The RCMP kept making warrantless requests for private information a full month after the Supreme Court ruled the practice unconstitutional. Article by Justin Ling for Vice Canada’s federal police continued…
Today Times and Transcript has what I think is its third edition with a front page story and photo of Robert the Cat. Even my cat is bored by it.…
What BC Hydro says about its own work clearly establishes the forecast as a foundation document for future planning for new generation and distribution investments: Load forecasting is central to…
Following a well-established pattern, the Harper regime has once again used the offices of Canada Revenue Agency to go after a charity that it deems ideologically inimical to its base.…
Here’s some interesting math for you. Between 2011 and 2014, Alberta Premier Jim Prentice was a Vice-President for CIBC, with a salary “reportedly over $2 million.” In Ontario, his 2013…
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 A number of people have recently contacted us about a legal controversy that has emerged in Squamish concerning FortisBC and its plans to drill five boreholes…
Here’s some interesting math for you. Between 2011 and 2014, Alberta Premier Jim Prentice was a Vice-President for CIBC, with a salary “reportedly over $2 million.” In Ontario, his 2013…
One hundred and ninety-five countries, including Canada, have formally agreed that we need to limit the Earth’s temperature rise over pre-industrial levels to two degrees. It’s uncontroversial. Because going much…
American sniper, Chris Kyle, may be dead but he still owes Jesse Ventura nearly two million greenbacks in damages for defamation. Even for me, that’s a lot of money. Kyle’s…
The greatest threat to my grandchildren and their future is not Islamic radicalism. It’s the Harper government and its obscene fetish with energy superpowerdom. It’s helpful to remember what Harper…
“Are you more desperate to get a better deal when you’re poor? I guess you are.” That was John Auers, executive vice president of oil industry consulting firm Turner Mason…
The World Economic Forum spent its first four decades focused on economics, trade, and globalization. Welcome World Economic Forum, Mk. 2. From New Scientist. “The risks of the last 10…
This is a guest post by Cameron Fenton, Canadian Tar Sands Organizer with 350.org. This week, the cover of the Economist proclaimed “the fall in the price of oil and…
It’ll be years before the over-priced, overdue and underperforming F-35, stealth light-attack bomber, ever shows up in Canadian air force hangars but already the supposed magic of stealth is losing…
Apparently it is responding well to massage and ultrasound. But I did fail the “lift on one foot without pain test. Once again I can’t say enough good things about…
Picture this. You’ve got the crew in the bilges bailing furiously except for a couple of guys who are keeping busy boring new holes. That’s not likely to turn out…
Chapters to close Robson store in downtown Vancouver Chapters Indigo blames high rent as it prepares to shut down its flagship Vancouver location CBC News Posted: Jan 19, 2015 3:15…
Your news links for today: Announcing Apollo 1201: Eradicate DRM within a decade! – Boing Boing Shifting Politics of Net Neutrality Debate Ahead of F.C.C. Vote – NY Times Stream…
Alberto Bruzzone, oil on canvas, 1976 • Located in Mar Del Plata (Buenos Aires) It was 30th May, deep autumn in Argentina. The streetlights had been turned on an hour…
On this blog I have frequently extolled the fine investigative journalism practised by The Toronto Star. Whether on issues of municipal, provincial, or federal significance, The Star, as it frequently…
