5620…Two Famous Residents Of DC Bday 2day
Both are current too. One is the biggest star in Washington, Robert Griffin III. He has 23 candles on his cake. The other is cinematically current, Abraham Lincoln. He is…
2013
Three-year contracts must go, CRTC told by Steve Rennie
Representatives of three consumer groups urged the regulator to do away with three-year terms in favour of capping contracts at two years.
Three-year contracts must go, CRTC told by Steve Rennie
Representatives of three consumer groups urged the regulator to do away with three-year terms in favour of capping contracts at two years.
5619…Canada/Ontario Hits The Big Time
Shared on Facebook by Kory Teneycke of SUN TV. Kory Teneyckeabout an hour ago A proud moment for our country… Canada Goose jacket graces the cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit…
Feb. 12: Shale gas is good for you…..
……says Frank McKenna. It says so right there at the bottom of page 1 as the Moncton Times and Transcript honours its promise to keep us up to date with…
Holy Sit
Kids were getting chemical burns from a toilet seat (and probably desk, for a boy with burned elbows) at an Ottawa area school. Most likely the disinfectant was sprayed on…
#skndpldr Candidate Rankings – February 12
As I mentioned in my follow-up notes from Saturday’s Saskatchewan NDP leadership debate, the candidates’ performance hasn’t done much to change my impression as to their relative position. (Which, as…
Christian Crossroads Previously Dinged By CSBC For Gay-Bashing Show
Christian Crossroads Communications has been in the news recently over this: A Canadian Christian communications group that does taxpayer-funded development work in Uganda has rejected allegations that it is anti-gay…
Why Fidlar may be the most important band in the history of the world
Fidlar is a band from L.A. Their name is an acronym: Fuck it, dog, life’s a risk. There are four of them, they are social blemishes, and they are perhaps…
The Ideal 25 Hour Work Week
The currently popular 40 hour work week is a fairly modern notion and it’s thanks to unions that we don’t have something like an 80 hour work week. Times have…
Dramatic Increase In Arctic Methane Release Requires Dramatic Increase In Political Will To Address Climate Crisis
* All eyes in the climate change community are going to be on President Obama tonight as he delivers his State of the Union address, which outlines his administration’s vision…
Justin Trudeau’s Defence Of The Existing Senate Structure Is NOT What You Could Call ‘Democracy’
Trudeau says appoint better senators, forget reforming upper chamber Imagine! The man who wants to lead the Liberal Party of Canada believes in APPOINTED Senators. My question to Trudeau is…
Tasha on Sandra
Tasha is always worth reading, if you ask me. “After losing the premier’s office, why would Pupatello want to take charge of the most difficult file in cabinet? Do a…
Newfoundland Act, 1949 (Terms of Union)
Newfoundland Act 12 & 13 Geo. VI, c. 22 (U.K.) An Act to confirm and give effect to Terms of Union agreed between Canada and Newfoundland. Whereas by means of…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, February 12, 2013: Social Media Law in Canada (Part 1: The Rogue Employee) This week at the…
I’m Not Sayin’ (I’m Just Sayin’)
The following nugget was buried at the bottom of a follow-up CP report on how CIDA helped fund the Ugandan aid work of the virulently anti-gay Crossroads Christian Communications (in…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Yves Engler discusses the importance of a “social wage” – and how the minimum standard of living we’re prepared to tolerate affects…
The Women Have Arrived
When Kathleen Wynne introduced her cabinet yesterday, she became the fifth woman premier in the federation. Lawrence Martin writes: Now, women run much of the federation. They are at the…
The Asteroid of Doom
Coming soon to a planet near you. Filed under: art, digital, drawing Tagged: asteroid, Doom, extinction, fear