Is The Master Losing His Grip?
Listen to The Globe’s Campbell Clark and decide for yourself: Recommend this Post
April 2014
Soudas was Resign-Fired #HarperFired #cdnpoli
It happens with plenty of Harperites. They Resign, no wait, they were Fired. Depending on who you are, there’s a different tale of what caused the undesirable to fall under…
Christy Clark was a partner in firm that lobbied for Enbridge
BC Premier Christy Clark during talks with her Alberta counterpart on the proposed Enbridge pipeline Read this April 1 Vancouver Observer story on the revelation through leaked documents that BC…
All the Positive and Helpful Things in the IPCC Report No One Will Talk About
If you’ve come across any of the recent headlines on the release of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, you’re probably feeling pretty low. The doom and…
All the Positive and Helpful Things in the IPCC Report No One Will Talk About
If you’ve come across any of the recent headlines on the release of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, you’re probably feeling pretty low. The doom and…
Deal reached to save Experimental Lakes Area
Ontario’s Experimental Lakes Area. After months of negotiation, Queen’s Park announced Tuesday morning a deal has been struck to transfer ownership of the Experimental Lakes Area living laboratory in northern…
If Only We Could All Take This To Heart
Then where would the Harperites be? Recommend this Post
If I were Barack Obama, I would not be looking forward to my trip to Asia at the end of April
Obama will be traveling throughout the region to gain political favour amongst the various nations currently negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). As you may recall, the trip was originally planned…
Someone found NCR (not guilty by reason of insanity) is not guilty of a criminal offence and should not be treated as guilty
Kachkar (Re), 2014 ONCA 250 reminds us of the distinction between NCR and guilt. Quaere whether this suggests government changes to make NCR more onerous will meet with the Constitution…
I’m Running for Mayor of Winnipeg
I’ve made a decision. No more frozen pipes. No more potholes. No more windrows blocking off driveways. No more mosquitoes. No more cold weather. No more bad days. No more…
April 1: Yesterday, we had freezing rain…
…if you missed it the TandT has lots of pictures of what rain looks like when it freezes. We also had a massive power outage in the evening. Alas, there…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr: Canada used to be our moral paradigm
“I wished were more like Canadians…until you elected Stephen Harper,” quipped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a recent Vancouver event. “You used to have this great law called the Fisheries…
Mikey Doesn’t Like It…
Former B.C. premier Mike Harcourt quits NDP Harcourt let membership lapse over many issues including the party’s opposition to carbon tax CBC News Posted: Apr 01, 2014 8:10 AM PT…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Your news links for today: How Telcos and ISPs Hand Over Subscriber Data Thousands of Times Each Year Without a Warrant – Michael Geist We’re naive about the Internet, and…
The wake for the Health Accord was great, but what’s next?
There’s got to be a morning after. Yesterday more than 40 communities across Canada marked the end of the 10-year health accord between the provinces and the federal government. Listening…
An April Fools prediction on Quebec
308 did an excellent job today explaining why the CAQ internal poll should not be counted as a regular poll. I’ll expand on that. 1 – We don’t know all…
Is this the end of the gluten-free fad?
Last November, when I first wrote about the gluten-free diet fad, I bemoaned how an everyday protein, a staple in human diets for many millennia, had become demonized by…
John Tory talks about his hero
Quiz time. Who said this? “His performance was one of the most remarkable I have ever witnessed…He demonstrated absolutely unflagging energy, getting the job done in very difficult circumstances, and…
That was then, this is then, too
Check out this Star story on what the Ontario Liberals are planning. Then read this gem from the www.warrenkinsella.com archives: “November 24, 2005 – Looking at the communications carnage in…