Scientists have long warned that the loss of Arctic sea ice was warming the polar region and contributing to climate change impacts. It’s basic physics. Ice, being white, reflects solar…
Last October, the BC Civil Liberties Association and OpenMedia.ca announced that they are taking the government to stop CSEC’s blanket spying on law-abiding Canadians. We’ve compiled the five most frequently…
They must have consulted Rob Ford. 😉
This would be the long-term outcome of Justin Trudeau’s recent proposal should it succeed in gaining wide acceptance and be fully implemented. The heat from the Senate scandal, which has…
So Canada is the alleged victim in another Olympic figure skating scandal, this time in ice dance. There are the usual calls for ending all judged sports at the Olympics,…
An interview with Robert Morales, Chief Negotiator for the Hul’qumi’num First Nations Treaty Group, about the E&N Railway Land Grants of 1887 and the lasting repercussions of this massive “land…
As the scandal over Vladimir Putin’s $50-billion Olympics begins to fade, equally sordid scandals about the World Cup come to the fore. Brazil, which has won more World Cups than…
The contempt that our employee, Mr. Harper, holds for his 36 million employers is palpable. Sometimes it’s just goofy. He’s taken to skirting the “real” media, whom he despises, to…
Not only is this one, trivial news story (Section A4); but it’s not particularly true. In fact, Most girls in “metro” Moncton don’t play hockey the story admits that, but…
This morning I gave a presentation to an church group in Ottawa on affordable housing and homelessness. My slides can be downloaded here. Points I raised in the presentation include…
In 2009, our government in its wisdom imposed stringent visa requirements on Mexicans visiting Canada, the harshest on any country. claiming this was necessary to deter increasing numbers of bogus…
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Charisma News is reporting that “prophet” Bob Jones passed away on Valentines Day. In the Charisma piece. Rick Joyner is quoted…
Aware of my interest in politics, my friend Gary sent me an email this morning:I read a comment in the National Post and it made me think of the label…
Weather is today. Climate is 30-years of todays. Climate science looks at weather patterns over a suitable period, usually at least three decades. 30-years is okay, a century is better,…
The legal battle between climate scientist Michael Mann (left) and conservative columnist Mark Steyn (right) is heating up. Read this February 3rd article by Andrew Breiner in Climate Progress about…
Many Coloradans who have battled city-by-city to regulate fracking near their residential areas may get some relief under a proposed constitutional amendment that would give cities and towns the right…
In an earlier post, I wrote that Collingwood’s Integrity Commissioner, Robert Swayze, proposed two changes to the town’s Procedural Bylaw: amending section 13.7 and deleting section 13.8. Last post I…
Severe weather is making news from record snowfall in Japan to devastating floods in the U.K. Following video says it all:
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Robert Reich writes about the basic economic lessons the U.S. has forgotten since its postwar boom: First, America’s real job creators are consumers,…
Last week, we told you about the failure of spy agency CSEC’s supposed watchdog to rein their unaccountable spying in – Canadians are dismayed at this blatant attempt to whitewash…
