The Line They Didn’t Need #nlpoli
For some time now, Nalcor has needed an extra line from Bay d’Espoir to increase the capacity across the Isthmus of Avalon. They just kept finding excuses not to install…
July 2015
Alberta’s NDP needs to react more quickly, plus throw the Tories under the bus where they belong
PHOTOS: Carbon capture: The oil company executive in the bow tie places the carbon in a bottle, which is then stored underground by his corporation for billions of dollars. Or…
The Peoples’ Water Law: Groups Invited to Sign on to “Statement of Expectations” for Effective Water Regulations
Thursday, July 23, 2015 This week West Coast Environmental Law held a meeting “Go With the Flow: Meeting on Regulations for the BC Water Sustainability Act” with allies in the…
Holy shit la merde
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall are expected to appear together Friday to call for the abolition of the Senate, according to a source familiar with their…
Log exports update
Once again, we review log export reports from BC Stats. However, instead of repeating 163,452 data points from January 1988 to May 2015, I aim to demonstrate trends that allow…
..Stay Away from Runaround Soudas…
Dimitri Soudas buys Liberal membership ahead of Eve Adams’s nomination vote Adams, rival Marco Mendicino vie Sunday for party’s nomination in Eglinton-Lawrence riding By Laura Payton, CBC News Posted: Jul…
July 23: The Irving press does it again.
If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. I have just finished writing by blog – twice. And twice I have lost it for no reason I can understand.…
Are the Harper Conservatives really the best bet to win?
Recently a west coast political commentator with ties to the BC Socreds and B.C. Conservative Party named Will McMartin published a commentary in the Tyee arguing that Harper was still…
Are the Harper Conservatives really the best bet to win?
Recently a west coast political commentator with ties to the BC Socreds and B.C. Conservative Party named Will McMartin published a commentary in the Tyee arguing that Harper was still…
Are the Harper Conservatives really the best bet to win?
Recently a west coast political commentator with ties to the BC Socreds and B.C. Conservative Party named Will McMartin published a commentary in the Tyee arguing that Harper was still…
Alaska Fishing Community Spurred to Action by Mount Polley Spill
Wrangell, Alaska — A fishing boat chugs across the water in front of the patio at Wrangell’s Stikine Inn, temporarily disrupting dinner conversation as residents of the tiny Southeast Alaska…
Globe and Mail: UN Human Rights Committee raises concerns about C-51
This morning, the UN Human Rights Committee said Bill C-51 could run afoul of the international covenant on civil and political rights. This reckless legislation lacks legitimacy and we need…
What are the Northern Gateway court challenges about?
Monday, July 20, 2015 The eighteen legal challenges to the federal government’s approval of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipelines and tankers project are scheduled to be heard together in Vancouver this…
Harper’s Orwellian scare tactics
It has just come out that our civil servants have been told to provide fodder to the Harper government’s wish to make terrorism a big issue in Canada. An issue…
Whereupon, Whipped, I Return to Sears, My Tail Tucked Between My Legs.
About seven years ago I invested in a good, mid-grade gas range. In addition to the usual burner dials or knobs, it came with a digital control panel where you…
#deepdreamer images
Flickr grabs whatever image I save and uploads it. Here is my Deep Dreamer image album at Flickr. I suspect I will periodically add whatever nightmares this Deep Dreamer app…
Block votes. Buy votes. Scare up votes.
If all else fails… Block votes. Buy votes. Scare up votes.
Less than 90 days until #elxn42…
Less than 90 days until #elxn42… At the time this post is published, it is: 87 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes. 😉 Feel free to count the remaining days,…
David Suzuki: Premiers’ Energy Strategy Falls Short
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. On July 15, a state-of-the-art new pipeline near Fort McMurray, Alberta, ruptured, spilling five million litres of bitumen, sand and waste water…