July 22: lean pickings
The biggest story (perhaps the only story) in section A is that a new shoe store is coming to Moncton. We’re on the edge of the greatest crisis in history.…
2014
To the ‘progressive mainstream’, re. the police
In this post, I want to address a certain subset of people who have progressive politics of one sort or another, and I want to make one fairly narrow point…
More on Language Changing: Would That Things Be As Easy As Kids Make It Seem
A few weeks ago I posted about the inclusion of words from Arabic in Montreal French. Wallah Wallah has become non-perjorative term for someone of Arabic descent among Grench speaking…
From outside the Liberal spin machine
Last March, the government MLA for one of Canada’s wealthiest municipalities rose in the Legislature to speak about natural gas. Jason Sturdy said, “our government’s deep-well royalty credit and infrastructure…
Open letter to Metro News
To whom it may concern: I write in respect of an article written in your publication by your Jessica Smith Cross, with whom I have spoken once, to my regret.…
Northern Gateway Shows New Approach Needed
Last month, the Northern Gateway pipeline was approved by the Harper government. In response, many First Nations people swore they would never support the pipeline being built through their lands.…
Navigating Canada’s complex terrain of student financial assistance
A new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows that “student aid systems in Canada are intricate, elaborate, and, in many cases, thoroughly unmanageable.” The post Navigating Canada’s…
U.S. Taxpayers Subsidizing The Defense Of Palestinian Teen’s Alleged Killers
Controversial Israeli group Honenu is raising tax-exempt money in the U.S. to support Israelis charged with or convicted of violence against Palestinian tens. The post U.S. Taxpayers Subsidizing The Defense…
Maine Residents Fight American Petroleum Institute Lobbyists Over Ban on Tar Sands Shipments
Portland, Maine, has become the latest battleground in the fight against tar sands oil, with local residents facing off against energy industry forces in an attempt to ban tar sands…
California Orders Emergency Shutdown Of Fracking Wastewater Injection Sites Over Fears of Contaminated Aquifers
California officials ordered an emergency shutdown of 11 oil and gas waste injection sites in Kern County earlier this month, fearing they may be contaminating sources of drinking water that…
It’s Still "Gotta Be Genetic" as Autism Genetic Research Re-Invents Itself Yet Again
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Gene-Environment Interaction: Nearly all diseases result from a complex interaction between an individual’s genetic make-up and the environmental agents that he or she is…
Transportation sector key to reducing GHG emissions in Ontario: ECO
GETTING SERIOUS about tackling greenhouse gases has to start with dramatically cutting emissions from Ontario’s transportation sector, the province’s environmental watchdog warned recently. In releasing his latest update on efforts…
Healthy Newfoundland bees may help solve mystery of global collapse
Honeybees are in free fall just about everywhere – except Newfoundland By Sue Bailey, The Canadian Press PARADISE, N.L. – Newfoundland’s healthy honeybees are an increasing draw for researchers in…
Fraser Surrey Docks: Metro has no right to regulate air quality
Fraser Surrey Docks is seeking to expand coal exports – something Metro Vancouver takes issue with Read this July 9 story by Jeff Nagel in the Peace Arch News on…
Canadians Don’t Share Federal Government Priorities on Energy and Economy, Opinion Research Shows
The average Canadian doesn’t place the economy above other concerns like education, health care and environment according to a a public-opinion survey analysis performed by the Privy Council Office (PCO),…
Free advice to New Democrats
Sure, you lost the Ontario election, and the Trinity-Spadina by-election. Sure. • Suck it up. Your brand still has value. That’s why federal and provincial Grits needed to kick the…
Charities Bullied Into Muting Their Messages: Researcher
Canada’s charitable sector — the second largest charitable sector in the world, after the Netherlands — has come under threat from federal policies that hinder advocacy groups from doing their…
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