Biennial LPC – Day 4 (final) impressions
This is going to be a shorter post then my others I only was here til 11 am before I had to run for my train home and didn’t catch…
2014
How Fake Is My Mayoral Candidate?
From here: Apparently, Tory shifted all his radio show followers to his mayoral run feed, so this might have something to do with his high fake score. Still, the page…
Colorado Becomes First State to Regulate Methane Pollution from Fracking
Colorado has become the first U.S. state to pass rules regulating methane air pollution from drilling and fracking operations. The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) voted 8-1 on Sunday,…
Con MP Admits He Lied About Voter Fraud
As if it wasn't bad enough that the Cons tried to steal the last election.As if it wasn't disgraceful enough that they are trying to ram a voter suppression bill…
Putting Their Money Where Their Beliefs Lie
This is heartening news: TORONTO, ON, 24 February 2014 – The congregation of Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church voted unanimously Sunday at its Annual General Meeting to lend its voice to…
Trudeau Shows His True Colours. And They’re Not That Far Off Harper’s.
Justin Trudeau doesn’t even try to hide that he’s just another greasy Ottawa petrol-head. He says he opposes the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline for obscure reasons that perhaps only he…
CVRD Chair and Directors Deception Was Covertly Recorded By SIA
CVRD Chair Rob Hutchins Cowichan Valley Regional District Chair Rob Hutchins and Shawnigan Director Bruce Fraser initially liked South Island Aggregates’ plan to bring in contaminated soil, with board chairman…
You Finally Got a Vacation… Now, How to Relax?
You Finally Got a Vacation…Now, How to Relax? Every caregiver fantasizes about walking out the door, jumping on a plane and disappearing to a deserted island. But, ask a few…
Harold Ramis, 69
Terrific SCTV founding cast member, Harold Ramis, dead at 69.
Revival provision in Ontario’s corporate statute is retroactive in effect
Achilles Motors Limited v. 1717222 Ontario Inc., 2014 ONCA 139: More than 25 years ago, this court established in Zangelo Investments Ltd. v. Glasford State Inc. (1988), 63 O.R. (2d)…
Justin Trudeau backs Kinder Morgan oil pipeline to Vancouver
Justin Trudeau in Kamloops, where the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline would pass (Graham Hughes/CP) Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau sat down recently with Metro Calgary, discussing everything from legalizing marijuana to…
OMG More Tory Turmoil For Sad Tim Hudak!
On Monday the Conservatives sent out a release, attributing the following statements to Johnson: “As of this time, I am no longer the candidate for the Ontario PC Party in…
On Voter Engagement
One of the purported panaceas for electoral disaffection, subscribed to by many, is some form of proportional representation, a subject upon which I admit to being poorly-schooled. Beyond some of…
Feb. 24: Where to begin?
Yesterday, I wrote that a government is not essentially a fund-raising organization. It is an institution we have created to serve our human needs as members of a society. Today,…
Is the U.S. Working to Sabotage Its Nuke Deal with Iran?
According to Asia Times, the U.S. is adopting an Israeli policy platform that could scuttle the prospects of a nuke deal with Iran. The Barack Obama administration’s insistence that Iran…
Beijing air pollution soars to alarming levels
by Didi Tang, Associated Press BEIJING – When the air gets really bad, Beijing says it has an emergency plan to yank half the city’s cars off the road. The…
Enbridge Insists on Limited Scope Review of Line 9 Project, Raising Safety Concerns
Critics of Enbridge’s Line 9 oil pipeline project are concerned the project will be approved despite insufficient evidence the 38-year old pipeline is safe. The National Energy Board – Canada’s…
Clearing the Indigenous Plains Today
Official bicentennial celebrations of the “affable drunk” who founded Canada will likely mask John A. McDonald’s history of racism and deliberate starvation of First Nations, and similar policies continue today…
Things to Come (1936)
Oswald Cabal: Rest enough for the individual man, too much and too soon, and we call it death. But for Man, no rest and no ending. He must go on,…
Traffic reporter: A novel presentation
Bob Herzog of WKRC Cincinnati presents traffic report in his own novel way.