Saturday At The Movies
Amazing interaction between a wild raven needing help, and a helpful human.
March 2014
campaigns to support
Do you have five extra minutes? Could you help out some good causes? What about an hour? The following are a number of things people could do from their homes.…
NDP’s Jenny Kwan Has Proven Herself to Be A Woman Of Decency and Integrity
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is quite sickening to watch the attack on the character of Jenny Kwan, the MLA who along with Joy McPhail stood up as the only opposition…
Actors on the world stage: Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Watching an actor nail their performance of an interesting, well-known, real-world persona is one of those movie moments that sticks with you awhile. One of my favourites (if not one…
Oil Sands or Tar Sands? Actually, they’re neither
Naming Alberta bitumen has become a sticky topic As the publisher of an online journal focusing on Canada’s environment and resource economy, the issue of what to call Alberta’s oil…
Musical interlude
Mono – Life in Mono (Sweat Band Remix)
MK Safety Net Canada
This is excellent news. Missionary Kids Safety Net, a well known advocacy and resource organization for missionary kids and third culture kids who have been harmed by their experiences in…
Supremely Satisfying…
The Day Stephen Harper Was Pounded By the Supreme Court http://montrealsimon.blogspot.ca/2014/03/the-day-stephen-harper-was-pounded-by.html Have to admit I had to read it twice..but yes, Nadon was re-jected byHarper’s own appointees! Every one of…
Reddit Firestorm: The future isn’t friendly for Canadian wireless customers
“Please stop buying your phones on contract. Rogers, Bell and Telus have got us over a barrel in this country and aside from government intervention, the only way we are…
The Day Stephen Harper Was Pounded By the Supreme Court
Well it's lucky he is in Ukraine challenging Vladimir Putin to come and fight him. Or doing whatever he can to inflame the situation and win the ethnic vote.Because if…
Financial reform: Taking responsibility as public servants and otherwise…
Facts: I don’t hate Vision Vancouver. I’m indifferent to the overall career of Gregor Robertson. I actually like Andrea Reimer, from what I know of her. (Confession: I really like
Charisma magazine runs paid for ‘news release’ under by-line of ‘news service’ owner
Nice catch by Ruth Graham (@publicroad) and Warren Throckmorton (Patheos). A guy in Australia named Lyall Mercer wrote a pr mentioning his firm which was put up on Christian News…
Our digital divide – only 62% of low-income households have Internet access
Our digital divide is as wide as ever. Only 62% of low-income households have Internet access. Article by Sunny Freeman for Huffington Post Canada. Canada is one of the most…
NASA study: Inequality will lead to famine, collapse of civilization
Hungry for change: Tunisian bread riots led to a government overthrow in 2011 Read this March 18 National Post story on a new NASA-funded study that predicts the utter collapse…
Colorado Legislators Seek to Punish Cities that Ban Fracking
Two Colorado legislators announced they are introducing a ballot initiative aimed at punishing cities and towns that vote to ban fracking within their borders. Rep. Frank McNulty of Highlands Ranch…
Take Action: Swift passage of Act needed to stop paid plasma donation in Ontario
It’s been almost two years since we stumbled upon a plan by a private for-profit company to open a series of clinics that would pay Canadian donors for plasma. The…
TWO Judicial Setbacks In ONE Day!
I don’t want to chortle; I really don’t. Chortling bespeaks a certain pettiness and vindictiveness that I would like, in my more high-mined moments, to think I am above. But…
Labour Peace Comes From Negotiations Not Legislation
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger If there was ever time for labour to stand and fight, it is now. BC has endured over a decade of abuse from the ideologically obedient pro…
Marcus Aurelius
I continue to be profoundly moved by the wisdom of the classical authors. It’s often hard to accept that some of them were writing two or more millennia ago: many…