Hunger Games 2
I watched “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” and it’s a lot like the first movie, so pretty nifty, but also somewhat predictable. It’s available from the Regina Public Library. Soon I…
2014
Solicitors’ liens and charging orders
Mauldin v. Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, 2014 ONCA 641: Hryniak submits that McCarthys has a charge on the funds held in court pursuant to s. 34(1) of the Solicitor’s…
Harper Government Evades Questions After Quietly Dissolving Oil and Gas Pollution Group
This article originally appeared on mikedesouza.com. You may have seen this report in the Toronto Star about a mysterious end to a secretive group that was created to draft new…
Enough Talk About Inequality. It’s Time Our Government Acted.
I don’t expect Stephen Harper to take any effective action on inequality. That’s a problem facing the Canadian people, not the oil barons of Calgary or his chums in the…
Haze: a blog tour
I know you remember when I did the blog tour for Aussie author Paula Weston’s Shadows. I have been waiting and waiting and waiting to read the next book in…
Response to Sandy Garossino
A number of teachers have pointed to a string of tweets by Sandy Garossino, who spoke so eloquently about the meaning of Justice Griffin's decision during our strike. I very…
Response to Sandy Garossino
A number of teachers have pointed to a string of tweets by Sandy Garossino, who spoke so eloquently about the meaning of Justice Griffin’s decision during our strike. I very…
Response to Sandy Garossino
A number of teachers have pointed to a string of tweets by Sandy Garossino, who spoke so eloquently about the meaning of Justice Griffin's decision during our strike.I very much…
Response to Sandy Garossino
A number of teachers have pointed to a string of tweets by Sandy Garossino, who spoke so eloquently about the meaning of Justice Griffin’s decision during our strike. I very…
Semaine Québécoise de l’informatique Libre > 2014
Si vous habitez où êtes de passage au Québec ne manquez pas la Semaine québécoise de l’informatique libre 2014 (20-28 septembre) ! Ceux et celles qui s’intéressent au libre et…
Hard Times on the Miramichi
When we think of a good run of sockeye salmon on the Fraser River, numbers of 20 to 30-million come to mind. That’s one run of one species of salmon…
BC Teachers Should Reject Tentative Settlement
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger While initially enthused about the marathon bargaining sessions with the experienced Vince Ready mediating, the reality is beginning to sink in. This is not a good deal…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Your news links for today: Supreme Court ruling hasn’t stopped police from warrantless requests for data – Toronto Star Warrantless Subscriber Disclosures and the CBSA: The Missing Transparency Report –…
BC Hydro vastly underestimates loss of farmland to Site C Dam
At a recent press conference in Vancouver, renowned agrologist Wendy Holm and lifelong Peace Valley farmer Renee Ardill spoke to the vast, quality farmland that the proposed Site C Dam…
Our City, Our Choice
Today doctors at Mt. Sinai hospital will update Toronto on the health of Rob Ford. There are reasons to think the news will not be good, perhaps even gravely so.…
Another Part of the Puzzle – Our Warming Oceans
The playpen of climate change denialists is on temperature change. They like to cherry pick statistics, sweep the bulk of the data under the carpet, and declare that global warming…
Bomb Trains Keep Rolling While Congressional Committee Bickers About Bakken Crude
When DeSmogBlog reported last week that no actual petroleum scientists would be testifying at the congressional science committee’s hearing on the characteristics of Bakken crude oil, we knew the hearing…
The Emperor’s (ap)Prentice Magically Transforms First Nations Support
Jim Prentice says many Alberta First Nations are behind new pipeline projects ‘Amongst the strongest allies that Alberta has at the table are the First Nations of this province’ CBC…
Will the Education Fund improve classroom conditions?
The tentative agreement negotiated this week includes an Education Fund which replaces the Learning Improvment Fund (LIF). Will this improve classroom conditions? Not much, if at all. The BCTF did…