The "SmartTrack" Political Context
SmartTrack: Politician designed transit works surprisingly well…for politicians To recap: John Tory has centred his Mayoral campaign on a promise to build a heavy surface rail (he calls “surface subway”)…
2014
Elopement poses urgent questions about Waypoint’s new $474 million building
A new building is often seen as a solution for the updated delivery of health care. It’s true they usually reduce energy costs. If designed correctly and collaboratively, they can…
Stephen Harper Great Insane Tour of the North
Well there he was, thundering over the tundra, on the last day of his Great Photo-Op Tour of the North.The Dark Knight Nerd on the warpath. Taking part in a…
Big Dams and Empty Promises #nlpoli
Conservative leadership candidate Steve Kent may be running in third place in the race, but the guy makes bold promises. His energy policy includes the pledge about Muskrat Falls that…
Unsolved mysteries: Never mind those roaming charges, who leaked that Tory party membership list in 2011?
Capt. Queeg of the USS Caine channels Alberta Tory Party leaders as he describes the search for the missing strawberries. Imagine what he would have done with a purloined cell…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Upturned cats.
Ooooh! Bad Talk, More Stark.
Another report from the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. The Associated Press has managed to thumb through the latest report, a synthesis report based on the previous three.…
Is Greater Sudbury Ready to Host Aerospace Industry?
Last week, mayoral candidate Dan Melanson called for the City to create the economic circumstances to work towards establishing an aerospace industry in Greater Sudbury. Melanson believes that the timing…
To Inquire, or Not To Inquire, Don’t Ask The Question
The latest Coyne article seems to be self defeating in its thesis. “It’s not evident what contribution another public inquiry would make,” opines Coyne. For one thing, we could have…
Mount Polley: A Wake-Up Call For Canada’s Mining Industry
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. When a tailings pond broke at the Mount Polley gold and copper mine in south-central B.C., spilling millions of cubic metres of…
Mount Polley: A Wake-Up Call For Canada’s Mining Industry
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. When a tailings pond broke at the Mount Polley gold and copper mine in south-central B.C., spilling millions of cubic metres of…
Mount Polley: A Wake-Up Call For Canada’s Mining Industry
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. When a tailings pond broke at the Mount Polley gold and copper mine in south-central B.C., spilling millions of cubic metres of…
A New Addition To The Harper Enemies List
But then again, no surprises here, except that it is being leveraged into a fundraising appeal. But it is a bit rich, isn’t it, that given their expertise in the…
Israel & Gaza: Tectonic shift in past 24 hours
Israel’s embattled prime minister The Egypt-brokered truce agreement just struck has resulted in two shifts in the underlying political forces in that area. The first shift is a de facto…
Wasteful Destruction in Gaza
The destruction of this apartment tower is ridiculous. How is it in any way acceptable for a state to destroy an obvious civilian complex with weapons of war? We’re supposed…
Port Metro endorses “fuel of last century” with coal terminal OK
Port Metro Vancouver is taking a big step backwards with Fraser River coal terminal approval, critics say By Chris Rose – republished with permission from Desmog.ca Canada’s largest port has…
The lament for Canada’s middle class
I’ve been posting more sparsely lately for a number of external reasons but this should change soon I hope. For now, here is the first major piece I wrote for…
The Last Cast: Northern Lights Lodge Dims Early After Mount Polley Mine Spill
“I planned on dying here,” Skeed Borkowski, owner of the Northern Lights Lodge, told me. “But not from drinking the water.” The lodge, located on Quesnel Lake, is one of…
The Last Cast: Northern Lights Lodge Dims Early After Mount Polley Mine Spill
“I planned on dying here,” Skeed Borkowski, owner of the Northern Lights Lodge, told me. “But not from drinking the water.” The lodge, located on Quesnel Lake, is one of…