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October 2014
Rob Douglas–Upcoming North Cowichan Campaign Events
Rob Douglas Upcoming Events With the November 15th election just around the corner, there are several upcoming events in the North Cowichan campaign. I will be holding meet and greets…
B.C. LNG Strategy Won’t Help Solve Global Climate Change: New Pembina Institute Report
The B.C. government’s claim that LNG exports offer the “greatest single step British Columbia can take to fight climate change” is inaccurate in the absence of stronger global climate policies…
B.C. LNG Strategy Won’t Help Solve Global Climate Change: New Pembina Institute Report
The B.C. government’s claim that LNG exports offer the “greatest single step British Columbia can take to fight climate change” is inaccurate in the absence of stronger global climate policies…
Press release about John Tory’s move to bar woman and control media
JOHN TORY BARS WOMAN BECAUSE OF HER MALE PARTNER And Toronto mayoralty candidate again attempts to bully news media TORONTO – Toronto mayoral candidate John Tory has decreed that Lisa…
John Tory bars woman because of her male partner
JOHN TORY BARS WOMAN BECAUSE OF HER MALE PARTNER And Toronto mayoralty candidate again attempts to bully news media TORONTO – Toronto mayoral candidate John Tory has decreed that Lisa…
Rod Love
Very, very sad to hear this news. We were adversaries and later became friends. A great Calgarian, he was.
It’s All We Know
I wonder if the ancient Mesopotamians, or the Mayans or the Easter Islanders had their “it’s all we know” moment before their civilizations faltered? The Mesopotamians, for example, are widely…
Jian’s Ghomeshi’s Facebook Message About His CBC Firing
Dear everyone, I am writing today because I want you to be the first to know some news. This has been the hardest time of my life. I am reeling…
British Columbians go to court to protect the environment
Monday, October 27, 2014 Over the next 2 months five cases funded by our Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund will be in courts in 3 cities, addressing disputes involving 5 different…
Too Good To Resist
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Michelle Staples Seeks Re-election to Duncan City Council
Welcome to staplesforcity.ca!!! This site is designed specifically for the re-election campaign of Michelle Staples, a long term Cowichan Valley resident living in the City of Duncan, a mother and…
Zombie Journalists
If you’re wondering what’s contributing to less accountability and more soft fascist, totalitarian government behaviour… Leaked memo confirms that Globe and Mail wants journalists to write advertorials http://canadalandshow.com/article/leaked-memo-confirms-globe-and-mail-wants-journalists-write-advertorials August 28,…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, October 27, 2014
Your news links for today: On Parliament Hill, an attack on Canada itself – Boing Boing Government exploits attacks on military to push security agenda, Greenwald says – The Province…
‘Explosion of Discovery’ at Remote B.C. Research Station Bucks Trend of Cuts to Science
A former luxury fishing lodge on a remote island off B.C.’s Central Coast has been transformed into a cutting-edge research centre, producing some of the province’s most innovative science. From…
Communications, job interviews, and Toronto’s mayoralty
If elections are just great big job interviews (and they are) then communications – how you communicate, when you communicate, what you communicate – ultimately determine whether you get the…
Irreversible Harm – As in No Going Back, Forget About It.
Okay, brace yourself. A soon to be released UN report warns that climate change may have “serious, pervasive and irreversible” effects on societies and nature unless governments act quickly to…
To think, he was once the King of Spain
I think #JianGhomeshi learned the one way to trend at the top of Twitter that's as bad, or worse, than dying. — Saskboy K. (@saskboy) October 27, 2014 “Someone also…