Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Upturned cats.
August 2014
Ooooh! Bad Talk, More Stark.
Another report from the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. The Associated Press has managed to thumb through the latest report, a synthesis report based on the previous three.…
Is Greater Sudbury Ready to Host Aerospace Industry?
Last week, mayoral candidate Dan Melanson called for the City to create the economic circumstances to work towards establishing an aerospace industry in Greater Sudbury. Melanson believes that the timing…
To Inquire, or Not To Inquire, Don’t Ask The Question
The latest Coyne article seems to be self defeating in its thesis. “It’s not evident what contribution another public inquiry would make,” opines Coyne. For one thing, we could have…
Mount Polley: A Wake-Up Call For Canada’s Mining Industry
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. When a tailings pond broke at the Mount Polley gold and copper mine in south-central B.C., spilling millions of cubic metres of…
Mount Polley: A Wake-Up Call For Canada’s Mining Industry
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. When a tailings pond broke at the Mount Polley gold and copper mine in south-central B.C., spilling millions of cubic metres of…
Mount Polley: A Wake-Up Call For Canada’s Mining Industry
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. When a tailings pond broke at the Mount Polley gold and copper mine in south-central B.C., spilling millions of cubic metres of…
A New Addition To The Harper Enemies List
But then again, no surprises here, except that it is being leveraged into a fundraising appeal. But it is a bit rich, isn’t it, that given their expertise in the…
Israel & Gaza: Tectonic shift in past 24 hours
Israel’s embattled prime minister The Egypt-brokered truce agreement just struck has resulted in two shifts in the underlying political forces in that area. The first shift is a de facto…
Wasteful Destruction in Gaza
The destruction of this apartment tower is ridiculous. How is it in any way acceptable for a state to destroy an obvious civilian complex with weapons of war? We’re supposed…
Port Metro endorses “fuel of last century” with coal terminal OK
Port Metro Vancouver is taking a big step backwards with Fraser River coal terminal approval, critics say By Chris Rose – republished with permission from Desmog.ca Canada’s largest port has…
The lament for Canada’s middle class
I’ve been posting more sparsely lately for a number of external reasons but this should change soon I hope. For now, here is the first major piece I wrote for…
The Last Cast: Northern Lights Lodge Dims Early After Mount Polley Mine Spill
“I planned on dying here,” Skeed Borkowski, owner of the Northern Lights Lodge, told me. “But not from drinking the water.” The lodge, located on Quesnel Lake, is one of…
The Last Cast: Northern Lights Lodge Dims Early After Mount Polley Mine Spill
“I planned on dying here,” Skeed Borkowski, owner of the Northern Lights Lodge, told me. “But not from drinking the water.” The lodge, located on Quesnel Lake, is one of…
Florida Governor Rick Scott Meets With Climate Scientists, Learns Nothing
Republican Florida governor Rick Scott has always had a huge problem when it comes to the environment. To begin with, he has repeatedly made it clear that he does not…
Evidence for Democracy
Our current federal government’s aversion to facts is now, unfortunately, well-established as a fact itself. Examples are legion, but I will just mention one. Health Minister Rona Ambrose has assured…
Plain and Simple – Dahiyeh Is a War Crime
This is Dahiyeh, Lebanon, before and after Israel devastated it and its civilian population. The reduction of this Beiruit suburb marked the introduction of an Israeli strategy to rain destruction…
Scandalous Double-Double: the Tim Hortons/Burger King Deal
Has Canada become a flag of convenience? That’s certainly what it looks like as two fast food giants get ready to merge and take advantage of the tax benefits that…
How Norway Dodged "The Curse of Oil"
When it comes to petro-statehood, Canada is a lot closer to Nigeria than to Norway and more’s the pity. The Tyee’s Andrew Nikiforuk has done a terrific job chronicling how…