Say it ain’t so, Danielle! Bulk of Wildrose caucus commits ritual political suicide
Say it ain’t so, Danielle?
2014
That didn’t take long.
Back here I opined about the fact that Danielle Smith was basically done as Wildrose Party Leader. I figured that there would be a leadership review, the far right of…
Welcome to WildRump and Alberta’s future
WildRump will retain the title of “Official Opposition” it seems. The Wildrose party, which was originally elected with 17 members, now has 5 remaining. This ties the Liberals at 5;…
Giving Sudbury Reasons to Vote Green in 2015
An abbreviated version of this speech (without hyperlinks) was given by me earlier tonight at the Sudbury & Nickel Belt Greens Holiday Gathering. Thank you, Simon! It’s great to be…
New York State Just Banned Fracking!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger In BC residents face a BC Liberal-BC NDP united front in favour of fracking and all things LNG. Prices are dropping, mounting evidence of a give away…
Black Press Goes On A Buying Spree-Buys Cowichan Citizen While Cowichan News Leader Workers Strike Continues
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Vancouver Island Community Newspaper Group has been sold to Black Press; this includes the Cowichan Valley Citizen. Black Press and The Vancouver Island Community Newspaper Group…
Shoot, shovel, shut up
In which Jim Prentice and Danielle Smith invite democracy to a bush party, put a bullet in the back of its head and bury it in a shallow unmarked grave.
Shoot, shovel, shut up
In which Jim Prentice and Danielle Smith invite democracy to a bush party, put a bullet in the back of its head and bury it in a shallow unmarked grave.
Shoot, shovel, shut up
In which Jim Prentice and Danielle Smith invite democracy to a bush party, put a bullet in the back of its head and bury it in a shallow unmarked grave.
Happy Birthday Chelsea Manning
It's been five years since the young American soldier now known as Chelsea Manning began downloading hundreds of thousands of Pentagon files.And in the process not only revealed the horror,…
Bravo to Baird and Harper on the Cuba file
The United States has finally come to its senses and is normalizing relations with Cuba. It’s taken over half a century but—to borrow the old cliché—better late than never. And…
Climate talks suffer a serback, chances of strong deal in Paris a longshot
With yet another United Nations high level conference making very little, if any, real progress on slowing climate change, a near miracle will be required if countries are to reach…
Wildrose rollover a betrayal of epic proportions.
Q: What do World War II France and the Wildrose Party have in common? A: They both rolled over. At least the French were facing the Nazi Germany army, and…
John Tory Volunteer Party
John Tory hosted a thank you party for volunteers at the Acadian Court on December 17, 2014. John Tory with Omar Ha-Redeye at the volunteer victory party.
The Day Stephen Harper Collided With Crude Reality
You could can see the strain in his face, he can't hide it anymore, even under all that pancake makeup.He's still trying to pretend that those tanking oil prices won't…
We won! Here are the top 3 ways Big Telecom will face financial penalties if they break the rules.
We won! We won! Our small team here at OM have been clinking our coffee mugs after this morning’s announcement of new powers that will allow the government to impose…
Questionable Development Leads to Delay in Jumbo Glacier Resort Approval
A provincial delay in deciding whether construction of Jumbo Glacier Resort has substantially started is giving hope to opponents that close scrutiny will lead to the province yanking the resort’s…
New York governor to ban fracking over health risks
Zero: the future amount of fracking in New York State under Gov. Andrew Cuomo (AP) Read this breaking news from The New York Times on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s move to…
Pre-emptive pre-writ Liberal strike – radio style.
This got released yesterday on the radio. A nice little ad on the radio explaining why the Liberal Party is opposed to income splitting. Personally, I’m pleased to see we’re…
Fracking Bans in Quebec and New York Should Give B.C. Premier Christy Clark Pause
Two big blows to the natural gas industry have come in less than 24 hours, with both the province of Quebec and New York state effectively banning shale gas extraction…