April 2014
A 17-Minute conversation with Williamstown artist, Erica Taylor… because 20 would be too much awesome for your brain.
This blog is meant to be a learning tool… both for us and others. A few weeks ago, Erica Taylor — the Williamstown-based painter / graphic designer / illustrator /…
Waiting in ambush for PC leadership candidate Ken Hughes: the ghosts of health care disasters past and present
Back in the day when Alberta Health Services was still full of promise, AHS board chair Ken Hughes, above left, got his instructions from health minister Ron Liepert, right. Mr.…
Death to slogans
The title of this post is, in fact, a slogan. But I’m thinking slogans are verbal dead weight in the internet era. What harm would it do us to just…
As Obama tries to lock down Trans-Pacific Partnership, Canadian Internet freedom group takes message directly to U.S. Capitol
StopSecrecy_403x403_150414.png Canada’s OpenMedia leads huge international campaign shining “Stop the Secrecy” spotlight on prominent buildings in Washington D.C. to protest TPP’s secretive Internet Censorship plan April 22, 2014 – As…
In Tuesday’s Sun: Reform Party of Canada, RIP
Remember the Reform Party? The Reformers rather wish you didn’t. Twenty years ago, the Reform Party’s fresh-faced MPs – all 52 of them – arrived in Ottawa to cause all…
Flickering: Foretelling Crisis in an Ecosystem
Originally posted on Nourish Boston: In a recent study, published in Nature, a group of scientists have pioneered a method to predict when an ecosystem is likely to collapse. By…
Four Years After the BP Oil Disaster, A Look Back in Photographs
Just prior to the four-year anniversary of the BP oil spill, BP and the Coast Guard issued press releases. BP announced the “active cleanup” in Louisiana is over, while the…
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Kevin Sharp, Country Star, Passes Away
I remember listening to Kevin Sharp on the radio in the 1990s. He was in part famous for having survived cancer.
McDonalds Treating Foreign Workers Like Slaves
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger McDonalds, and several other Canadian firms are being investigated following reports of exploitation and abuse from victimized foreign workers. I have often wondered about the staff at…
The Down Side of Good Vision: Seeing All the Grime
Too busy to say much because I realize just how dirty everything is around here, now that my eyes are working as they should. People had warned me that I…
I don’t believe it
I don’t doubt for a minute that some Ontario Dippers told my friend Susanna what she’s reported here – she’s one of the most honest and terrific reporters around –…
Victory Of Valhalla!
Is The NDP set to force a provincial election? Maybe. The evidence cited is: An e-mail has gone out to riding associations offering them insurance for their campaign offices –…
Democracy in the Pits: How Canada Uses Foreign Aid as PR for Mining Companies
Democracy in the Pits is a two-part series outlining the tarnished reputation of Canada’s mining sector and the Harper government’s role in supporting it. Read Part 1: The Corrosive Effect…
Mulroney and Trudeau need to stop lying about prosperity that never happened
Recently, both Brian Mulroney and Justin Trudeau claimed free-market reforms brought great prosperity to Canada. Mulroney said, his tax reforms (that primarily benefited the wealthy) and trade initiatives were the…
April 21: Spreading ignorance – deliberately
(In advance, I have an apology. I have printed all comments that were sent to me but, for some reason, several from yesterday disappeared. I discovered that when I tried…
Environment Ministry staff warn BC govt about LNG emissions
VANCOUVER – British Columbia Environment Ministry staff have warned their minister that the province’s dreamed-of liquefied natural gas industry poses some big challenges with greenhouse gas emissions. Internal briefing notes…