Tokyo, is rising in recognition as a talented…