Strat Plan Part 6: Culture and the Arts
The fifth and final objective in Collingwood’s developing strategic plan (the woo-hoo plan) is culture and the arts. For something so important to the community, with such a huge potential,…
2015
Maclean’s All Leader’s Debate Tonight August 6th 5PM Pacific Daylight Time–City TV Shaw Cable 237
Maclean’s Doug Brydges Sylvia Ray Here’s a breakdown of where you can watch the debate, including on the City, CPAC and OMNI networks: http://www.macleans.ca/…/the-macleans-national-leaders…/ A viewer’s guide to the Maclean’s…
Pre-Debate Good News Poll, And That Thing With The Tits
Albeit from a company I’ve never heard of (or not heard much of): @RJMcClelland Never heard of those guys. — Bigcitylib (@Bigcitylib2) August 6, 2015 @Bigcitylib2 They don’t poll very…
A Little Something For The Masochists Out There
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Debate prep for the rest of us
Excellent column from Greg Fingas on what to watch for in this debate: the overarching theme should be one of judgment under pressure…. only the debates tell us how a…
August 6: I thought this might be useful to show what a real newspaper looks like…
Haaretz pays no attention to the dictates of government or big business. Unlike the Irving press, it treats news with honesty and intelligence. Much of what is below is important…
Geist: Netflix Taxes and Canadian Digital Issues in the Election Spotlight
All party leaders should say NO to the Canadian Netflix tax! Here’s why this discussion should be one of the important digital issues on the spotlight in the election campaign.…
Managing BC’s Underground Treasure Vaults
Thursday, August 6, 2015 Beneath the earth lies groundwater, buried treasure in the form of aquifers. Manage it well, and the treasure will continue to nourish us for generations to…
Highly-scientific debate poll! Vote now, vote often!
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Keef on the Fabs
I’m sure you’ve already heard the news today, oh boy – STONES’ KEITH RICHARDS DISSES SGT. PEPPER – but his actual quote is so wonderful, so Gallagher-brother-like, I had to…
Video: Fisheries Biologist Richard Holmes on the Mount Polley Mine Spill One Year Later
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Mount Polley mine spill, the largest mining disaster in Canadian history. On August 4, 2014 an estimated 24 million cubic metres of…
Video: Fisheries Biologist Richard Holmes on the Mount Polley Mine Spill One Year Later
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Mount Polley mine spill, the largest mining disaster in Canadian history. On August 4, 2014 an estimated 24 million cubic metres of…
Stephen Harper Thinks You Should Be Excited At The Prospect of Electing Him After A Three Month Election Campaign!! #FAIL
During a campaign stop in North York, Prime Minister Stephen Harper asked the crowd if they were excited about the election campaign. His question was met with a smattering of…
Is it good news or bad news for the Conservatives if Stephen Harper trumps Trump tonight?
PHOTOS: Stephen Harper, as imagined during tonight’s TV debate. (Photo of Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore.) Below: The real Mr. Harper and another shot of the real Mr. Trump. Now,…
#HarperBlamesAlbertans: Canadians thrash Harper for dissing Alberta Premier Notley, Albertans
Stephen Harper insulted Albertans for electing Rachel Notley and the Alberta NDP, ending 44 straight years of one party Progressive Conservative rule in the oil-rich province. Canadians hit back using…
What’s your favourite show on Netflix?
Apparently, Stephen Harper’s favourite show on Netflix is Breaking Bad… You know, the one about a high school Chemistry teacher w/ a pregnant wife and special needs teenager, struggling to…
Tyee: TPP Leaks Reveal Blows to Creative Freedom: Filmmaker
TPP will hurt our creative fredom in ways you can’t image. Here’s a filmmaker’s acount of what it would mean for artists and creators around the globe. Let’s stop this…
Hey Steve! This is our summer you’re messing with and you are going to be given a pink slip for being so self serving!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Here we sit in the dog days of summer and you Steve Harper have decided that you can manipulate the electoral processes to game the system and…
CBC: Fast fibre-optic internet arrives in many small towns before big cities
Tired of Big Telecom f*ckery, or a lack of affordable high-speed options, communities across Canada are taking Internet access into the own hands by building their own world-class networks outside…
Up For Debate
You and I are different. We’re not like everyone else. We may have never met, but I can say we are unique with a great degree of certainty. Two simple…