Water, water, everywhere…#nlpoli
Before they took office in 2003 – an election year - the province’s Conservatives pounded the incumbent Liberals for the poor quality of drinking water across the province. Danny Williams…
2013
Diamond Jubilee Medal Recipient
…innocent until found guilty. Jesus. Pretty soon they’ll be giving me one. PS. If anyone is considering, they go for about $30 on E-Bay. I’d be just as happy with…
A More Democratic Senate Is Less So
Canadians certainly are no Nero, but they do have at least one thing in common with the late Roman emperor. In 64 AD it is said that while Rome burned…
Outreach
First such ceremony I haven’t been invited to in a decade. I wonder why?
No Meaningful Inclusion, No Community Living for NB Youth and Adults With Severe Autism Challenges
Resigchouche Regional Hospital Centre As an Autism Society New Brunswick representative I attended a meeting held at the Restigouche Regional Hospital Centre a few years ago to participate in a…
The Harper Cons and the Bigot Trap
It was an extraordinary sight. John Baird sitting next to Julian Fantino at a committee meeting this morning, blasting the hideous anti-gay statements of a Canadian religious organization. Foreign Affairs…
Chaos for the PEI PC Party
For those who have not been following news coming from the PEI Official Opposition it may surprise you to learn there is trouble. While the “problem” seems to have been…
Sorry about what we said, Tom, but spare a sigh for Alberta, latest victim of Dutch Disease
These typical Albertans may be victims of Dutch Disease. Who would have thought just weeks ago they were wearing slim-cut jeans, ostrich-hide boots and nice Resistol hats like the people…
Are Athabasca University’s days numbered?
TweetIs Athabasca University coming to an end? Government and institution officials say no, but sources say discussions are taking place that could alter the services provided by Alberta’s online distance…
Wrestling Not an Olympic Sport?
A scant 25 years ago, commercial considerations were viewed as “contaminating” the Olympic ideal. Now, they are viewed as being more important than 28 centuries of Olympic history. Consider this…
Nicaragua Day 2: A sense of persistence against tremendous odds
The entire bus erupted with laughter when the guide suggested that Canada was a balanced country. The young Nicaraguan was trying to describe how Nicaragua had skittered from the “dictatorship”…
Macleans’ weighs in on the stock market, screams BUY!
Today’s trip to the mailbox brought me Macleans’ magazine’s latest edition, with the cover offering up a three letter, bold, all caps assessmet of the stock market, complete with an…
Macleans’ weighs in on the stock market, screams BUY!
Today's trip to the mailbox brought me Macleans' magazine's latest edition, with the cover offering up a three letter, bold, all caps assessmet of the stock market, complete with an…
Newest viral
Yes, Gangnam Style had more intellectual substance, but Harlem Shakeis funny, too:“
Macleans’ weighs in on the stock market, screams BUY!
Today’s trip to the mailbox brought me Macleans’ magazine’s latest edition, with the cover offering up a three letter, bold, all caps assessmet of the stock market, complete with an…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Bright-eyed cats.
SFH play ‘Daddy Killed Nazis’
True story, too. By Ritalin Boy. Fave lyric of all time: “He saw England, he saw France, he made Hitler shit his pants.” Never played before, anywhere! A world premiere!
Conservative MP takes aim at CBC
Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber’s Private Members’ bill to impose new disclosure requirements on the CBC/SRC is up for debate in the House of Commons.