When Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper claimed on the campaign trail last week that Alberta’s new government was “a disaster,” Premier Rachel Notley and Finance Minister Joe Ceci calmly and…
I’m off (with Sons 1 and 3)! Leaving for Maine early this morn. Will be busy doing that, so quick hits: The cheapest sneer is the sneer about someone’s faith:…
I was going to make a post about the upcoming election, but since there are TEN GODDAMNED WEEKS left, I think I have some time. And then I heard something…
Today started off with an alarm going off outside for a nitrogen dioxide leak from the local smelter. My husband and I listened to updates on the radio and read…
It couldn't be a more outrageous statement, or if you are a Christian a more blasphemous one.But there was Jesus Harper's fallen but still faithful disciple Nigel Wright, citing the…
LeadNow activists are planning to storm the key Toronto-area battleground riding of Eglinton-Lawrence and snatch from the Harper Conservatives during the 2015 federal election. The post LeadNow Activists To Storm…
It’s disgusting the lengths to which so many southerners, rightwing hardliners and their Dixie-lovin’ Reb Flag wavin’ cohorts around the US will go to deny that the Civil War and…
The short answer is yes. The longer answer is why risk it? A recent article pointed out, maybe correctly or wrongly, that Thomas Mulcair is deciding to form a government…
This is getting out of hand. We have to draw a line in the sand and pledge to say no reckless spy powers and secret courts. Enough is enough. Speak…
I’ll give Emmett MacFarlane the benefit of the doubt in having missed one of the NDP’s key promises while assessing the Libs’ attempt to mimic Kathleen Wynne’s campaigning on the…
Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal – the European’s southern member states have a lot in common, just nothing to be happy about. They have weaker, less robust economies than their northern…
Nearly 50 orcas belonging to the J and L pods were captured on video travelling through B.C.’s Active Pass near Galiano Island on Sunday. Gary Cullen shot video of the…
Professor Rapaille, archetype guru We first heard about the creativity of disruption in the 1950’s when Joseph Schumpeter revealed his theory: According to Schumpeter, creative destruction describes the “process of…
The more I reflect on caregiving, the more humble I feel. Caring for others is a very complicated and confounding business – it’s a double-edged sword that’s chock full of…
The official name is “Anyone but Conservatives ABC – Canadian Veterans Campaign 2015.” It’s a group of veterans who used to fight foreign enemies but are now mobilized to take…
A new report released Thursday by the Ontario Energy Board finds the risks of TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline, destined to carry Alberta oilsands crude to eastern refineries and export facilities,…
A new report released Thursday by the Ontario Energy Board finds the risks of TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline, destined to carry Alberta oilsands crude to eastern refineries and export facilities,…
As expected, the now famous words “good to go” were front and centre in the cross examination of state witness Wright by Duffy’s defence counsel yesterday (my underlining): It gripped…
We humans need to learn from this. Peace is always better than fighting.:)
The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) Council passed a resolution on August 13, 2015, against the overuse of solitary confinement in Canada. Omar Ha-Redeye addressed Council to modify the wording of…
