UN Report Lays Out Canada’s Path to 90 Per Cent Emissions Reductions by 2050
Canada can reduce its carbon footprint by 90 per cent, play its part in the fight against climate change and grow its economy at the same time according to a…
October 2014
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Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, October 16, 2014
Your news links for today: Updated Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) – IP Chapter (second publication) – WikiLeaks New TPP Leak: Canada Emerges as Leading Opponent of U.S. Intellectual Property…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Michal Rozworski responds to idealized views of Canadian equality with the reality that we fall well short of the Scandinavian model: Canada…
Managing Chaos: Lessons for Caregivers From Military Special Forces
The world of illness, disability and caregiving is peppered with terminology from the battleground. We ‘battle’ cancer. We ‘fight’ to get our loved ones the services they need. We don’t…
New column day
Here, on the similarities between the federal political scene now and in the lead up to the 1988 federal election – and how the Liberals may soon face the NDP’s…
The Con Regime’s Republican Assault on Canadian Children
It was one of the first things Stephen Harper did when he came to power. Declare war children.By destroying plans for a national childcare program. Parents have been paying for…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, October 16, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, October 16, 2014: Harvard law professors condemn campus sexual misconduct policy Tennessee woman jailed for overgrown yard…
Entering the end game in municipal politics.
Political apparatchiks can get into endless arguments about how best to handle the end game in a municipal campaign. The key question is in setting priorities. You will never seem…
Dead Mouse In McDonald’s Coffee Story: A Brief Note
The only way it could have gone unnoticed the whole time is if it fell in the pot, drowned, and then sank to the bottom. And that takes awhile; mice…
Oil-by-Rail Fuels Record U.S. Imports of Canadian Oil
In September, many of the major railroad stocks hit new all-time highs. Investors Business Daily attributed much of the increase to the business of moving oil-by-rail. While the majority of…
Stephen Harper and the Propaganda War on Canadians
Ever since he came to power Stephen Harper has been trying to brainwash Canadians with the greatest barrage of propaganda this country has ever seen.A barrage of lies and half…
International expert on key Muskrat Falls feature to deliver public talk #nlpoli
People interested in one of the big geological uncertainties that could affect the Muskrat Falls dam will have a chancer to hear from an international expert later this month. Dr.…
Will we have to bomb the Shias now?
We are all familiar with the depravity of the Islamic State. Tragically, some of their foes are also descending into the moral depths. According to a report by Amnesty International,…
Fracking Boom Has Had Devastating Consequences For Motorists
A joint investigation by the Houston Chronicle and Houston Public Media shines a light on one of the fracking boom’s lesser known impacts: traffic deaths. With several shale fields in…
By-Election Round-up: 11 days until the mini-election
TweetThere are now eleven days left until voters cast their ballots in four provincial by-elections on October 27. Prentice a no-show in Calgary-Foothills He is the Premier of Alberta and…
Truthiness
This week, radio Station CKNW played commercials aimed at promoting public confidence in the absolute safety of Trans Mountain pipeline operations and marine shipments of petroleum products on the west…
Alberta sitrep: Return of the Bitumen Bubble, sort of, rains on otherwise cheerful Prentice parade
A little rain fell on Premier Jim Prentice’s parade yesterday, but the tune the was playing was still pretty cheerful. Below: union members tune up to celebrate the demise of…
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
For people of a certain age and background Bob Dylan’s early song “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” (1963) is life altering. It tells of a wealthy man who kills…