Alberta Workers Compensation Board officials ready shipments of money to send back to employers. Actual WBC staff may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Labour Minister Thomas Lukaszuk and now-official…
The left needs a progressive Euroscepticism to counter the EU’s ills | Costas Lapavitsas | Comment is free | theguardian.com. Frustration is currently sweeping Europe and for good reason: persistent…
TweetAnother Calgarian has entered what has been, at least so far, an all-Calgarian Progressive Conservative leadership race. Announcing his candidacy in the contest to become the next PC Party leader…
Robert and I appeared on the big screen in the outfield briefly. Two clothed streakers were on the field. 8-0 for the Royals. Got our tickets on sale for $25…
SA’s election was today, and the nation is counting it’s ballots. Polls closed a few hours ago. As Canadians we get used to having our final results in by the…
I LOVE IT! Tim Hudak crashes and burns. Next question: “Tim, why the hell would someone vote for you?” Answer: “We’re hoping there’s a lot of stupid going around in…
ProtectOurPrivacy.png Transparent Lives: Surveillance in Canada reveals how Canadians are increasingly leading their lives under pervasive government surveillance and shows how out-of-control government spying can be curbed May 8, 2014…
Oh no. Here we go again. More anti-democratic hypocrisy from the higher-ups in the NDP. The Ontario 2014 provincial election officially got underway today, although unofficial campaigning certainly began the…
To wit: have you seen this asshole? .
Is it me or do you get the sense that if a primary school teacher were grading the “Harper Government,” as it like to call itself, the phrase “doesn’t play…
We are saddened to hear of Farley Mowat’s passing (May 12, 1921 – May 6, 2014). Farley was one of Canada’s earliest ecologists, maybe the very first. He was also…
Climate change is already negatively affecting every region in the United States and the future looks even more dismal if coordinated mitigation and adaptation efforts are not immediately aggressively pursued,…
Climate change is already negatively affecting every region in the United States and the future looks even more dismal if coordinated mitigation and adaptation efforts are not immediately aggressively pursued,…
R. v. Cunsolo, 2014 ONCA 364: Defence counsel at trial was aware that the trial judge intended to conduct his own handwriting comparison and made lengthy submissions on the matter.…
How should family caregivers be supported in society? What is the role of government? What is the role of the private sector? What claim does a person needing care have…
The past few months have been tough for Can Lit: Alistair MacLoed and Mavis Gallant both dead, and now Farley Mowat falls. The Globe and Mail’s obituary quotes him as…
Canadians are demanding that the government stop spying on their sensitive private information without a warrant. Here’s an expert look at why we can’t trust the government’s talking points. Article…
RIP Bud Osborn http://t.co/CrWrlN1PR7— Melissa Fong (@internationalmf) May 07, 2014 raise shit – a downtown eastside poem of resistance “the myth of the frontier is an invention that…
I like it. Hope it ruins your day, Ms. MacLeod. “Today, Lisa MacLeod sent a letter to the OPP implying that Laura Miller was somehow involved in impropriety related to…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jim Stanford writes that Tim Hudak’s combination of austerity and indiscriminate tax slashing represents a recipe for less jobs rather than more: Mr.…
