A Summary of COP19
Reuters nicely summarizes the outcome of the COP19 UN climate negotiations in Warsaw, Poland. FINANCE Developed nations promised in 2009 to increase their aid to poorer countries to help them…
Reuters nicely summarizes the outcome of the COP19 UN climate negotiations in Warsaw, Poland. FINANCE Developed nations promised in 2009 to increase their aid to poorer countries to help them…
Well since nobody believes what Stephen Harper and his Cons have to say about the Senate scandal, because they've lied about everything for eight years. And nobody believes anything the…
Major Iceberg Cracks off Pine Island Glacier : Natural Hazards Between November 9–11, 2013, a large iceberg finally separated from the calving front of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier. Scientists first…
The days of the family farm are numbered if we don’t act to protect BC’s ALR now, says ex-Minister Corky Evans by Corky Evans Imagine that you might, someday, want…
Who would’ve thought we’d find a suitable reference to Riders Nation and Ethical Cannabis in one photograph? But courtesy the Calgary Sun, there it is! Note the hat, bottom right.…
Recently, I bought a new lens. It was a cloudy day with intermittent rain, but I couldn’t wait for better conditions. So as soon as I left the shop, I…
Monday’s by-election day in Toronto Centre, and three other federal ridings in Canada. I’ll be out pulling the vote all day in Toronto Centre, where I live. If you’re a…
Consider this a continuation of last blogpost, where I said I’d update the post if Forum came out with 1 last quickie update. I figured it just was better to…
Roughriders top Ticats to win 101st Grey Cup at home
OpenMedia’s Internet Townhall is fast-approaching – and we can’t wait to hangout with our community on November 28th at 5:30pm PST/8:30pm EST to discuss our digital future. Full details of…
Cyberspace delivered these words of concern and a call to speak up from Corky Evans Corky Evans Imagine that you might, someday, want to farm for a living. Or imagine…
The Clore River (Neil Ever Osborne/ILCP) Read this Nov. 22 story from Larry Pynn in The Vancouver Sun on Enbridge’s plan to resurrect a private run-of-river project on the Clore…
I voted for the spending on the Administration building renovations. I was the Student-at-Large on the Board of Governors, serving as a representative of over 27,000 students from 2012-2013. The…
A new study is drawing attention to the health problems being faced by a First Nations community living near one of Canada’s most industrialized areas. Members of the Aamjiwnaang First…
Diane Francis is a writer whose typical view of Canada is about 400 miles wide so its not surprising that in her New York Post expose, she ignores corrupt political…
Read this Nov. 15 story from Mark Hume at The Globe and Mail on the losing battle to protect BC farmland from development. The way farmland is managed in British…
Hurricane Earl strikes Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia, in 2010. (Andrew Vaughan/CP) David Suzuki Foundation supporters who live in Western Canada often have eyes riveted on Ottawa to see what the…
No seats change hands and everyone spins the status quo. With a small chance that Rolf wins out in Brandon, which would be a real victory, and a true sign.…
Premier Redford complains bitterly about the quality of debate in the Legislature; apparently we need more “big ideas” and less “parochial debate”.* However her Environmental Minister continues to provide fatuous…
John Baird is not happy with the Iran nuclear deal. The deal with Iran is signed by six nations which are the United States, France, Germany, Britain, Russia and China…