FBI Upgrades Animal Cruelty to Major Felony
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has reclassified animal cruelty to the ranks of major, Group A felonies such as murder, arson and assault. The change reflects a recognition that…
October 2014
Stop Online Spying Bill C-13
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Pro-rating funding for PSW wages creates unintended consequences
In 2010 a provincial coalition of experts was assembled to look an integrated hospice palliative care system in Ontario. Hospices are a specialized residential facility for palliative care patients. As…
Burnaby wins latest round with Kinder Morgan, as NEB refuses to override bylaws
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan has taken a tough stand against Kinder Morgan (Photo: Vimeo) Read this Sept. 27 story from the Canadian Press on the National Energy Board’s refusal to…
My CBC Letter Of Complaint
Although probably a futile effort, here is the letter of complaint that I have sent to the CBC ombudsman, The National, and CBC Audience Feedback regarding the Corporation’s absolute failure…
On the Stealth Front
China is about to respond to the proliferation of F-35 stealth light bombers in east Asia. Japan, South Korea and Australia are expected to deploy about 300 F-35s while the…
What Is It Going to Take?
What’s it going to take for the Liberals and NDP to place the environment at the very top of their agenda? I would have thought yesterday’s seismic report that Earth…
Solar Could Be Our Biggest Source Of Energy By 2050, If Politicians Make it Happen
The sun could be our biggest single source of energy and prevent 6 bilion tonnes of climate-warming CO2 pollution by 2050, according to two new reports. Issued by the International…
Portrait of Matteo Palmieri
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Canada’s Corporate Welfare Bums Sitting On $575 BILLION Hoard Thanks To Harper Conservaties Tax Cuts ….
Corporate tax freedom day continues to get earlier with each passing year thanks to generous government tax cuts, the Canadian Labour Congress says in a report issued Tuesday.While most individual…
People’s Climate March: Economic resistance went mainstream
Kate Aronoff, a freelance journalist based in Philadelphia, argues that the recent People’s Climate March and Flood Wall Street protests made climate change “impossible for even the most mainstream of…
Take the Keys and Lock ‘Em Up…..
Lock up chronic runaways to keep them safe: Winnipeg police officer The longer they are on the street, the worse it becomes for them, says Supt. Danny Smyth CBC News…
Sharon Jackson – And Another Kick at the Cat 2014
Well finally the BC Local Government Elections are on the front burner with election day being held on November 15th. Cowichan Conversations will be making an effort to cover the…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Your news links for today: Telus Warns CRTC: Overregulation Could Harm Wireless Industry Like in Europe – iPhone in Canada Canada cannot support 4th carrier; Telus – National Newswatch Mobilicity…
Austerity has been an utter disaster for the eurozone | Business | The Guardian
Austerity has been an utter disaster for the eurozone | Business | The Guardian. Austerity has been an utter and unmitigated disaster, which has become increasingly apparent as European Union…
The Growth of Solar Power is Shaking Power Companies
Solar panels have come down in price rather dramatically in the last decade and if this trend continues it can be the death of old-school electric utilities. That is, unless…
It’s Why I Subscribe
To borrow a line from one of my favourite Shakespearean plays, Macbeth, “So fair and foul a day I have not seen.” It is fair because the newspaper I subscribe…
As the horses are in the final turn.
This is stupid. The law has got to let us run a totalizator on the Toronto election. We could put it on the tote out at Woodbine when there are…