Vessel noise is already hindering endangered southern resident killer whales from communicating and finding fish and the noise bombardment will get worse if proposals for coal terminals and pipelines in…
Vessel noise is already hindering endangered southern resident killer whales from communicating and finding fish and the noise bombardment will get worse if proposals for coal terminals and pipelines in…
Photo Gallery: May Day 2014 in Toronto The theme of the 2014 Toronto May Day (International Workers Day) event was Honour Communities: Fight Capitalism. The chilly evening rally started at…
In the wake of a series of failed gambits involving the Supreme Court, we now find Harper attempting to assassinate the character of the Chief Justice. “I can tell you…
Two days ago, Zbignew Zbrzenski wrote an open letter which didn’t make the Irving press (perhaps it had nobody who was sure how to spell his name.). He demanded war…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger This compelling video landed in my inbox this morning courtesy of a Cowichan Bay activist. It claims that a Canadian corporation Trans Canada Pipeline, the force behind…
I have noted that many commentators have somehow managed to construe the federal government’s loss on Senate reform in the Supreme Court as simply a crafty way for our clever…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The number of concerned Canadians opposed to hydraulic fracturing, aka ‘Fracking’ is increasing on a daily basis. The Council of Canadians are among them and carried their…
Smith v. Inco, 2012 ONSC 4749: The leading case as to the admissibility of opinion evidence fromnon-expert witnesses is that of R. v. Graat, 1980 CanLII 69 (ON CA), (1980)…
On the Inside Higher Ed website, Joshua Kim recently asked the question, When do you find the time and energy to read books? That surprised me. What energy does reading…
Yes, we consulted … Seems to be a little bit of confusion about who was consulted when the Mounties decided that there was no case to make against Wright. Here’s…
Sometimes it is hard to determine if Toronto Star Quebec political analyst Chantal Hébert is serious or just firing for effect. Taking a meaningless poll of Quebec federal political leanings…
While I realize that the politics of Ontario is likely not a riveting subject for those living in other jurisdictions, I nonetheless offer this brief post on the election that…
You can add Beverley McLachlin’s name to Stephen Harper’s Enemies List. In case your memory needs refreshing, Errol Mendes reviews some of the prominent names on that list: The growing…
Nature is kinda powerful, something that we industrialized humans seem to have forgotten. Nature, however, bats last. This video from Baltimore was posted May 1st and a day later it…
This is actually fairly big news. Richard Tol, him of the freaky hair, and, to his credit, one of the first wave of economists to study the economics of climate…
His massive propaganda machine has been working overtime to try to soften his image, but it's just not working.Not when he is now in one of his wild rages, not…
Boogie boarded today in the Pacific. The water was very cold but I went in a couple times. Supper last night. Tonight was El Indio, a fish taco.
Andain – Turn Up the Sound (Zetandel Mix)
