The Day Stephen Harper Was Accused of Flirting with Fascism
I always knew he'd lead this country to a very dark place, from the day he came to office.And the very first thing he did was order the removal of…
October 2014
Bye-bye Globe and Mail
When I was going to Bishop Carroll High School in Calgary, my Dad subscribed to the Globe and Mail. We got the Herald, too, but both of us thought the…
Repeaters, not reporters
Ever notice that corporate media seems to speak with one voice? On balance – or rather, on lack-of-balance – they do. It is the voice of big business. Vaughn Palmer,…
RE comments on Infinite Exponential Growth.
I’ve received a comment by ‘Ron Weller’ on my previous post on infinite growth, this is my response. The anti-growthers are barking up the wrong tree. Whether or not a…
A Swimmer Comments on the New Pool
Here are some comments from a pool user emailed to me this week, slightly edited. I asked for and received permission to post these. Apparently some local people who don’t…
Stephen Harper and the Buying of the Next Election
It was one of the most bizarre photo-ops I have ever seen. Stephen Harper at a sports centre in Whitby, Ontario with children playing in the background as if he…
Old Twitchy versus the Telegram #nlpoli
Like clockwork, about two weeks after Danny Williams last got his mug on the news, the most thin-skinned media hound on the planet got himself a ton more ego-stroking attention.…
James Hansen: ‘I Thought There Would Be a Rational Response’
Scientists were warning about the dangers of climate change even before America discovered and used oil on an industrial scale. Here, in the second of three posts, we see how…
Despite statements by former premier and health minister, AHS has dropped its objection to paying full severance to fired CFO Allaudin Merali
Fred Horne and Alison Redford, back in the day. (CBC photo.) Below: Former Alberta Health Services senior vice-president and CFO Allaudin Merali; former Capital Health Region CEO Sheila Weatherill. Alberta…
Germany needs ‘small miracle’ to avoid recession after exports fall by 5.8% | Business | The Guardian
Germany needs ‘small miracle’ to avoid recession after exports fall by 5.8% | Business | The Guardian. The fall in exports comes as sanctions between Russia and Europe and a…
Five charts that show Germany is heading into recession | Business | theguardian.com
Five charts that show Germany is heading into recession | Business | theguardian.com. Germany is on brink of recession Photograph: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images Germany is on the brink of…
Thanks to Government Policies which Subsidize Fossil Fuels, Canada is Short of Options Other Than Resource Extraction to Maintain its Comfy Lifestyle
I started reading this column from the Edmonton Journal’s Gary Lamphier this evening (“Lamphier: Canada is short of options other than resource extraction to maintain its comfy lifestyle”, Gary Lamphier,…
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Analysis And Comment 2014-10-09 23:49:00
Carbon Capture and Storage in the Bakken Shale This is a follow up to my article on Carbon Capture and Storage from Monday, consider it the epilogue or post script.…
Berlibur Ke Pulau Lombok Dengan Tiket Pesawat Citilink
Indonesia kaya akan wisata bahari dan hampir semuanya terjangkau dengan sebuah tiket pesawat citilink. Ketertarikan wisata ini bukan hanya turis domestik saja melainkan turis dari mancanegara pun berbondong-bondong mengunjungi wisata…
What Post Media Bought, When They Bought Sun Media
Part of any sale or purchase it that of good will. They buy the title with the assumption that they are buying, in this case a newspaper (s) that are…
Moving Forward After the People’s Climate March
Photo by Elizabeth Stilwell The September 21 People’s Climate March in New York City was a huge success. Over 310,000 people consisting of hundreds of contingents of various origins and…
Climate Justice Resurfaces Amidst New York’s Corporate Sharks
Image from floodwallstreet.net The world’s largest ever march against climate change on Sunday (21 September) brought 400,000 people to the streets of New York, starting a lively parade at Central…
Michael Geist: Netflix and CanCon CAN get along
Will Netflix sound the death knell on Canadian content? This expert thinks not. Article by Michael Geist The Globe and Mail’s Simon Houpt ran a column over the weekend titled…
Ben Klass to CRTC: Unblock Canada
Check out community member Ben Klass presenting to the CRTC about Big Telecom blocking affordable options for Canadians. read more
In Friday’s Sun: certainty is the first casualty of war – not Justin Trudeau
It was “Justin Trudeau’s lousy week,” declared the Globe and Mail editorial headline. “Justin Trudeau is war’s first casualty,” wrote Chantal Hebert in the liberal (and Liberal) Toronto Star. “Liberal…