Sept. 24: Actor Michael Douglas is hoping to get back with his wife….
…that, for anyone who gives a damn, is the most interesting news in today’s TandT. The front page is wasted on baffelgab about the health system, and the new, “businesslike”…
2013
The rise and fall (and rise?) of Blackberry – the story that just won’t quit
This is an experiment. I’m writing an essay based on my latest Metro Morning column. Each of these columns take hours of prep, so I thought I’d convert it into…
Jon Kay meets an unemployed person in the supermarket
Classic. Observe someone from afar for ten seconds, don’t even talk to them, and then write a stirring 700-word exposition to offer up all sorts of brilliant insights. I don’t…
It’s complicated
Now that we’re married, GC and I are thinking about moving in together. Like actually formally officially living together. Getting rid of the duplicate toaster and bed and microwave and…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Charles Campbell discusses Robert Reich’s work to highlight the importance of a fair and progressive tax system. And while Lawrence Martin is…
City Of Regina Using American Communications Company (also used by Conservative MPs) To Sway Water Referendum Vote …
It looks as if the City of Regina has its own version of ‘Watergate’!! An American communications company is getting a piece of the city’s referendum campaign budget for its…
Desperation Is The Harvest Of Failure.
Stephen Harper is desperately trying to get Canada’s First Peoples to buy into the Northern Gateway Pipeline. But, Michael Harris writes, they will not be snookered by Mr. Harper. They…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, September 24, 2013: Lawyers among those who paid for fake online reviews; probe leads to settlements with…
Hebert, Walkom, and (not that) Harper talk #cdnpoli at Word on the Street
Up next after the city hall politics panel in the Toronto Star tent at the Word on the Street festival on Sunday was the federal politics panel. On hand were…
An Orchestrated Cover Up Of Exxon’s Pegasus Pipeline Spill Health Hazards?
Nearly six months have passed since ExxonMobil’s Pegasus tar sands pipeline ruptured and released as much as 7,000 barrels of diluted bitumen into Mayflower, Arkansas. And as soon as the…
On The Minimum Wage And Tim Hudak’s ‘Bold’ Plan For Ontario
Continuing on with the theme of the minimum wage, which groups in both Canada and the United States are demonstrating to significantly increase, The Star had a good letter in…
What’s all this, then?
Constable Bertie Twills had no idea how to write a citation for jaywalking aliens, so he just turned his back and pretended not to see them. His partner, Constable “Jimmy”…
When regulators don’t believe in regulation
Fracking in Wyoming With Put the brakes on LNG until impact of fracking investigated, Laila Yuile draws attention to deficient science surrounding hydraulic fracturing in British Columbia. “The rush to…
Today’s religious wars
While discussing the mall attack in Nairobi and a church bombing in Pakistan this weekend a friend said “well, it’s a religious war”. That aside gave me pause. Growing up…
Like we told you: no money rules for Liberal Leadership #nlpoli
SRBP told you on July 18 and this past Saturday, the Telegram had a front page story telling us that the Liberal leadership campaign has no financial rules. James McLeod’s…
Stephen Harper and the Neverending Torture of Omar Khadr
I knew that something was terribly wrong when the very first thing he did when he came to power was go after the equality of women. I still remember the…
Senator Jim Munson Says Ottawa Has Done Little to Address Canada’s Autism Crisis
Laverne Stewart of Fredericton’s Daily Gleaner reports (September 24, 2013) that National autism advocate Senator Jim Munson, shown left in his Parliament of Canada photo, is frustrated, that after years…
Mining company steps back from Sacred Headwaters standoff
A group of Tahltans and their supporters peacefully occupied Fortune’s drill in early September Fortune Minerals announced Monday it will voluntarily stand down from an escalating conflict with the local…
Campaign Diary Volume 7: It’s Nomination Day … ‘In for a penny, in for a pound!’
That’s me, David Climenhaga, candidate for St. Albert City Council, handing over my nomination papers yesterday morning to city Chief Legislative Officer Chris Belke. Below: Checking my papers one last…