Nearly one year after the catastrophic collapse of the Mount Polley mine tailings pond, which sent an estimated 25 million cubic metres of contaminated mining waste and water into Quesnel…
Ensure Canadians get faster, cheaper Interner while there’s still time! Speak out at UnblockCanada.ca Article by Stefania Seccia for Vancouver 24hs. This Tuesday is the deadline to submit initial comments…
I’ve always had a geeky appreciation – and awe – of mathematics. I have spent countless hours tinkering with programs that create math-based designs like fractals and Spirograph-style curves. As…
The Globe and Mail, Google Canada, and Munk Debates all ought to be ashamed of their brands. In both cases, the organizers say they chose to invite leaders whose parties…
T-Mobile announced yesterday it will allow its American customers use their service in Canada and Mexico with no extra fees (that’s right, free roaming). This new initiative puts the Big…
Assorted content to end your week. – PressProgress makes the case that we can’t afford to risk another term of government neglect by the Harper Cons. Jeremy Nuttall discusses how…
Stephen Harper met with controversial Wisconsin governor Scott Walker last month and didn’t tell anyone Glen McGregor, Postmedia News | July 9, 2015 | Last Updated: Jul 9 3:42 PM…
I want to promise this won’t become a habit but sometimes it seems easier to just Tweet a bunch of random thoughts about an issue that I can collate and…
Photo: Future of Howe Sound Society View article My Sea to Sea and other groups fighting to save Howe Sound from a proposed LNG plant and dangerous tanker traffic are…
Why, (Minister responsible) Lisa Raitt? Why, why, why? Many, many of us are sick of this neo-Nazi shit landing in our mail boxes. It clearly meets the definition of hate…
The Amazon servers take even more heating… Alltop is hot for the funny. Cartoon via Hungry for Knowledge.
Your news links for today: What horrible things did we learn about Hacking Team today? – Cory Doctorow Hacking Team Email Jokes About Killing ACLU’s Chris Soghoian – The Intercept…
Another damning report on the F-35 and, once again, it’s from the website War is Boring that last week broke the leaked test pilot report showing that the Joint Strike…
Parksville gold course (BC govt/Flickr) Read this July 9 story from CBC.ca on the dire water situation facing several Vancouver Island communities. A popular B.C. seaside tourist zone is so…
A culturally modified tree tagged by LNG contractors (Graeme Pole) By Graeme Pole Thoreau said, among other things, “…beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.” Aboard the BC Ferry…
A must-read article by Bruce Livesey in the National Observer should send chills down the spines of the 60% of Canadians who do not want Stephen Harper to win another…
My friend of several decades, Bob, is recognized this morning in The New York Times, no less: “The bid, mounted in 2009, was largely the work of Bob Richardson, a…
Watching Global television news from Toronto the other day brought on a profound dismay with what many people consider as news. There are people who never read a newspaper or…
Regular readers of this blog will know that I am an enthusiastic supporter of The Toronto Star. The paper’s investigative reports, like no others, have had real impact, influencing decisions…
The princess approached and sat long enough in a way similar enough, basically a left side view, that I could get enough reference. Sometimes you can make up stuff. Sometimes…
