Covering the Impact of the transit lockout
CBC Saskatoon is doing a good job covering the impact of the transit lockout. Today there are two stories — this one: Saskatoon transit lockout affects high school attendance: Of…
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Warning! Pay No Attention To This Seditious Suggestion
A CRA Audit-Free Zone Okay boys and girls. Please resist the impulse to manipulate the Fraser Institute’s data. Really, don’t do it. I mean it. There will be consequences. 😉…
The Coming Climate Revolt
Chris Hedges made these remarks Saturday at a panel discussion in New York City titled “The Climate Crisis: Which Way Out?” The other panelists were Bill McKibben, Naomi Klein, Kshama…
Harper and the Elections Rumours. . .
The rumour mill has been working overtime predicting that Harper might call an early election. These rumours went into overdrive this week when an April date was set for the…
OpenMedia takes your voices to the FCC in Sacramento
OpenMedia partnered with Big Telecom -vs- The World allies at RootsAction, Credo, and DailyKos today to deliver over 400,000 petition signatures and comments against the Internet slow lane to decision-makers.…
First Nations to Ottawa: Scrap Site C Dam or LNG is a no-go
BC Chiefs Roland Wilson, Liz Logan and Stewart Phillip taking their anti-Site C message to Ottawa (Twitter) Read this Sept. 24 Globe and Mail story by Dene Moore on the…
Hey Winnipegger! Who will you vote for on Oct. 22nd?
Winnipeg, Sept. 23, 2014: CBC News reporter (and panel moderator) Sean Kavanagh snaps a selfie with mayoral candidates at North Centennial Community Centre, proving some journalists will bend over backwards…
Ghost cat. Links and thoughts
🙁 working in this desktop post box is troublesome. I want to put this text BELOW the image. I can’t seem to place the image after the fact, or insert…
Institutional Investors Call For Price on Carbon, End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies
More than 345 global institutional investors, which represent more than $24 trillion in assets, are calling on governments to put a price on carbon and phase out fossil fuel subsidies.…
The Dogs of Ford
The term “dog whistle politics” refers to politicians making a public statement, which also has a deliberate unspoken message for a targeted group of supporters. Like a real dog whistle,…
Farewell to friends.
Many of us found out today that Skdadl, AKA Susan Kent-Davidson has passed. She was one of the most idealistic people I have come across on the blogs. Lovely, funny.…
Global BC: Canadians have had enough of government spying
Our own David Christopher got all gussied up to talk to Global TV about our hard-hitting CSEC video. Video by Global BC – Watch the video on Global BC‘s website
Woodfibre LNG offers few jobs vs. big impacts: Retired KPMG partner
Part 2 of Damien Gillis’ 2-part interview with retired KMPG partner and Howe Sound resident Eoin Finn on the proposed Woodfibre LNG project. LNG is a “sunset” industry that promises…
Instruct your MP to support Bill C-621
When it comes to taxes, corporations can be shifty. For example, some shift profits by setting up a storefront office in an offshore tax haven and then sending large invoices…
Blue Dot Movement Rolls Across Canada
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. As an elder, I’ve watched Canada and the world change in many ways, for better and worse. Thanks in part to cheap…
Blue Dot Movement Rolls Across Canada
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. As an elder, I’ve watched Canada and the world change in many ways, for better and worse. Thanks in part to cheap…
Andrew Scheer Is The WORST House Of Commons Speaker In The Entire History Of Canada’s Parliament!!
Speaker Scheer and the death of Parliament By Montreal SimonFor years Stephen Harper and his Cons have been slowly killing our Parliament.They have have debased it, they have rendered it…
Extra Virginity
For some time before I got this book, I’ve been aware that there is more to olive oil than meets the eye. Or tongue. How much more really was startling.…
Video: Canadian Human Rights on Trial – the Case of Omar Khadr
Almost unnoticed amidst the hoopla and the protests associated with the opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights was a dinner held at the Grand Mosque Community Centre last…
The Climate Change Deal We Cannot Live Without
Just what does all this squabbling about greenhouse gas emissions really mean? What has to go into an effective climate change agreement? What factors are in play? Here, courtesy of…