Motorcycle Guy roars, we should listen
This was a comment on the preceding article from a regular reader. He’s a man I’ve come to admire for his dedication as he tries to reveal that government cut…
January 2015
Break The Law And Aussie Cops Will Make You Listen To Nickelback!
Oi Oi Oi Indeed.
In Friday’s Sun: little interview, big problem
Should Canada have participated in the First World War, when we weren’t contributing anything that our Allies didn’t already have? Should we have joined the fight against fascism in the…
"We Will Be the Ones to Stop This": Grand Chief Voices Impassioned Opposition to Energy East
“I do not want to be the grand chief who consented to a pipeline that’s going to destroy 30 per cent of the fresh water in Ontario, in Treaty 3…
Little Fillipo by his dad.
Whew. About a weeks worth and four or five heavily worked drawings later, I prove once again that I am not fit to apprentice. Filed under: art Tagged: Fillipino, Fillipo,…
Vacating a guilty plea
R v Shaw, 2015 ABCA 25: A guilty plea constitutes both a formal admission of the elements of the offence as well as a waiver of the procedural requirements and…
CBC Folds, Finally. On-Air Talent Barred from Paid Speaking Gigs.
Was it Amanda Lang’s excesses or the scolding Mother Corp got from the Guardian’s George Monbiot? In an email to CBC staff shared with Canada.com, top management told reporters all…
BC income growth declines to last place in country
Photo: Tourism Vancouver Read this Jan. 22 Vancouver Sun story by Peter O’Neil on a new study suggesting average incomes in BC actually declined from 2006-2012. OTTAWA — B.C. experienced…
AlphaBeatic: Why we can’t have nice things?
The State of New York is now investing more in broadband then Canada’s federal government. Article by Peter Nowak for AlphaBeatic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a $1…
Down Bayview
John Klein: Here’s what was happening in Toronto 30 years ago today. Originally posted on Grandparents' Journal: Jan. 22, 1985 Up at 22 degrees this a.m. & up a bit…
Solar Panel Show and Tell at the CVRD’s Regional Services Committee-Jan 28th 6PM
Don Maroc Cowichan’s premier cheerleader for climate change mitigation, Peter Nix takes the promotion of roof-top solar electric panels to the Cowichan Valley Regional District’s (CVRD) Regional Services Committee next…
Understanding the Needs of the Caregiver and Care Receiver
By Guest Blogger, Fay D. Wein Introduction: According to a recent study headed by Susannah Fox, associate director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life project, Americans are…
A few billion here, a few billion there…
Growth in long-term debt at #BCHydro. #bcpoli pic.twitter.com/27grtfWv7g — Norm Farrell (@Norm_Farrell) January 22, 2015 In addition to growth in long-term debt, #bchydro obliged to pay over $50 billion for…
Jan. 22: damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn
Damn Stephen Harper says we are not at war. (Sometimes he says we are at war – with ISIS . If so, it must be a special kind of war…
Splitting Our Differences
Imagine your kid’s school has 100 kids. It’s a good school, and all the parents pay for a lunch program so everyone gets a sandwich. Economically, it’s in a fairly…
Speaking for the future
This week I got confirmation that new corporate funding has been assembled to counteract bloggers and writers in alternative media who reveal mismanagement of provincial assets and emphasize the public’s…
Is our children learning? A British Columbia FSA story.
Is our Children learning? – G.W. Bush, during the push for the failed US No Child Left Behind debacle. A couple weeks ago, I received a notice in my daughters…