FBI Report on America’s Mass Shootings Paints Dark Picture
There’s something for every side in a new report from the FBI showing an alarming increase in mass shootings in America. The Federal Bureau of Investigation identified 160 mass shootings…
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You’re Paying for Those Pot Holes Whether They’re Fixed or Not
It’s no secret that essential infrastructure in North America is in a bad way. Neglect driven by tax cutting has led to deterioration in everything from roadways to overpasses, bridges,…
Ghost cat
Here is ghost cat without my moaning. Filed under: art Tagged: Cat, ghost, moan
Five Reasons B.C. Should Say No to the Site C Dam
A recent poll found only six in 10 British Columbians have heard of BC Hydro’s $8 billion proposal to build a third hydroelectric dam on the Peace River. But the…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, September 25, 2014
Your news links for today: Interview: John Forster, Chief of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), Canada – Global Government Forum Government spying out of control? – Global BC Australian Government…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Linda McQuaig reminds us that while growing inequality may have different impacts on older workers as compared to younger ones, it arises…
Spurred on in Part by Children, Rockefellers Join Fossil Fuel Divestment
It’s good to hear that billionaires at least listen to their children, and not just fiscally conservative accountants. Ms. Wayne said the family’s commitment is intergenerational, and continuing. She said…
West Virginia Officials Worried Freedom Industries Skimping On Chemical Spill Cleanup
In early January of this year, a chemical storage facility run by Freedom Industries ruptured and leaked thousands of gallons of chemicals into West Virginia’s Elk River. The leak occurred…
Geoff Campbell 2014-09-25 09:53:55
On Tuesday I led my first CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) Twitter chat. I came up with the topic and questions, which were then tweeted out from…
All you need is $1000 and Liberal Green Light.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is telling us that the party now has open nominations. You really hate to be a killjoy but the party still has a long way to…
Conservative MP, Commons Speaker Desecrated Parliament
A simple question by NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair during Question Period led to a bizarre exchange with a Conservative MP and exposed House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer’s incompetence and…
Peru Is Using Art to Change the Climate Change Debate
Happening alongside the United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change is an event in Peru that is connecting locals with artists to make nature inspired work. While politicians at the…
Who’s afraid of free trade with Europe?
The prospect of freer trade with European nations is generally popular among Canadians. And why shouldn’t it be? Doesn’t the Canadian left repeatedly point to the advantages of many European…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, September 25, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, September 25, 2014: My post today @SlawTips: Civility, Forgiveness and the Book of Life Toronto lawyer’s challenge…
On Trudeau’s Sun ‘News’ Boycott
When I wrote a brief post the other day on Ezra Levant’s disgusting and puerile tirade against the Trudeaus the other day, I had no intention of revisiting the issue,…
A Mere Mortal
http://www.ctvnews.ca/ Andrew Nikiforuk writes that, according to Gus Van Harten, the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement — which Stephen Harper signed without any public debate — trumps both First…
Dear Premier Elect Gallant: Please Develop the Adult Autism Care System NB Has Needed for So Long
September 25, 2014 Premier Elect Brian GallantProvince of New Brunswick Dear Mr. Gallant: “We need an enhanced group home system throughout the province in which homes would be linked directly…
Ask General Kang: Do you own a typewriter? And do you have 999,999 co-workers?
I have neither, nor do I have an infinite amount of time, so don’t expect to see me write Hamlet anytime soon. I do, however, have this gripping script about…