Some good news coming across the wire this morning: Telus has abandoned its effort to takeover the independent cell phone provider Mobilicity, and its valuable wireless spectrum assets. Mobilicity is…
This is the opening piece of our “State of the Unions” special issue of Canadian Dimension Magazine published in May, 2014, which you can view and purchase HERE. Subscribe to…
Pamela and Jamie Duran of Naples, Fla., had not spent much time worrying about fracking. Like most Floridians, they’d been repeatedly told it couldn’t happen there. Until it did. Texas-based…
TweetWhoever leads Alberta’s long-governing Progressive Conservatives into the next election (probably Jim Prentice) will have some serious challenges to deal with. After more than forty years in office, Alberta’s natural…
This is Part 1 of the series “Science on the Chopping Block,” an in-depth look at federal cuts to science programs in Canada and what they mean for some of…
The Parkland Institute is releasing a report on why unions matter. I contributed to the report, which was spurred by Alberta government restrictions on collective bargaining and anti-union labour law.…
Alarmed by California’s intensifying wildfires and withering drought, Governor Jerry Brown has lashed out at Republicans and other politicians who continue to deny that destructive climate change is already occurring.…
Introduction to the Workshop – Ulrike Cress Why a workshop in mass collaboration? Recent mass phenomena: Wikipedia, tagging, blogging, Scratch, massive open online courses and connectivism, citizen science, maker-space Who…
Your news links for today: Spy program suspended for being too aggressive – Globe and Mail Telecom giants worried about “antagonizing” feds on lawful access: documents – Toronto Star CSEC…
The first page of today’s TandT features a story from a research group. “N.B. health waits a “shame”: report.” It’s about long waits for some medical services, especially in NB.…
We hope they will take time to remember the 29. Today the Ontario Health Coalition is launching their rocking chair tour across the province to draw attention to the lack…
Climate change is real. Governments and public needs to pay more attention to the global warming and catastrophe in the making. Please watch the video here
MAP: The worst places in the world to be a worker. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), an alliance of regional trade confederations that advocates for labor rights around the…
Would You Move to the Cowichan Valley for $100,000 a Year?By Blaise Salmon Blaise Salmon Here’s the deal: a salary of $100,000 a year, a secure government job with full…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jared Bernstein discusses how fair and progressive taxes on the rich are a necessary element of any effort to improve the lot of…
While I have never been one to use the term fascist profligately, the creeping authoritarianism that has been the hallmark of the Harper regime gives pause for reconsideration. As the…
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 Thank you to everyone who spoke up to oppose Bill 24 – the proposed Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2014. Your voices played an important role…
Here’s a few I happen to like, and which I happen to know, um, a little about. They’re not “negative” – they’re telling the truth about the public record of…
We were in the Napanee area on Saturday and I noticed the Randy Hillier signs. Not a lot, but a few. Hillier is the Conservative incumbent for the riding of…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, May 21, 2014: State of Oklahoma owes $303,333 in plaintiffs’ legal fees over Sharia law case NPR…
