Farewell to friends.
Many of us found out today that Skdadl, AKA Susan Kent-Davidson has passed. She was one of the most idealistic people I have come across on the blogs. Lovely, funny.…
September 2014
Global BC: Canadians have had enough of government spying
Our own David Christopher got all gussied up to talk to Global TV about our hard-hitting CSEC video. Video by Global BC – Watch the video on Global BC‘s website
Woodfibre LNG offers few jobs vs. big impacts: Retired KPMG partner
Part 2 of Damien Gillis’ 2-part interview with retired KMPG partner and Howe Sound resident Eoin Finn on the proposed Woodfibre LNG project. LNG is a “sunset” industry that promises…
Instruct your MP to support Bill C-621
When it comes to taxes, corporations can be shifty. For example, some shift profits by setting up a storefront office in an offshore tax haven and then sending large invoices…
Blue Dot Movement Rolls Across Canada
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. As an elder, I’ve watched Canada and the world change in many ways, for better and worse. Thanks in part to cheap…
Blue Dot Movement Rolls Across Canada
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. As an elder, I’ve watched Canada and the world change in many ways, for better and worse. Thanks in part to cheap…
Andrew Scheer Is The WORST House Of Commons Speaker In The Entire History Of Canada’s Parliament!!
Speaker Scheer and the death of Parliament By Montreal SimonFor years Stephen Harper and his Cons have been slowly killing our Parliament.They have have debased it, they have rendered it…
Extra Virginity
For some time before I got this book, I’ve been aware that there is more to olive oil than meets the eye. Or tongue. How much more really was startling.…
Video: Canadian Human Rights on Trial – the Case of Omar Khadr
Almost unnoticed amidst the hoopla and the protests associated with the opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights was a dinner held at the Grand Mosque Community Centre last…
The Climate Change Deal We Cannot Live Without
Just what does all this squabbling about greenhouse gas emissions really mean? What has to go into an effective climate change agreement? What factors are in play? Here, courtesy of…
Vancouver Sun: Let’s Give ‘Em Subban to Talk About…
Vancouver Sun’s Jordan Subban photo caption sparks outrage Newspaper posted photo online calling Vancouver Canuck ‘dark guy in the middle’ CBC News Posted: Sep 24, 2014 7:41 AM PT Last…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Your news links for today: Jesse Kline: Netflix for the win – National Post How Netflix and Canada’s broadcast regulator arrived at a deadlock – Globe and Mail Not Just…
Fighting for the Foothills: Albertans Speak Up to Protect Headwaters of North Saskatchewan
Alan Ernst and his wife Madeline were world travellers for most of their adult lives. So when they decided to settle down, they gravitated back to one of the most…
#NBVotes Post-Mortem for Projections and Pollsters
So there is some chatter going around that New Brunswick was yet another flop for pollsters in Canada, and in particular Forum Research, who released the final poll in the…
The Big Mac VS The Whopper
Clearly, based upon the shameful falsehoods she uttered at yesterday’s U.N. climate summit about Canada being a “global clean energy leader” doing “its part” to cut carbon emissions that warm…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, September 24, 2014: Justice Kagan performs same-sex wedding, following in the footsteps of Ginsburg and O’Connor Now…
ArtsVote Toronto Mayoral Debate Monday 29th
The Toronto municipal election is happening next month and this coming Monday there will be a debate between mayoral candidates regarding support for arts and culture. Hosted by ArtsVote at…