Tim Hudak’s Plans For Education?
On CBC The House, Tim Hudak said he would increase class sizes to economize. Increase class size to 60 students per teacher #Onpoli #VoteON— Nickie (@MuskokaMoneybag) May 11, 2014 The…
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Fredericton’s North Riverfront Trail (aka Conor’s Back Yard) May 2014
After a long tough winter followed by some high waters along the St John River it is nice to be able to again walk Fredericton’s North Riverfront Trail, barely a…
Stephen Harper and the Kingdom of Fear
There was a revealing moment during the CBC's coverage of the National Day of Honour, when an armoured car and other military vehicles rolled on to Parliament Hill.And for a…
Maternity protection: The best Mother’s Day gift of all
From the International Labour Organization, in light of the publication of its report on maternity protection. Breakfast in bed, a bouquet of roses or a kid’s drawing in bright crayon…
Tim Hudak, job-killer
It’s a bit of a headscratcher. First, Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak builds his whole campaign around a promise to create one million new jobs in Ontario over eight years,…
Michael Sam becomes 1st openly gay athlete to be drafted into the NFL…
What a beautiful and sweet moment! It’s so very nice to share in it on TV. Congrats to Mr. Sam! I’m not much of a football fan, but I’ll have…
Saturday night Chris Smither blogging
Chris Smither is an engaging songwriter and performer and I’m just going to turn the place over to him for the evening. This is Place In Line. This sounds like…
BC gas regulator ignoring public’s LNG concerns
BC Oil and Gas Commission Chief Operating Officer Ken Paulson (Damien Gillis) The BC Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) is not obligated to address stakeholder concerns with LNG facilities, despite…
Seismologists Warn Fracking Boom Can Lead to More Earthquakes
Seismologists are warning that disposing of fracking wastewater by injecting it into underground rock formations may pose a far greater risk of setting off dangerous earthquakes than formerly believed. At…
UK Climate Change Deniers Forced To Clean Up Act?
The GWPF are an organized group of AGW denialists based in the UK. They are fronted by the notorious Benny Peiser, and are known more widely for the fact that…
Save Canada Post Door to Door Delivery
I remember as a child walking with my mom down to the local post office to get the mail. We lived in small town Alberta, and the post office was…
Saturday Photo: Daffodils, a Week Late
This was taken four years and a week ago, when the daffodils were at their best. This year everything is late, and the daffodils are just coming into their own.…
paris day three encore, in which I admit ptsd is forever
So it turns out it’s not just my snoring that’s keeping Connie up at night. It’s noises “that sound like you’re upset,” says my mother. Allan recently told me that…
May 10: How not to be an editor…
…First, though check out the the comments at the bottom of this page. There is a post there telling where to find platform statements of the two candidates for city…
On Death and Dying: Evolution and Networks
As he makes clear in a comment on his recent post, part of Dron’s motivation for depicting connectivism as a ‘family of ideas’ is so that he, too, can be…
Great tweet of the day
But if you think an open debate about reasonable limits on abortion is the pro-life end goal, I’ve got a chocolate teapot to sell you — Lauren DH (@roseneath_rd) May…
Southern Ontario Skinheads Outed
First, and in deference to our friends who actually ARE skinheads, it needs to be made clear that no one in the SOS is actually a skinhead. They've co-opted the…
Alberta: Land of milk and money.
Alberta is truly a land of wonders. For example, I wonder what kind of thinking went into giving whopping six-figure salaries to public servants? Alberta is awash in examples of…
paris, day three
We are back in our cozy room after a long, fun day with R… who I very much hope is now on the train to London! Connie and I went…