Mikey Doesn’t Like It…
Former B.C. premier Mike Harcourt quits NDP Harcourt let membership lapse over many issues including the party’s opposition to carbon tax CBC News Posted: Apr 01, 2014 8:10 AM PT…
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Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Your news links for today: How Telcos and ISPs Hand Over Subscriber Data Thousands of Times Each Year Without a Warrant – Michael Geist We’re naive about the Internet, and…
The wake for the Health Accord was great, but what’s next?
There’s got to be a morning after. Yesterday more than 40 communities across Canada marked the end of the 10-year health accord between the provinces and the federal government. Listening…
An April Fools prediction on Quebec
308 did an excellent job today explaining why the CAQ internal poll should not be counted as a regular poll. I’ll expand on that. 1 – We don’t know all…
Is this the end of the gluten-free fad?
Last November, when I first wrote about the gluten-free diet fad, I bemoaned how an everyday protein, a staple in human diets for many millennia, had become demonized by…
John Tory talks about his hero
Quiz time. Who said this? “His performance was one of the most remarkable I have ever witnessed…He demonstrated absolutely unflagging energy, getting the job done in very difficult circumstances, and…
That was then, this is then, too
Check out this Star story on what the Ontario Liberals are planning. Then read this gem from the www.warrenkinsella.com archives: “November 24, 2005 – Looking at the communications carnage in…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Sarah Ayres discusses the value of the social safety net as a matter of both social and economic policy: A significant body…
What A Friend We Have In Stephen*
* With apologies to Joseph Scriven’s original hymn, What a Friend We Have in Jesus. One can only assume that these days there are far fewer congregants lustily singing the…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, April 1, 2014: Lawyer wants to question Bieber again about ex-Selena Gomez “Why Is LSUC Donating to…
Japan Ordered to Stop Whaling and Complies
Japan has long been criticized for its “scientific” whaling and now the UN has asked them to stop. Japan defended itself by saying that their ships who were slaughtering whales…
Rob Ford’s interview re: Crack cocaine
Interview #2. Interview #3.
A Sore Winner
In his most recent column at ipolitics, Michael Harris recounts observations from people who have had to deal with Stephen Harper: “You have to appreciate Orwell to get a feel…
Bear – Noah Parr
I met Noah Parr last year in Cape Dorset — his grandson shows promise as a carver.
Does Harper have to show you how Justin?
No Justin, you do not have to listen to some cranky left-wing liberal from the boonies of Ontario. When we first met four years ago, you were as easy to…
No April Fool’s, but foolish and in April
This really happened. My apologies for ruining your breakfast.
SaskPower Carbon Capture and Storage Going Online Today, On Schedule
@tingeyd -Construction of the @SaskPowerCCS facility is complete. Currently commissioning and preparing for commercial operation Spring 2014— (@SaskPowerCCS) January 27, 2014 “The government boasted at last week’s Boundary Dam symposium…
Stephen Harper and the Eve of Destruction
Well I can only imagine him today, huddled in his bunker with his closest advisers. The shrinking band of PMO fanatics he still trusts.Lamenting the fate of his faithful Dimitri.While…
It’s April 1st
April Fool’s day. Conduct yourself accordingly. Which is to say, trust nothing that you read. Even this. That is all.