February 2015
Blizzard for Iqaluit
Blizzard conditions with gusty winds and visibility frequently near zero in snow and blowing snow are expected or occurring. Blizzard starting early this afternoon in Iqaluit and ending after midnight.…
Has ISIS Already Failed?
The political blanket wrapped around the fight against ISIS tends to prevent any reliable assessment of what’s going on in Iraq and Syria. That’s doubly true in Canada where, as…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Gregory Beatty reports on Saskatchewan’s options now that it can’t count on high oil prices to prop up the provincial budget. And Dennis…
ROCHON: Harper in closet over the economy as Canada heads toward another recession
This guest blog post has been written by Louis-Philippe Rochon. You can follow him on Twitter @Lprochon – Harper’s recent incarnation as an anti-terrorist crusader has caught many Canadians by…
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More On Our Opposition Leaders
Two posts I recently wrote were highly critical of both Justin Trudeau and Thomas Mulcair for their apparent embrace, for political purposes, of Bill C-51, the bill that will serve…
RIP and happy birthday, Tuff Gong
When Canada Goose was sold to a U.S. Hedge fund, I stitched this over their logo in protest. Today, I display it to remember Tuff Gong on his 70th birthday.…
Assisted Suicide Allowed by SCC
Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 5 Section 241 (b) of the Criminal Code says that everyone who aids or abets a person in committing suicide commits an indictable…
Vaccines: I’m Not the Enemy
I’m not the enemy when it comes to vaccines. If they’re such a critical part of every day life, why aren’t they supplied for free to the public and why…
Let’s Not Forget
http://www.macleans.ca/ Diplomacy was is full bloom when John Baird announced his retirement this week. That was strange, Michael Harris writes, given Baird’s record as Minister of Foreign Affairs: Take a…
US Navy Slashes F-35 Order
The United States Navy has decided not to put all its eggs in the F-35 basket. The navy has trimmed its order for the 2016-2020 period by full third. It…
Beer Barons take off the gloves.
If somebody gave you a monopoly almost 90 years ago and they decide to take it back and give the long-suffering consumer some choice, what are your rights? What is…
Just How Much Did Americans Pay for Super Bowl XLIX?
Just How Much Did Americans Pay for Super Bowl XLIX? (NFL Set to Not Consider .01 Cent Rule) The truth is, Americans will never know, because America lacks an independent…
Just How Much Did Americans Pay for Super Bowl XLIX?
Just How Much Did Americans Pay for Super Bowl XLIX? (NFL Set to Not Consider .01 Cent Rule) The truth is, Americans will never know, because Americalacks an independent media.…
Just How Much Did Americans Pay for Super Bowl XLIX?
Just How Much Did Americans Pay for Super Bowl XLIX?(NFL Set to Not Consider .01 Cent Rule)The truth is, Americans will never know, because Americalacks an independent media. Americans themselves…
Just How Much Did Americans Pay for Super Bowl XLIX?
Just How Much Did Americans Pay for Super Bowl XLIX? (NFL Set to Not Consider .01 Cent Rule) The truth is, Americans will never know, because Americalacks an independent media.…
Levant Loses Another!
It’s been awhile since Lorna Pardy has been in the news. Back in 2008, she was verbally assaulted by comedian Guy Earle at Zesty’s Comedy Club in Vancouver. She took…
Stephen Harper and the Great Dumb Majority
In my last post I wrote about how Stephen Harper had managed to dumb down Canada by killing the mandatory long-form census.So we're stumbling around in the dark, cities can't…