2015
Bill C-51 and Stephen Harper’s Latest Scam
Well surprise, surprise, it was a false flag after all. The other day it looked like Stephen Harper had surrendered to reason, by finally agreeing to change his police state…
More like a snapshot than a panorama #nlpoli
Last week, a group called Samara released the results of its research on Canadians and politics. Democracy 360 they called it. The media locally covered it, if for no other…
Ret. Navy Commander torpedoes LNG lobby’s tanker safety story
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave…when first we practice to deceive.” ― Sir Walter Scott One Stewart Muir is the executive director of Resource Works, an elite organization formed…
This was a little more than "abrupt"
A minor quibble in the larger scheme of things, but I found it offensive that Air Canada would try to “spin” the Halifax crash as merely a “hard landing”.The plane…
Why I want Elizabeth Warren as the next US President
Senator Elizabeth Warren: The Voice of the Left It’s time for a progressive, highly educated, intelligent, tough as nails, committed liberal to inhabit the White House one President Obama moves…
In response to inhumanity: resilience
Photos of Kobani, Syria, a former city described by The Guardian: …it’s an extraordinary, nightmarish place they find, barely recognisable as a city. Piles of rubble where buildings once stood,…
Rather Than Considering a “Communications Officer”, It Would Seem That Certain Regional Directors Would Derive More Benefit From a Hearing Aid.
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger Lavonne Huneck is one of my favourite political free thinkers in the Cowichan Valley. Here is her take on the CVRD and the confusion that lives…
"We’re Number 11 … We’re Number 11" … (Canada slips to 11th place of developed nations in the world under Harper)
Canada drops out of top 10 most developed countries list The United Nations human development index now ranks Canada as 11th Canada has slipped out of the top 10 countries…
The Interview We Wish We Had With Premier Prentice on Budget 2015
“I believe we show who we are, and how much we care, by what we do.”—Stephen Harper, Canada’s prime minister In his March 24 “State of the Province Address” Mr…
Montreal Pegida March Didn’t Go So Well.
When Pegida began to organize in Montreal, we began to keep an eye on what was happening. Unfortunately Quebec remains a bit of a problem area for us in that…
Heiltsuk Nation occupies DFO office in face of expected herring fishery
Heiltsuk Nation members confront DFO officers at Denny Island coast guard station (Pacific Wild) Tensions continue to escalate on the waters of the Great Bear Rainforest over a highly controversial…
On transition planning
I’ve previously highlighted the need for media and citizens alike to press our opposition parties on how they’re willing to cooperate to replace the Harper Cons after the next federal…
Lawyer warns LNG industry: Don’t count on power from Site C dam
Lawyer Rob Botterell represents First Nations and landowners in the Peace Valley region The following is an open letter sent by lawyer Rob Botterell to the BC LNG Alliance, key…
The Religious Extremism of New Atheists
I wrote a tiny blurb about this over a month ago. This one is much longer and leans heavily on solid arguments from many critics – letting their words speak…
Vancouver Sets Goal to be First 100% Renewable Canadian City
When Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson set the goal of making his city the world’s greenest, he meant it. A year after starting his first term in 2008, Robertson began implementing…
Got DNA evidence of Bigfoot? Don’t peer review, write a book!
Science Editor Jonathan Leake skewered Bryan Sykes in The Sunday Times today over bigfoot claims. Sykes is publishing a new book in which he’ll present the DNA evidence he claims…