His greatest mistakes, the paper says: Attacking Jean Chretien’s facial disfigurement. Trying to introduce negative-option billing. Pushing for funding of private religious schools. That’s his legacy, says the Star. I…
Last week this warning appeared on Reddit Ontario, and later got picked up at Ontario Wind Resistance: You notice that it names one G.W. Tomlinson, who’s Senior Environmental Officer in…
Our efforts to prevent the Internet slow lane are having a powerful effect, as support to save net neutrality is emerging from the highest levels of power in the U.S.…
Officials with the Cariboo Regional District declared a local state of emergency Wednesday after millions of cubic metres of contaminated tailings water from the Mount Polley mine flooded Hazeltine Creek…
A “mort-sucker” removes dead farmed salmon from a Grieg pen in Nootka Sound (Alexandra Morton) The following is an open letter from independent salmon biologist Alexandra Morton to the Norwegian…
Taking a quick look at the Team Trudeau site shows that as of the beginning of August, the Party has nominated 75 candidates. 23 of those nominated candidates are women.…
It is refreshing to see that, unlike in Canada where government scientists cannot speak about climate change, American government employees are not afraid to draw some harsh correlations between it…
By David Lavallee Documentary filmmaker David Lavallee recently journeyed to Canada’s arctic for his forthcoming film, To the Ends of the Earth, which drills deep into the modern age of…
On Tuesday, a group of twenty mothers and families occupied NDP MP Don Davies’ office in Vancouver in support of Palestine. The post Canadian support for Palestine: Mothers and Families…
Danielle Takacs is running for the Liberal Party of Canada nomination up in Brant. She is a passionate Liberal and community leader. She is also a tireless advocate for veterans,…
It’s hard to get an accurate critique of the F-35’s shortcomings from its maker, Lockheed Martin, or from its key customer, the United States Air Force. They spare no effort…
Here’s the thing: we know this proposed “Internet slow lane” being pushed by Big Telecom conglomerates is a nightmare, but we know from experience that the best campaign ideas come…
Everything is carbon. Everyone's fooled when you're part of Shell's team, everything is dying, when you're living big oil's dream. #Lego— Saskboy K. (@saskboy) July 09, 2014 A little spill…
Put up your hand if you’ve been a follower of news about climate change in recent years and haven’t heard of the “hockey stick” graph. Nobody? No, didn’t think so.…
Today, when I looked up at the clouds, I kept seeing the mangled, bodies of dead children and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t tell if they were…
Today, when I looked up at the clouds, I kept seeing the mangled, bodies of dead children and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't tell if they were…
Today, when I looked up at the clouds, I kept seeing the mangled, bodies of dead children and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t tell if they were…
Malaysian PM Najib Razak and Stephen Harper in Kuala Lumpur (AP/Lai Seng Sin) Read this July 24 story by Jeff Lee in the Financial Post on the federal tax concessions…
This is a guest post by Mark Jaccard, professor of sustainable energy at Simon Fraser University. In 2007, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government asked me and four other economists if…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Robert Reich muses about how our economy would look if we actually paid people based on their contribution to society rather than their…
