Local Health Integration Networks were purportedly created to bring health care planning, integration, accountability, and funding closer to the 14 regions they serve. A key role for the LHINs was…
Stephen Harper will apparently be chatting with Commander Chris Hadfield later this month, and he’s asking people to contribute their questions via the #pmhadfield hashtag on Twitter. What better a…
I just love it when headlines talk dirty. If seems the mayor of Riverview gave a speech to the Men’s Probus Club. I’ve never seen a man’s probus. But, then,…
70-billion tonnes a year and accelerating. That is the amount of ice Canada’s Arctic glaciers are reported to be losing annually. A peer-reviewed report, Irreversible Mass Loss of Canadian Arctic…
Nanos Research has come out with a new poll of federal voting intentions, showing a close three-way race and giving me a chance to test out the new redistribution model!…
Lockheed’s troubled F-35 is attracting criticism due to pilot complaints that they can’t see what’s behind them. They can’t “check their six” man, bummer. Who cares? If you’re piloting an…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is really amazing to watch both our PM Stephen Harper and US President Barack Obama shamelessly peddling their revisionist attacks against Hugo Chavez. Perhaps they should…
Download: earthgauge-podcast-march7-2013.mp3 Ever wondered where your water comes from and where your wastewater goes? How much garbage do we produce in Ottawa and where does it go? What did the…
Horner v. Benisasia, 2013 ONCA 136 deals with the common law power of a superior court to set aside orders to prevent a miscarriage of justice. While holding such power…
Despite a recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling against him, social conservative activist Bill Whatcott took his controversial anti-gay and anti-abortion stand on Wednesday to the University of Regina. Bill…
It might have a lot to do with pre-emptive politics but Australian government climate scientists have issued a report directly linking their nation’s summer of extreme weather events to climate…
Or not. Rebel Donut in Albuquerque have concocted the “Breaking Bad” donut featuring blue frosting topped with what looks like blue crystal methamphetamine. The meth-like sprinkles mimic the highly potent…
Couple of days ago. On the Senate. Story was on the front page of the Globe and Mail yesterday. To summarize the man-who-would-be-king was ranting about how when he becomes…
* It’s been three and a half years since I began talking about, blogging about, and working for action on, climate change. It took me a while to call myself…
The third part of my series with Dave Bilinsky, Collaboration, Law Firm Style, is now up at SlawTips. Here’s a snippet: By centering our collaborative discussions around specific, individual tasks…
The Globe has a misguided header but a somewhat interesting report nevertheless: “Ontario, B.C. have biggest say in Liberal leadership race.” Since every riding is equally weighted for voting purposes,…
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With this weekend’s convention approaching, we’re starting to see plenty more media coverage of the Saskatchewan NDP leadership race. So for those who haven’t yet voted (or those looking for…
