The Alberta Debate 2015 #abvote
I have plenty of thoughts about yesterday’s debate between Alberta’s major political party leaders but if I were to declare one overall takeaway it would be that regardless what party…
April 2015
This is deliciousl…….
Bless Mayor John Tory ’s boyish enthusiasm. While myopic cynics denounce the federal government’s recently announced transit funding program as the shadow of a future mirage — nothing more than…
The Struggle Ahead for a Decent Future for our Youth
It’s sometimes hard to read a Henry Giroux essay without coming away feeling like you’ve been dragged into a dark alley and bludgeoned. In his latest essay, this American intellectual…
35th Annual Earth Walk Come Together For Peace, Earth and Justice
Richard — I hope you are well. I’m writing to encourage you to participate in this year’s Earth Walk for Peace and the Planet, happening tomorrow, Saturday April 25th at…
You’ll Never See Vlad Putin the Same Way Again
If there’s one guy who doesn’t get any slack from the Western media, it’s Russian strongman, Vlad Putin. We vilify Putin at every turn and, while he certainly brings some…
Michael Geist: The new copyright extension does not benefit Canadian artists, but large foreign record labels
Longer copyrights will only cost Canadians more money while sweeping up legitimate uses and reuses of content by artists and their access to crucial audiences. Article by Michael Geist The…
This Deserves To Be Watched Regularly Until October
Journalist Michael Harris (Party of One) recently appeared on Steve Paikin’s TVO show, The Agenda. People shuold watch this on a regular basis to be reminded regularly of Stephen Harper’s…
This One’s For the Ladies. Well, Actually It’s For Me.
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Shit Harper Did gives Conservatives taste of toxic debris from Vancouver oil spill [VIDEO]
Shit Harper Did warriors ambushed Industry Minister James Moore’s little party and rebuked the Conservatives’ “pathetic response” to the recent Vancouver oil spill. The post Shit Harper Did gives Conservatives…
They’re Calling It "World War O"
It seems pretty clear that Barack Obama came into the presidency intending to extricate the United States from its foreign wars. There were two at the time, Iraq and Afghanistan.…
Cheap Oil Could Mean $30M For Nunavut’s Clean Energy Future
What would you do with an extra $30 million dollars? That’s the question currently facing the Government of Nunavut. The recent drop in oil price means that the Arctic territory…
Cheap Oil Could Mean $30M For Nunavut’s Clean Energy Future
What would you do with an extra $30 million dollars? That’s the question currently facing the Government of Nunavut. The recent drop in oil price means that the Arctic territory…
How Is Steve Supposed to Compete With This?
The Prince of Darkness, Steve Harper, loves to send Canadian fighter pilots to distant corners of the world to bomb the living Hell out of people who don’t go to…
CBC: Did you know about cost-effective, mobile phone service Google Fi Wireless? Well, it won’t come to Canada anytime soon
The new phone service is a cost-effective alternative , though only available to Americans for now. Article by Dianne Buckner for CBC News Google is about to launch a new…
Mark Surman on Open Eduction and the Open Internet
Article and photo by Stephen Downes This is a summary of Mozilla CEO Mark Surman’s talk at Open Education Global in Banff April 24 (today). It is a paraphrase with…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, April 24, 2015
Your news links for today: Sound Recording Copyright Extension to 70 Years is a MONEY GRAB! – University of Alberta Faculty of Law Blog Is the Great Canadian Copyright Giveaway…
Autism Society New Brunswick Meeting May 23 UNB Fredericton Tilley Hall Room 303
UNB Fredericton, South Side Fredericton Tilley Hall, RH Side Looking Down Hill From Harriet Irving LibraryJust Pass Singer Hall Tilley Hall Room 303 Saturday May 23 Time To Be Announced…
Cost of Great Lakes Plastic Clean-Up Could Top $486 Million
SHOULD THE FINANCIAL BURDEN of removing all plastic debris from the Great Lakes fall on the shoulders of the 36 million people within the basin, researchers now have an estimate…
Wynne’s budget: two linkless points
There’s not much controversy surrounding it, at all, because: She said, if elected, she’d invest in transit and infrastructure, and this budget is aimed at giving effect to that; and…