In the middle of Rob Ford’s speech
At his “historic” rally. Back to Etobicoke with you soon, Crackhead. Soon. .
2014
Ex-US president Jimmy Carter urges Obama to reject Keystone XL Pipeline
“History will reflect on this moment and it will be clear to our children and grandchildren if you made the right choice,” laureates remind President Obama as the world awaits…
Please Share: Stop the secrecy at the TPP
An Internet censorship plan is being finalized in secret meetings right now. Obama himself is in secretive meetings with key political figures and lobbyists in Asia to lock the Trans-Pacific…
Tudor politics: Elizabeth’s struggle
David Starkey’s book, Elizabeth: the Struggle for the Throne, is the best book I’ve read on the period of Elizabeth’s life between the death of Henry VIII and her own…
On resources with Ian Jessop, Apr 17
Gadget Google – Lecteur multimédia de Google – http://www.liens-du-vin.ch/google-audio_player-script.htm
The Man Who Said Too Little
Ok, I need to make a confession. There was once a time where I would say without too much reservation that, “I would be comfortable voting for John Tory as…
The Man Who Said Too Little
Ok, I need to make a confession. There was once a time where I would say without too much reservation that, “I would be comfortable voting for John Tory as…
BC Oil and Gas Commission abandons orphan wells
Fracking operations in BC’s Montney Shale (Photo: Damien Gillis) Despite admitting there is an increasing trend of inactive well sites awaiting reclamation, the BC Oil and Gas Commission has slashed…
April 17: No foreign news…doh-dee-doh
In the midst of the worst, international crisis we have seen in 50 years – maybe ever – the Tand T has not a single word of foreign news in…
Canadian government dumps on wild salmon population with new fish farming regulations
(Photo: Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals) Read this Apr. 16th article in the Vancouver Sun about the Conservatives unethical effort to expand BC fish farming by temporarily exempting the Fisheries…
Annulment for lack of consummation
Annulment is a rare proceeding in modern Canadian law. That said, it is available and proof of non-consummation does not require independent evidence. So the Ontario Court of Appeal set…
B.C. Pulls About-Face After First Nations Call Removal of Gas Development Environmental Assessment a ‘Declaration of War’
B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak has reversed and apologized for excluding First Nations from two amendments that would eliminate the province’s mandatory environmental assessment of gas developments and ski resorts.…
Ukraine: Russia advances its creeping-federalization agenda
Ukraine: Doors open for Putin Today, much to the surprise of some, a public agreement was announced by the US, Russia, EU and current Ukraine government, dealing with concrete steps…
When special interests buy a government
Before BC Liberals were first elected in 2001, they promised natural resource producers to materially cut the public share of values extracted. They kept their promise and producers filled party…
Interview: Big Men Director Rachel Boynton on Oil, Ghana and "Responsible Capitalism"
The subtitle of the newly released documentary film Big Men is “everyone wants to be big” and to say the film covers a “big” topic is to put it mildly.…
Increased Mosquito Habitat One Among Many Climate Change Impacts Threatening Public Health
In May 2000 in the town of Walkerton, Ontario, heavy rains swept water containing the O157:H7 strain of E. coli bacteria from a nearby farm into a well of drinking…
Landmark ruling on rights of Métis upheld
Story The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling from last year that said Ottawa is constitutionally responsible for the 400,000 Métis in Canada as a distinct aboriginal group,…
Schadenfreude
Nation, it’s been an interesting few months to be me, politically-speaking. We’ll talk more about that soon – I promise. What hit my radar yesterday was the news that 53…
Schadenfreude
Nation, it's been an interesting few months to be me, politically-speaking. We'll talk more about that soon - I promise.What hit my radar yesterday was the news that 53 Alberta…
Schadenfreude
Nation, it’s been an interesting few months to be me, politically-speaking. We’ll talk more about that soon – I promise. What hit my radar yesterday was the news that 53…