United Against Enbridge
Friday, September 25, 2015 Over six days, Oct. 1-2 and 5-8, eight First Nations will stand up in court against Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines. These Nations, along with four non-profit…
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Salmon Farmer Cermaq Dismantles Ocean Pen Near Tofino Following Two-Week Occupation by First Nations, Locals
A new salmon farm in Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island was dismantled and hauled away this week after being occupied by members of Ahousaht First Nations and local supporters from…
Salmon Farmer Cermaq Dismantles Ocean Pen Near Tofino Following Two-Week Occupation by First Nations, Locals
A new salmon farm in Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island was dismantled and hauled away this week following after being ‘occupied’ by few members of Ahousaht First Nations and local…
On political placement
While others have already commented on Adam Dodek’s argument that judges should never enter politics after leaving the bench, I’ll offer a couple of observations of my own having to…
SFH: Double Bubble Trouble!
Back by popular demand – for our good friend, Liberal candidate Bill “Card ‘Em and Kettle ‘Em” Blair! (Someone took it down, but we got it back. Heh.)
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Angella MacEwen comments on the fight for universal child care, along with the lessons we can learn from Quebec’s experience. And Claire Cain…
Facebook racism & making good political use of "WTF?" moments
Lately, we’ve been subjected to a rather higher density than usual of a particular kind of moment in public life. These are moments that combine what are (when you’re on…
How Thomas Mulcair Made Clap Trap a Human Right
Pick a debate, any debate, and Thomas Mulcair will find a way to bring up the "fact" that he reduced GHG emissions every year that he was the environment minister…
How Thomas Mulcair Made Clap Trap a Human Right
Pick a debate, any debate, and Thomas Mulcair will find a way to bring up the “fact” that he reduced GHG emissions every year that he was the environment minister…
How Thomas Mulcair Made Clap Trap a Human Right
Pick a debate, any debate, and Thomas Mulcair will find a way to bring up the "fact" that he reduced GHG emissions every year that he was the environment minister…
How Thomas Mulcair Made Clap Trap a Human Right
Pick a debate, any debate, and Thomas Mulcair will find a way to bring up the “fact” that he reduced GHG emissions every year that he was the environment minister…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, September 25, 2015
Your news links for today: Snowden Treaty Launched: Effort To Get Countries To End Mass Surveillance – Techdirt Profiled: From Radio to Porn, British Spies Track Web Users’ Online Identities…
KCCCC Day 54: I’m in Whitehorse and couldn’t see the damn debate
Okay, so here we are in Whitehorse. It’s snowing. Spent a good part of yesterday visiting former Liberal MP Larry Bagnell and current Conservative MP Ryan Leef. Nice guys, both.…
Truth From A Letter-Writer
This was sent to me by Anon in response to a previous post. Enjoy! Conservative leader Stephen Harper speaks to supporters during a rally at Swish Group of Companies in…
The Problem With Hosting Trolls
As you can see, The Sun chain of newspapers (now part of Post Media) have decided to kill off the comments section to most of their stories. But all is…
Who Do You Trust?
There was a lot of sound and fury last night about niqabs. But they are red herrings. The central question in this election is, “Who do you trust?” Michael Harris…
The French Debate and the Bigot Game of Stephen Harper
If you missed last night's French-language debate you can relax because you didn't miss much.The debate had its lively moments, but there were no knock out punches, and I very…
The Candidate: What it is all about.
Part 10 of our series for Canada’s federal candidates. Do you want the good news or the bad news? The problem is, the news is the same either way. Ready…
A Dark Hour Upon Us. . . .
I am 51 years old. It feels strange to have lived half a century and have seen things change in various ways both socially and technologically. People tend to over…