The Battle of the Enbridge Northern Gateway Polls
A strange chain of events played out in the Vancouver Sun in the past couple of weeks. First, on Feb. 5, the newspaper ran the results of a poll commissioned…
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Dissolve – A Shameless Hussy Production
Emmelia Gordon was the sole performer in this gripping, humorous and sobering play. Cowichan Women Against Violence (CWAV) presented the play ‘Dissolve’ at the Cowichan Theatre last week. It was…
Wrong Again. Science Underestimates Impact of Loss of Arctic Sea Ice – By a Country Mile.
Scientists have long warned that the loss of Arctic sea ice was warming the polar region and contributing to climate change impacts. It’s basic physics. Ice, being white, reflects solar…
Turkey’s Parliament knows how to put legislation through
They must have consulted Rob Ford. 😉
Can we have a non-partisan Senate?
This would be the long-term outcome of Justin Trudeau’s recent proposal should it succeed in gaining wide acceptance and be fully implemented. The heat from the Senate scandal, which has…
Another Olympics, Another Scandal
So Canada is the alleged victim in another Olympic figure skating scandal, this time in ice dance. There are the usual calls for ending all judged sports at the Olympics,…
BC First Nation takes “Great Land Grab” to international court
An interview with Robert Morales, Chief Negotiator for the Hul’qumi’num First Nations Treaty Group, about the E&N Railway Land Grants of 1887 and the lasting repercussions of this massive “land…
The brutal costs of the World Cup
As the scandal over Vladimir Putin’s $50-billion Olympics begins to fade, equally sordid scandals about the World Cup come to the fore. Brazil, which has won more World Cups than…
Mr. Harper: Pathetic Media Flop
The contempt that our employee, Mr. Harper, holds for his 36 million employers is palpable. Sometimes it’s just goofy. He’s taken to skirting the “real” media, whom he despises, to…
Feb. 17: "Metro Moncton girls just love playing hockey"
Not only is this one, trivial news story (Section A4); but it’s not particularly true. In fact, Most girls in “metro” Moncton don’t play hockey the story admits that, but…
Affordable Housing and Homelesness
This morning I gave a presentation to an church group in Ottawa on affordable housing and homelessness. My slides can be downloaded here. Points I raised in the presentation include…
Paying a high price for insulting Mexico
In 2009, our government in its wisdom imposed stringent visa requirements on Mexicans visiting Canada, the harshest on any country. claiming this was necessary to deter increasing numbers of bogus…
Bob Jones dies
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Charisma News is reporting that “prophet” Bob Jones passed away on Valentines Day. In the Charisma piece. Rick Joyner is quoted…
Another Provincial Concern
Aware of my interest in politics, my friend Gary sent me an email this morning:I read a comment in the National Post and it made me think of the label…
The 30-Year Trap
Weather is today. Climate is 30-years of todays. Climate science looks at weather patterns over a suitable period, usually at least three decades. 30-years is okay, a century is better,…
Climate scientist’s defamation suit threatens to topple conservative publication
The legal battle between climate scientist Michael Mann (left) and conservative columnist Mark Steyn (right) is heating up. Read this February 3rd article by Andrew Breiner in Climate Progress about…
Proposed Colorado Constitutional Amendment Would Let Cities Ban Fracking
Many Coloradans who have battled city-by-city to regulate fracking near their residential areas may get some relief under a proposed constitutional amendment that would give cities and towns the right…
Should councillors abstain from voting?
In an earlier post, I wrote that Collingwood’s Integrity Commissioner, Robert Swayze, proposed two changes to the town’s Procedural Bylaw: amending section 13.7 and deleting section 13.8. Last post I…
Harsh weather strikes accross the Globe
Severe weather is making news from record snowfall in Japan to devastating floods in the U.K. Following video says it all: