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It’s an article by Paul Bennett of the coalition to save our rural schools. Paul, though more conservative than I think respectable people should be, has spent his life in…
April 2015
How is Your Province Acting on Climate? A Primer for the Premiers’ Climate Summit
In the lead up to December’s UN climate talks in Paris, most countries are approaching their promised emission reductions with new national regulations. Canada’s Conservative government is taking a different…
How is Your Province Acting on Climate? A Primer for the Premiers’ Climate Summit
In the lead up to December’s UN climate talks in Paris, most countries are approaching their promised emission reductions with new national regulations. Canada’s Conservative government is taking a different…
Harper, BC Tory MPs have oil on their hands from English Bay spill
A cleanup crew works on Third Beach following the recent English Bay oil spill I say three cheers for Premier Christy Clark and Mayor Gregor Robertson of Vancouver. The verbal…
Attention, Young People: Here Is Why You Should Vote
This brief but powerful video should be viewed by all those who are politically disengaged, especially our young citizens: H/t OperationMaple Recommend this Post
The inherent frailties in identification evidence
R. v. Olliffe, 2015 ONCA 242: The inherent frailties in identification evidence are well known and have been the subject of considerable judicial comment and review in social science literature.…
Cities Emerge as Climate Leaders at World Congress But Still Need More Government Support
Cities are responsible for 70 per cent of global CO2 emissions but they can save the planet by greening one community at a time said Vancouver’s David Cadman at the…
Cities Emerge as Climate Leaders at World Congress But Still Need More Government Support
Cities are responsible for 70 per cent of global CO2 emissions but they can save the planet by greening one community at a time said Vancouver’s David Cadman at the…
Measuring the “Quality” of Videos
As I move into making more videos for Friends’ Central I’m concerned with what the effect will be. Following Wistia’s method, one of the most helpful web video production sites…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Lonnie Golden studies the harm done to workers by irregular schedules. And Matt Bruening comments on how Missouri, Kansas and other states are…
Saturday Photo, Several Days Late
Computer problems: that’s my excuse for not posting for the last few days. Think they may be solved, so I’ll have no reason not to rant…. And here is the…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, April 13, 2015
Your news links for today: Open Letter to Prime Minister Harper: Bill C-51 cannot be salvaged; it must be scrapped – CJFE March 2015 CSE staff size – Lux Ex…
iPhone: cacked
To the amusement of Berry aficionados, I’m sure, my 5S is seemingly pooched. I was using Edmonton International Airport charging stations yesterday aft; this morning, upon waking, iPhone is dead.…
Eduardo Galeano has died
Eduardo Galeano, one of my favourite writers has died. The cited Huffpo article says he died of cancer. There was a power to his writing. A wit. A lyrical quality…
Oil Spills And The Harper Brand
Time for a brief follow-up to Elizabeth May’s fine dissection of how Harper environmental cuts contributed to the slow response to Vancouver’s English Bay oil spill. In today’s Star, Tim…
National Community Care Insurance: What’s New in Canada
According to the 2014 Global Age Watch Index, Norway is the best country to be a senior citizen or person with disabilities. Apart from Japan (9), all the top 10…
Vancouver Aims to be Powered by 100% Renewable Energy
Vancouver has a new goal: be powered by only renewable energy. This announcement was made the same week that an oil spill hit the city’s shores. Indeed, the city is…
Paramedic Services in Canada: Structure, Privatization, Unionization and other issues
Governance and Funding: While police and fire services are usually municipal services, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are typically controlled by provincial governments. In Ontario, regional municipal governments have responsibility for…