June 21:It was last night on St. George St…..-
…..as I drove by I caught a glimpse of an elderly man. He looked pretty ragged, and he was sleeping in the doorway of a business closed for the day.…
June 2014
No Foreign Temporary Workers, But Students And Graduates Can Still Work
Full time foreign students can work in Canada up to 20 hours a week. In addition, they can work in Canada up to 4 years after graduating as long as…
Welcome Back, Cochrane #nlpoli
If you are needing a political fix this weekend you can get two of the better variety online. David Cochrane is back from an extended absence and to celebrate, he’s…
Who does the Government of BC serve?
I wrote previously about Narrows Inlet, a wilderness area 60 kilometres by air from Vancouver. I repeat Joan and Soren Bech’s submission to the Environmental Assessment Office because it is…
Evo Morales’ message of global solidarity
Subscribe to our free e-newsletter HERE. This piece was originally published on Richard Fidler’s blog, Life on the Left. The Summit of the Group of 77 plus China, marking the…
The Struggle of a Balanced Lifestyle within the Law Profession
As a current student working towards my paralegal degree at Centennial College, I have begun to wonder what life would actually be like as a female within the legal field.…
School is Out, Do the Teachers Get Ready?
B.C. teachers’ strike: government agrees to Vince Ready as mediator Teachers have been calling for a mediated solution to their strike since Thursday CBC News Posted: Jun 20, 2014 2:58…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andrew Jackson reviews the OECD’s economic recommendations for Canada – featuring a much-needed call for fair taxes on stock options: Special tax breaks…
Won’t Take a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Smoke Blows…
Tories and Liberals gang up on NDP over mailings—why now? What’s to be gained by a normally secretive all-party club of MPs attacking some of its members? By Leslie MacKinnon,…
Too Little, Too Late
So, Jason Kenney has applied some bandages to the hemorrhaging Temporary Foreign Workers program. The changes prevent employers in places with high unemployment rates from applying for temporary foreign workers…
Fleeing the conversation
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Fifty Years Ago
In mid-August, 1964, a modest-budget, British black-and-white comedy movie hit the theatres. And instantly exploded to being the most popular film of the year. It was the Richard Lester flick,…
The wonderment of Wynne’s winsome ways.
Since the basically corrupt and manipulated congress that chose her as leader of Ontario Liberals, Babel-on-the-Bay has not fawned over Premier Kathleen Wynne. It has not been a close relationship.…
World Pride: Our Pride
While it is never good to feel smug or self-satisfied (we’ve seen where that takes the right wing), there are things about which we should feel very good. Although I…
Stephen Harper and the Death of Parliament
It was the most politically depraved horror show this country has ever witnessed. It was nasty, it was brutal, it was bestial. The way Stephen Harper raped our bleeding democracy…
The Norwegian Model
As a truly nasty fight takes shape over the Northern Gateway, Mitchell Anderson writes that there was always another way. Call it the Norwegian Model — and it contains of…
Why Mainstream Media Is Failing Canadians
Today’s corporate media can’t be trusted to tell us the truth about anything. We need alternatives. Now.
CJPME Urges Canada to Stop Dithering and Let Syrian Refugees In
The Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) urges Canada to resettle at least 5,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2014. The post CJPME Urges Canada…
First Nations leaders: BC LNG “up in the air”
Despite BC Premier Christy Clark’s assurances to the contrary, First Nations have many questions about her government’s LNG vision. At a recent Liberal-led BC LNG conference, Clark expounded on the…
Walmart Will Deliver $1 Can of Ham for Free
Mind blown. Walmart will deliver a $1 can of ham to me for free via Canada Post (I live in Moncton).