Geothermal Offers Cheaper, Cleaner Alternative to Site C Dam: New Report
Geothermal energy offers a low-cost, clean and viable alternative to the $8 billion Site C dam proposed for the Peace River, according to a new report released Tuesday by the…
2014
My Goodbye to Local Politics (for now)
I had meant to read a statement at last night’s final meeting of Collingwood Council, but I misplaced my printout between the time I left home and the meeting’s start.…
Giving Movies a Bad Rap: Jurassic World Park Something
From Executive Producer Steven Spielberg, and a lack of imagination… comes a film event of a lifetime… unless you’ve lived longer than 19 years. It’s apt that Jurassic World and…
Huffington Post: Ben Klass to CRTC: Canadians deserve better
Check out this great open letter by OpenMedia community member Ben Klass and others to the CRTC about what Internet users want the future of about the future of indie…
Energy East Opposition Fund Swells Past $300K After Crowdfunding Campaign Makes Headlines
Perhaps it’s the charming student activist, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, who donated his $25,000 Governor General’s Literary Award to the pipeline fight, or perhaps it was the scandalous documents leaked last week…
Vivian Krause and Richard Berman’s Oil Industry Playbook
He had no idea he was being taped. So when influential Washington, DC, political consultant Richard Berman talked about strategy and tactics to the oil and gas industry’s Western Energy…
Vivian Krause and Richard Berman’s Play Book
He had no idea he was being taped. So when influential Washington, DC, political consultant Richard Berman talked about strategy and tactics to the oil and gas industry’s Western Energy…
Nov. 25: It’s a mad, mad, mad,mad world….
—-an example of the madness is a story the editors of the Irving press missed. Just days ago, a UN committee put forward a proposal from Russia that the UN…
#BlackLivesMatter: Ottawa Vigil For Michael Brown, Against Police Violence
Hundreds of activists are expected at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa this evening for a vigil for slain African American teenager Michael Brown. The post #BlackLivesMatter: Ottawa Vigil For Michael…
New minister, same tired denials about cuts
Dr. Eric Hoskins may be signing his name, but the latest Toronto Star letter-to-the-editor from the Health Minister sounds as tired and exasperated as those served up by his predecessor.…
Pipelines in every direction
Our new premier, Jim Prentice, claims he is committed to making Alberta an environmental leader. That’s on Sundays, just after church. The rest of the week his commitments lie elsewhere.…
Will Brian Lilley Issue Grovelling Apology For November 18th Video Segment?
The video segment itself is here. Its print counterpart here. The grovelling apology (print edition) is below: Will there be a video version of this apology to follow? Official steps…
NASA video shows a year of CO2 pollution
A ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around the globe. Plumes of carbon dioxide in the simulation…
St. Louis Prosecutor Bob McCulloch is the son of a police officer who was shot in the line of duty. In his 24 years as prosecutor, he has never recommended charges against any police officer
(Michael Brown’s body was left uncovered on a Ferguson, Missouri street for hours by police. ) So why should we be surprised that NO charges will be laid in the…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Your news links for today: CRTC examines cost and access to high-speed internet – CBC News CRTC hearing will determine access to new fibre technology – Globe and Mail For…
Ferguson?
If there’s anything you can learn from Ferguson this morning, it’s that we need to check our race- and class-based social, political and economic entitlements. It’s the least we can…
Keep Your Brain Healthy by Living in Walkable Neighbourhoods
Just when you think there couldn’t be more reasons to live in and build walkable communities another one pops up. We already know that walkable communities are safer, more environmentally…
What If?
Last evening, I was watching the 6:00 o’clock news, distracted and perturbed by the howling winds (up to 100 kms. per hour) buffeting our windows. Here in Southern Ontario, about…