Honestly, this could be historic
You just joined over 120,000 people from nearly 180 countries to join OpenMedia’s Big Telecom vs. the World action in just over one day. That’s amazing! Now, the Internet is…
September 2014
Planned degradation of public education
Principal reports on devastating budget cuts to parent population. Such honesty needed for all of BC. #bced #bcpoli pic.twitter.com/aYeROVmdPh — Karen Richard (@KarenRichard14) September 10, 2014
Our Loss, Not His
The problem when you commit to “politics in full sentences” is you find out how many people don’t read. David Soknacki’s campaign was best known for well thought out, detailed…
TechVibes: Internet Slowdown Day is taking off
The spinning wheel of death is adorning hundreds of websites today to show netizens what will happen if Big Telecom is allowed to build Internet Slow Lanes. Have you spoken…
Change at last? Not likely. Pretentious Prentice is just another industry owned insider masquerading as a public servant
Well it seems Pretentious Prentice is the winner of the Albertan leadership race for the top position of Premier CEO though this should be no surprise as it was clear…
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Actually making the carbon tax revenue neutral could fund a fair education settlement
As the teachers’ strike continues, the BC Liberals have turned to an old stand-by: fear-mongering that they will have to raise taxes if they are to fund a settlement that…
Female DJs tackle gender bias: Electronic music artists want equal recognition for their skills
I wrote a rad article on female representation in electronic music here on Ricochet. The article features Decibel Festival 2014 and I am giving away a pair of tickets to
The Country That Does The Most Good
Many countries claim they are making the world a better/safer place, but how which ones are actually making the world better? Simon Anholt asked himself the same question and came…
North America Can Say Goodbye to Half its Birds if Rising GHG Emissions Aren’t Stopped
An alarming new study published Tuesday by the National Audubon Society says that almost half the bird species in the continental United States and Canada are already threatened by climate…
North America Can Say Goodbye to Half its Birds if Rising GHG Emissions Aren’t Stopped
An alarming new study published Tuesday by the National Audubon Society says that almost half the bird species in the continental United States and Canada are already threatened by climate…
Truth and Senting Act Provision struck down when denied bail because of criminal record
R. v. Safarzadeh-Markhali, 2014 ONCA 627: The words “the reason for detaining the person in custody was stated in the record under subsection 515(9.1) or” in s. 719(3.1) of the…
Hey Washington. If You Want Us to Stand Up to Putin, Why Not Sell Us the Plane He Doesn’t Want Us to Have?
The events of the past few months have made us again think of the unthinkable. A resurgent Russia, talk from its president about the use of nuclear weapons, the deployment…
ParaMed Strike: Are Canadian workers paying the price for Extendicare’s U.S. losses?
As privatization creeps further into Canada’s health system it’s fair to ask whether decisions are being made based on private profit or health care needs? As contract health providers become…
A Link Between Sleeping Pills and Dementia?
The BBC has a report on Canadian researchers who have discovered an apparent link between sustained use of a broad family of sleep and anxiety medications and the development of…
A Hail Mary Pass From Andrea?
Some might interpret it thus, in that Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath, desperate to retain her job under increasing demands for her resignation, thinks she has found something to distinguish…
“Fundamentally uneconomic” Site C Dam would lose $350 million a year for taxpayers: Industrial energy expert
The retired head of the Association of Major Power Users of BC, Dan Potts, estimates the proposed Site C Dam would lose $350 million for taxpayers and BC Hydro ratepayers.…
Antgary snowstorm knocks out power to tens of thousands
Inspired by this headlines: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-snowstorm-knocks-out-power-to-tens-of-thousands-1.2761664
The Climate Change Defence. District Attorney Drops Charges Against Anti-Coal Protesters.
In May, 2013, Ken Ward and Jay O’Hara used their lobster boat to block a ship carrying a load of coal for a power plant in Somerset, Massachusetts. At trial…
Toronto Set To Elect Henry Blake
Amiable, sort of clueless. The kind of guy who wanders around saying “the world is a square, the world is a square” until someone tells him its a rhomboid, after…