Opposition to oil and gas exploration in the eastern arctic, around Baffin Island and the Davis Straight, may not be making headlines across the country, but it continues to grow.…
As a supplement to Montreal Simon’s post yesterday on Jean Pierre Kingsley’s appearance before the committee hearings on the ‘Fair’ Elections Act, you might want to spare two minutes to…
TRU’s dean of trades and technology is featured in an Ajax mine video (Youtube: Ajax Project ) The latest chapter in the controversial Ajax mine proposal planned for the edge…
I did a little live tweeting of the Happy City lecture by http://www.charlesmontgomery.ca/ (Sometimes MY live tweeting devolves/evolves into fun commentary…). I thought I would make my first attempt…
…coming down the pipe. A couple of lawyers from the Alberta Human Rights Commission, and the press secretary for the Alberta Justice Minister. Presumably, Ezra will use the this as…
Page 1 of NewsToday has an article on Harper warning Germany about Russia. He spoke of bigger military powers who are prepared to invade their neighbours and carve off pieces.…
Your news links for today: Bill C-13: Tories trying again to open door to undue state intrusion – Toronto Star Data Privacy Transparency of Canadian ISPs – IXmaps Police allege…
Tom Mulcair’s position to not raise income taxes doesn’t seem to be very progressive. According to a poll, 83% of Canadians favor higher taxes on the wealthiest Canadians — the…
Lately, I have been intrigued by the tale of the Emperor’s New Clothes as a modern take on how the vast majority of people behave when it comes to speaking…
March is Women’s History Month (in the US) These are some of the women who have made a difference in my life. When I asked my Auntie Jo how she’d…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Thomas Walkom writes that the Cons’ economic prescriptions are doomed to fail because they’re based on a fundamental misdiagnosis: (T)hat half of…
You don’t want to miss this. More than 30 performers –including some of the most prominent actors in Canadian theatre – will be participating in Holler 4 Health Care March…
Calgary Centre Member of Parliament Joan Crockatt has taken an early lead in this year’s CRAP Awards. In an award category usually dominated by party leaders and cabinet ministers, this…
Former Alberta Premier Alison Redford in happier times, as we remember her on the eve of her selection as PC Party leader in the fall of 2011. The suggestion former…
Andrew Nikiforuk writes that petropolitics are behind what is going on in Ukraine: Russia, a true petro state, sits on one-fifth of the world’s natural gas supply. About one-third of…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, March 27, 2014: Meilleur first francophone Ontario AG TD bank employee in NJ refuses to notarize American…
Absolutely! Just because you’re tired of people lecturing you, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t continue to subject yourself to it for another three or four years. Some of your Earth “experts”…
Here, on how the Cons’ explanations for the Unfair Elections Act reflect a disturbing attempt to rule out any voter motivation other than partisan interests – while excusing future Robocon-style…
Rob Ford cradles imaginary crack pipe, and sweats: This is not John Tory’s real hair: Too sleek. Too ample. Too beautiful. Rumour is he borrowed a lock of Justin’s for…
