USA’s 1 in 68 Autism Rates and Canada’s Fake National Autism Strategy
“At present there is no government monitoring system in place to provide us with accurate statistics on the prevalence of ASDs in Canada” Autism Society Canada The recent USA CDC…
March 2014
Collective Psychosis
The Harper government, Andrew Coyne writes, is far from normal: In normal times, under a normal government, the Fair Elections Act would have been withdrawn by now, or at least…
Stephen Harper and the Monstrous Government Like No Other
Well his Con clown tour of Europe has finally ended. After a week of posing as a champion of democracy in Ukraine, his golden coach ride is over.Now it's back…
Saturday At The Movies
There’s so much about animals we don’t understand. Check out this story of Max the wonder dog who saved his mistress’s life with his sense of smell.
Musical interlude
The Tea Party – Babylon
A Premier Penthouse Suite: Where Luxury is Yours
Tweet Find your home away from home in Edmonton, Alberta in the newly renovated art-deco Federal Building. Elegant features throughout the Premier’s Penthouse Suite are designed to make a private…
Tory MLAs, reporters, right-wing ideologues take aim at Alison Redford for PC Party’s woes
The Alberta premier’s personal airship ties up alongside the Sky Palace Official First Minister’s Residence, high atop the former Federal Building in Edmonton. Actual official accommodations may not appear exactly…
Data Viz of poll results shows even Conservative voters hate the Fair Elections Act
A poll was commissioned by The Council of Canadians, the Canadian Federation of Students, and LeadNow.ca to find out how Canadians feel about the Fair Elections Act. The poll was…
Provinces Take Action on Carbon Emissions Reductions Where Federal Government Is Failing, Says Report
Several provincial initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are closing the gap created by the federal government’s continuing lack of climate legislation. This patchwork of provincial policies may be the…
The Toronto Police Are At It Again
This is what happens when you have a ‘blue wall’ culture, facilitated by a police chief who often seems more politician than top cop. Sure, it is unfair and inaccurate…
Katie Rentzke
Excellent street photographer who works for social change. Urban Voice Youth Photographic Project is a program that gives an artistic voice to underprivileged youth by teaching them basic photography skills.…
Youthful Protesters Urge Christy Clark To Step Up And Save Shawnigan From Contaminated Soil Dump
Shawnigan Lake faces an uncertain future. While the CVRD and SIA lawyers present their views to the BC Environmental Appeal Board on whether or not up to 5 million tonnes…
CBC: Broadband access on First Nations and other northern communities is set to improve over the next several years.
First Nations and northern communities have long struggled with Big Telecom’s slow Internet speeds and terrible service. So it’s great to see these communities taking things into their own hands…
#CancelColbert Part 2: Racial slurs attacking critics means we have a problem
..Dear Jezebel: You fail to understand that people of colour are allowed to be pretty effing pissed off that a sketch was created that could be used at the expense…
Sunshine List overlooks thousands of private contractors: OPSEU
TORONTO – Ontarians aren’t getting a clear picture of government pay practices from the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, the president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says. “Today’s…
The Albatross: how Canadian spies at CSEC are told to talk about their jobs
Are CSEC and other government agencies unconstitutionally accessing your data? According to spy chief John Forster, you don’t need to know. Article by Ishmael N. Daro & Tannara Yelland for…
Georgia Straight: Canadian Internet providers receive need to be more transparent in how they protect our privacy
Canada’s large Internet providers received a failing grade when it comes to being transparent about how they protect Canadians’ privacy, according to an expert report by Privacy Coalition members Prof.…
Canada, eh? Culture clash: RBC Nice and The Alternative
Interesting snippet from the latest Micheal Lewis book entitled Flash, in an article by Joanna Slater: The small selection of pages from Mr. Lewis’s book briefly made public by Amazon…