Premier Alison Redford and an aide, at right, look on as Progressive Conservative caucus coup plotters try to remember if the signal to make their move is “Toga! Toga! Toga!”…
Adbusters is working on a series of 15–second mindbombs: video punches aired on television networks all over the world, put there by jammers far and wide through a monumental crowd-funded…
The development at Oakridge is just a little bit controversial. This new plan will see the corner of Cambie and 41st Avenue transformed from a low rise mall into a…
Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.– John Tory on Toronto food trucks
If Sun News Network is Fox News North, then Pierre Karl Peladeau sounds to me like Donald Trump.Michael Den Tandt’s list of anecdotes sure makes Peladeau sound grotesquely egotistical poseur,…
Reading this story will make you, um, hunger for a mayor who is capable of making a decision. Among other things. .
Canada has a stark digital deficit and a growing digital divide. Expert Peter Nowak looks at how low-income neighbourhoods here and in the U.S. are increasingly being left behind. Article…
Dear Barack Obama, Stephen Harper et al.: We sense Vladimir Putin is making you angry. Even worse, we sense that he is – once again – making you look like…
The Green Army, a group representing environmental and social justice organizations led by retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, met on the steps of the state capitol for a rally preceding…
The CRTC is asking Canadians what they think about the future of digital services in Canada. This important consultation could either help fix our broken telecom market, or entrench the…
The U.S. House of Representatives is serious about job creation. So serious, in fact, that they are willing to sacrifice a healthy environment just so corporations have the “potential” to…
Two B.C. environmental groups are taking the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission to court next week over practices they argue unlawfully permit oil and gas companies to use water. Sierra…
This photo was taken on Dec 18th, 2013, 3 days after this woman was admitted to Victoria General Hospital. I am advised that she remained in a coma from Dec…
MNR Minister David Orazietti introduces the Invasives Species Act at Queen’s Park. Groundbreaking legislation a first of its kind in Canada – aims to fill in legislative gaps in combatting…
With all the news about Ukraine (formerly The Ukraine), the New Cold War, jetliners that vanish without a trace, and the Quebec election and Canada’s typically Canadian stroll towards disaster…
Canadian Natural Resources Limited’s Horizon oilsands upgrader By John Cotter in Edmonton FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. is facing 11 environmental charges over the release of a…
If Justice Minister Peter MacKay announcing that the Conservatives may soften marijuana laws came as a surprise, the change of heart among some conservatives in the U.S. is nothing less…
Thoughts du jour: 1) Provincial Parti Quebecois and federal Conservatives seem to both be cruising toward majority governments. Harper makes the perfect foil for Quebec separatists, given his low popularity…
Monday, March 10, 2014 With the BC Legislature’s Spring Session in full swing, there are lots of new, proposed laws to read and comment on, and we’ve been drawing your…
Thanks to our undemocratic voting system, First-Past-the-Post, the PQ could win a majority with the same percent vote the Liberals have. With a mere 38% support from Quebecers, the PQ…
