Climate change is simple
Sometimes it helps to remind ourselves of the basic science of climate change and why scientists are so certain that the planet is warming and humans are to blame. David…
2013
5819…Culture Shaper Dies
Roger Ebert, who was only 70, died yesterday of a bunch of stuff. This is the pic that The Huffington Post had. He and his late partner Gene Siskel really…
Spreadsheet: Tracking Alberta political party fundraising from 2004 to 2012.
TweetFollowing yesterday’s release of political donations disclosure reports submitted to Elections Alberta, I thought it would be interesting to look at the recent history of political donations in Alberta. The…
Eight Years of Wise Law Blog
Hard to believe, but it’s now been eight years of Wise Law Blog. Yes, it’s our 8th blawgversary blogversary. And clearly, that means I should write something to mark the…
Sorry for Hiatus
As regular visitors will have noticed, I haven’t been up to my usual feisty self lately. The truth is, real life intervenes some times, and I’ve been hellishly busy lately…
Wilhelmina Jansen, 1924 – 2013
Wilhelmina Jansen, my partner Irene Jansen’s mother passed away today after a short illness. She was 88.
Fraser Institute Sunshine List
On Monday, Andrew wrote that we need a Bay Street sunshine list. Today, we got something almost as good: a Fraser Institute sunshine list, courtesy of US tax filings and…
Canadians respond to Big Telecom spin
To help us counter a campaign by Big Telecom lobbyists to suppress our voices and paint a rosy picture of our dysfunctional telecom market, we asked the pro-Internet community to…
Poll: Massive support for Proportional Representation
Hat tip to BluntObjects for the LeadNow poll of Canadians’ views about the need to fix our broken electoral system. The poll shows massive support by Liberals, Dippers and Greens…
Award-winning McGill Prof to bring climate-change lessons out of the lab
Researcher to share environmental insights through video series By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: McGill University Biology Professor Catherine Potvin, a renowned expert on climate change and tropical-forest ecology,…
Labrador By-Election Poll: Yvonne Jones Wins All
Forum Research just released a new poll they did in the riding of Labrador for the upcoming by-election. Its not even close, not even close. Forum Research (Labrador – March…
Bring Your Boomers: How BC Candidates Fare on Climate Change
Although the writ for the upcoming BC election won’t be dropped for another two weeks (yes, this campaign has been going on forever), I had the pleasure yesterday of attending…
On the Leadnow Co-op Poll…
Democratic reform advocacy group Leadnow, one of a couple of organizations to have endorsed Joyce Murray over the co-operation issue, decided to pay for a poll to be conducted on…
National Post: the Harper Conservatives are “jerks”
Mother, fetch me the smelling salts! I think I’m going to faint! “But with the economy growing slowly, and even Alberta’s oil wealth underperforming, the Tories must now confront the…
MLA Bill Routley Calls For Community Control Of Watershed!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Cowichan NDP MLA Bill Routley told protestors gathered in Shawnigan Village Saturday afternoon to rally against the threat of contaminated soil being dumped in their…
A Primer on DilBit Spills in a Corporatist State
If you want an idea of what’s in store for British Columbia if Harper/Redford/Enbridge/Beijing et al manage to drive their pipelines through to the coast, you need only look to…
Joyce Murray submits her answers to my 6 questions
I will not lie; I’ve been very disappointed with the lackadaisical response from the LPC Leadership candidates to a series of questions I submitted to them for responding – not…
The MOOC as a Vehicle for Learning: Observations and Conclusions
Summary with speakers Malcolm Brown, Veronica Diaz, Michael Feldstein, Phil Hill Phil: There has been a very rich discussion about the different reasons for participating in MOOCs, the variety of…