Labrador By-Election!
In the midst of scandal Peter Penashue resigned and is seeking re-election in Labrador. This by-election is perfectly placed to be a present for the next Liberal leader. Another seat…
2013
Labrador By-Election!
In the midst of scandal Peter Penashue resigned and is seeking re-election in Labrador. This by-election is perfectly placed to be a present for the next Liberal leader. Another seat…
Saturday At The Movies
I sure hope they used recycled paper!
Suspended coffees
From the forum at Urban Diner, a Vancouver-based online magazine for food and restaurant lovers around British Columbia. By Publisher Paul Kamon: “We enter a little coffeehouse with a friend…
The Not So Great Legacy of Ralph Klein
They say you are not supposed to speak ill of the dead. So I'd rather not say anything about the life and legacy of Ralph Klein.But unfortunately we live in…
BC Auditor General site down Mar 29-30
Since the website of the British Columbia Auditor General is inaccessible early morning March 30, and was down late March 29, I provide this access to recent reports from the…
Spent my youth in this place
Ralph Klein was there when I was, lots of times. I didn’t like him as mayor or as Premier. But he was good to drink with. Anyway, he’s gone, now.…
Musical interlude
The Tea Party – Waiting On A Sign
Market Totalitarianism
In a recent post I referred to conservatives who would prefer to return to the failed strategy of every person for themselves when it comes to retirement security as “free…
Was Ralph Klein a Great Premier?
I have three questions for Ralph Klein’s admirers in both of our major provincial parties. First, wasn’t it a good investment for federal and provincial governmentsto lavish money upon the…
Léger Quebec Poll: 33% PLQ, 29% PQ, 20% CAQ
Léger Marketing has come out with a poll for Québec’s provincial scene tonight, the second one they’ve put out this month and the first one after Phillipe Couillard’s win in…
What could possibly go wrong?
Arizona gun proponents launch free gun program By CRISTINA SILVA, Associated Press – 6 hours ago TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A campaign promising free shotguns for people in Tucson’s most…
Friday night: Wolf, Wells and King
I once posted an abbreviated version of this Howlin’ Wolf performance but now that someone’s been good enough to upload the whole seven minutes, here’s How Many More Years one…
5798…Ralph Klein Dies; Mark Bonokoski Angry
Mark Bonokoski, a Sun thingy, is mad at the Toronto Star coz when they put the news that former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein had died at 70, they ran this…
The Dreamtime
I don’t dream very much, Susan once said to me. We were having a talk about some crazy dream I was recalling. They’re always crazy, of course. But the conversation…
Conservative MP’s Bill C-461 threatens CBC journalistic integrity, protection of sources
By: Canadian Journalists for Free Expression | Press Release: TORONTO – One of Canada’s leading free speech groups is warning that a low-profile bill – coming up for second reading…
5797…Bad News For Tim Hudak Again
Ontario’s biggest Buffalo Bills fan, ironic considering the Bills also choke in big contests, Tim Hudak is down in the polls. It is running in every paper in Ontario the…
Fossil fuel divestment necessary to avoid “carbon bubble”, says study
By: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | Press Release: OTTAWA – Canada’s economy is experiencing a “carbon bubble” that could have significant consequences for Canada’s financial markets and pension funds,…
Hey, CBC Radio 1: How about tuning in to BBC Radio 4? by Leah McLaren
Columnist says Canadians deserve public radio that searches out its own ways to experiment with, and provide a playground for, great art.
Ralph Klein died today.
Surrounded by friends and family he passed away earlier today. While many of his policies were controversial and his legacy will be debated… the measure of him by all people,…