In Tuesday’s Sun: ch-ch-ch-changes
OTTAWA – At a get-together here over the weekend, Barack Obama’s fabled spokesman guy, Robert Gibbs popped by. When Gibbs spoke, the room went quiet, like it did in that…
2014
Vaughn Palmer: Site C Dam obsession misses alternatives like geothermal
The multi-billion-dollar proposed Site C Dam (artist’s rendering) Read this May 9 Vancouver Sun column by Vaughn Palmer on the ways in which the obsessive fixation of BC Hydro and…
CPC Lied To Elections Canada On RoboCalls?
The corruption that is the CPC’s actions in the 2011 election continues to fester. The most recent instalment comes to us via Stephen Maher’s latest column. In an email May…
First Nation’s legal challenge could delay Kinder Morgan pipeline
Sundance Chief Rueben George of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (Damien Gillis) Read this May 2 story from the Georgia Straight on the legal action launched by the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation regarding…
Phoenix rising: Largest solar power array set to energize 230,000 homes
The Agua Caliente solar power array, near Phoenix, Arizona Read this May 9 syory from Scientific American on the world’s largest solar power array, in Arizona, which is about to…
Say No to The Internet Slow Lane
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Canadian Internet freedom group launches campaign against proposed Internet Slow Lane plan in the U.S.
slowlane_small.png Crucial U.S. FCC meeting on Thursday could mean many of Canadians’ favourite websites and online services slow to a crawl due to the gutting “Net Neutrality” rules. May 13,…
NDP Should Stop Crapping On Windsor
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is damaging Windsor’s economy by exaggerating and exploiting the Herb Gray Parkway girder dispute as an election issue, Mayor Eddie Francis claims.Francis has asked the Horwath…
Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Electorate?
Some critical thinkers might conclude it is the Harper regime, given the curious date they have assigned for four federal byelections. Recommend this Post
An open letter to George W. Bush, the artist
Dear Mr. Bush, I was heartened to learn of your recent exhibition of paintings at your own Presidential Library in Dallas. Some may have considered this a crude display of…
“Those Mainlanders” and other racist ways to start a sentence
I was at a restaurant with friends a few weeks ago. The conversation was kind of slow, so I mentioned my plans for travelling to Hong Kong next year and…
Fight Over New Prosperity Mine Challenges Federal Government’s Environmental Assessment Powers
“The only thing I can see is they are buying time. They’re putting the project on life support,” said Chief Joe Alphonse of the Tletinqox-t’in and the tribal chairman of…
Taking the HST off hydro is bad policy, if good politics
One of the signature campaign planks for the NDP in the 2014 Ontario Election is to remove the HST from our hydro bills, saving perhaps $120 a year for average…
BC Ferries still owed $25 million 2nd mortgage
Under leadership of CEO David Hahn and Board Chairs Elizabeth Harrison and Don Hay, in a deal negotiated before completion of construction, BC Ferries lent a real estate developer almost…
Election 2014: Knock Knock – Health care questions you may want to ask
“Knock knock. Who’s there? Tim. Tim? Who’s dat? No – it’s Tim Hu-dak.” The candidates are knocking on your door. All candidate meetings are being organized in each riding. Are…
Arkansas sees the light; who next?
Four states in the South (via the courts) have now recognized gay marriage: Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma … and now Arkansas. The latter three are actually quite conservative, which is one…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Alyssa Battistoni writes that a universal basic income could go a long way toward solving environmental and economic problems alike by placing a…
Vox: Everything you need to know about network neutrality
Big rule changes in the U.S. threaten to put your Internet in the slow lane. Here’s a great explanation of what is happening in the Net Neutrality battle, how it…
60 Minutes grills BC salmon farmers, government
Top-rated American TV newsmagazine program 60 Minutes sunk its teeth into BC’s longstanding salmon farming controversy last night. While the program – hosted by renowned health commentator Dr. Sanjay Gupta…
Sorry Timmy. Been There Done That and the T-shirt was a Knock Off
On October 2, 1995, Tim Hudak stood up in the Ontario Legislature to make the following announcement: “I am delighted to relate to the assembly some very good news that…