White House climate report is clear: Global warming is here
Because we enjoy relatively pure air, clean water and healthy food systems, Canadians sometimes take the environment for granted. Many scarcely blink if oil from a pipeline spills into a…
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Don’t let trolls censor your internet
Don’t let trolls censor your internet. Help design modern rules for sharing and collaborating online at https://OpenMedia.org/CrowdSource read more
Pickets Going Up Thursday At Cowichan Valley Schools
CDTA President Naomi Nillson-Photo by Don Bodger-Cowichan News Leader Rotating strikes: While teachers walk the line, there’s little or no progress on a negotiated contract settlement Read Don Bodgers Full…
Sri Lankan Paper Accuses NDP Candidate of Extremism
Don’t know quite what to make of this. The source is a Sri Lankan Newspaper (The Sunday Leader); the guy in the picture does look like Neethan Shan, and he…
Hudak many have just been handed the channel-changer he wanted
WYNNE, MARKHAM: “I’m not going to pre-empt the decision of people on June 12. I’m just not going to do that. I am going to spend the next 16 days,…
Should Hudak Be Running on an Anti-Union Platform Before he Has His Hands on the Public Purse?
In 1999, Mike Harris ran in Ontario on an anti-union platform, promising to get tough with union bosses. The backlash was immediate, but Harris wasn’t worried. He had a secret…
Your #voteon narrative for today: not good for opposition parties.
Your one narrative that is going around the media and which Premier Wynne has decided to target extensively today: Tim Hudak’s bungled million jobs plan numbers: ..Based on a backgrounder…
Government Weather Forecasters Shouldn’t Discuss Climate Change: Environment Canada
This post originally appeared on MikeDeSouza.com and is republished here with permission. Weather forecasters at Environment Canada aren’t supposed to discuss climate change in public, says a Canadian government spokesman.…
The Dionne Quintuplets: Little Girls Lost in the Harsh Glare of Fame
mauricetougas: Photos from Life magazine of the Dionne Quints, born 80 years ago today. And my blog on the girls at http://wp.me/p17bGN-mt Originally posted on LIFE: This week marks the…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Your news links for today: CSEC says it gathers personal information in cyberdefence role – CTV News Electronic spy agency may keep your personal data — for 30 years –…
The Temporary Foreign Worker Program and labour solidarity
The context of migration not only makes it easier for employers to exploit TFWs, it also serves to obscure the common core of labour solidarity that should be at the…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – PressProgress digs into the PBO’s report on tax giveaways to look at what Canada has lost from the Cons’ cuts to federal fiscal…
140 Law – Leading Legal Headlines for Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, May 28, 2014: Iranian judge summons Facebook ‘Zionist manager’ Zuckerberg in privacy breach lawsuit Timing of Mayor…
Technically, this election sign is legal…
But, being that it is blocking the line-of-vision at the entrance of a large childcare centre, it’s a hazard and should be removed. But so far, requests to remove it…
Bell starts as deputy minister days before Ontario goes to the polls
Just days before an Ontario election Dr. Bob Bell is taking up the post of Deputy Minister of Health. A former orthopaedic surgeon, Bell is likely most familiar to Ontarians…
Abolish The Week
People who aren’t slaves to the 9-5 world (or worse the 8-8 crowd) may not understand the tyranny of the week. Those poor folks who are forced by their managers…
A Mound Of Sound Guest Post: The Relentless Growth of CO2
I put this item together a while ago but I was reminded of it today while reading a report from the WMO, the World Meteorological Organization, that April will go…
The Word From Carson
Bruce Carson has written a book about his years as a Harper operative. Now he is doing the interview circuit. Jason Fekete writes in The National Post that: A former…
Death of a political party: Mulcair’s measure.
Federal New Democrat Leader Thomas Mulcair has reason to be worried. It is fairly obvious now that he cannot hold half the Quebec seats won by Jack Layton in the…