Friday night blues blogging
This is fun. This is the Guy Forsyth Band performing 105. Eventually there’s tuba. Now that we’re warmed up, let’s get mellow. This is the Grateful Dead with Sugaree. Up…
2013
NAFTA challenge to Quebec fracking law puts profits ahead of water
Fracking protest in New Brunswick (photo: Colin McPhail) by Emma Lui Communities everywhere are calling for a stop to fracking – from Elsipogtog First Nation’s highway blockade in New Brunswick…
Joe the Plumber explains what the GOP hostage taking is really about: "America needs a white Republican president"
Well there you have it. Exactly what this GOP hissy fit has been about all along.
Reading Mark Twain…’Christian Science’
Reading Mark Twain…’Christian Science’ ‘Christian Science’….Mark Twain, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1907 I was continuing my task of reading anything available, in print or on the internet, when I…
A Bittersweet Story of Ms Rose and Another Break-in at Her Very Special Salon(Video)
Here is a sad, yet moving account of a senseless break in and theft of wigs and hair pieces lovingly made for cancer survivors. The impacts while devastating will once…
Eskimos need new brains at front office as well as on the field.
For the first time in recent memory, the Edmonton Eskimos appear destined to not lead the league in attendance. With Mosaic Stadium in Regina on steroids in preparation for the…
1927, a Year to Remember
1927. It was the year America sent troops to Nicaragua, forcing a US-supervised election. The year Alfred Hitchcock released his first movie. And the year when Fritz Lang released his…
AIr Canada loses special PMO cargo
For the third time in as many weeks, Air Canada has brought tears to those who prefer their cargo safely restrained in a cage. This time the loss occurred in…
David SuzukiAnt among CanadiAnts in U.S. to lobby against Antstone XL pipeline
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/david-suzuki-tells-u-s-not-to-trust-harper-s-keystone-xl-promises-1.1991120
what i’m reading, children’s books edition # 9: wonderstruck
Over the summer, I wrote about The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, a children’s book with a suspenseful, convoluted story, lavishly illustrated with Selznick’s beautiful pencil drawings. (I…
Air Canada loses special PMO cargo
For the third time in as many weeks, Air Canada has brought tears to those who prefer their cargo safely restrained in a cage. This time the loss occurred in…
Redford backtracks on public participation–but only at the federal level
Premier Redford was asked to comment on the actions of environmental activists protesting a National Energy Board (NEB) review of the proposal to reverse Enbridge’s Line 9 oil pipeline. The…
Taxing Through Taxes
Despite not hailing from Nova Scotia, I suppose its time that we sat down and talked about what happened in the province. Though, this post will only touch on the…
Taxing Through Taxes
Despite not hailing from Nova Scotia, I suppose its time that we sat down and talked about what happened in the province. Though, this post will only touch on the…
Taxing Through Taxes
Despite not hailing from Nova Scotia, I suppose its time that we sat down and talked about what happened in the province. Though, this post will only touch on the…
Top 5 ways lobbyists win and you lose with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
Something very important happened this week. For the first time, Presidents and Prime Ministers of several countries met with industry lobbyists to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on the sidelines…
Union of Concerned Scientists Cites DeSmog’s "Frackademia" Work in Major Report
The Union of Concerned Scientists‘ Center for Science and Democracy has released a new report titled “Toward an Evidence-Based Fracking Debate” and DeSmogBlog‘s “frackademia” work takes the center stage in…
Huffington Post Canada: Canadian innovators continue to fight for authentic choice in our broken wireless market
Earlier this week, we told you about how indie ISPs are fighting against Big Telecom blocking Canadians from accessing affordable services. Canadians deserve authentic choice. As Big Telecom continues to…
Oct. 11: The cowboy singer and the Irving press…
Damn, damn, damn. I have finished a whole blog – and accidentally deleted it. Damn. OK. Here goes again. But I’m not happy.____________________________———————————— The tradition of the the singing cowboy…
Arrested in Possible Anti-Muslim Hate Crime in Kingston
Muslim students subject to hate crime Police investigate incident where six students physically and verbally assaulted by group of four men By Vincent Ben Matak, News Editor Six Queen’s students…