Oil and polls #nlpoli
Two things for Tuesday after a monster snow storm. Oil: Brent crude hit a low of $52.50 before rebounding to finish Monday at just below US$55 a barrel. Newfoundland light,…
2015
Why the Struggle Against Bill C-51 Must Continue
It's taken me two days to come down from last Saturday's big demonstration against the Harper regime's foul Bill C-51.Because I do wear my heart on my sleeve, and it…
#abvote Google Hangout with MLA Laurie Blakeman
It has been a banner month for Edmonton-Centre MLA Laurie Blakeman. At the start of last week, the Progressive Conservative government did a 180 degree flip to endorse Ms. Blakeman’s…
On choosing forums
In addition to grossly misrepresenting the NDP’s position in opposition to C-51, Yves Messy makes the bizarre argument that we should decline to fight against the Cons’ terror bill through…
DeSmogCAST 12: Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Bill, Who it Targets and How it Helps Kinder Morgan
This weekend thousands of Canadians marched against the Conservative government’s proposed anti-terrorism bill C-51. In this episode of DeSmogCAST we take a close look at the proposed legislation and discuss…
DeSmogCAST 12: Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Bill, Who it Targets and How it Helps Kinder Morgan
This weekend thousands of Canadians marched against the Conservative government’s proposed anti-terrorism bill C-51. In this episode of DeSmogCAST we take a close look at the proposed legislation and discuss…
Some Much Deserved Mockery
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Edmonton Journal grants space to debunked anti-WiFi conspiracies
Some parents in Alberta are trying to get schools to ban wi-fi on baseless fears and scare-mongering. The kicker: these same parents are fine with wifi in their house. It’s…
Does RCMP anti-environmentalist rhetoric make us safer?
Monday, March 16, 2015 An RCMP memo blasting Canadian environmentalists, including West Coast, as part of a harmful “anti-Canadian petroleum movement,” does not make Canadians safer. The blatant bias of…
Raven Coal proposal May Not Be Gone For Good, But We’re Winning the Social Licence Battle
This is a guest post by Torrance Coste, Vancouver Island campaigner with the Wilderness Committee, an organization working with local groups and individuals to stop the Raven Coal Mine. Monday,…
Raven Coal proposal May Not Be Gone For Good, But We’re Winning the Social Licence Battle
This is a guest post by Torrance Coste, Vancouver Island campaigner with the Wilderness Committee, an organization working with local groups and individuals to stop the Raven Coal Mine. Monday,…
David Suzuki: It’s time to end the grisly trophy hunt
As the spring grizzly hunt approaches, environmentalist David Suzuki outlines the perils of grizzly bear trophy hunting in British Columbia and Canada. The post David Suzuki: It’s time to end…
March 16: well,…..
……I have learned that my Monday, March 16 newspaper will not be delivered in time for breakfast – or even for lunch. Instead, it will be delivered on Tuesday, March…
La langue de bois d’ébène: anatomie du mot ‘nègre’ en français
Le maire de Saguenay, Jean Tremblay, s'est livré à des propos navrants une fois de plus cette semaine. Mis à part sa lutte « contre Greenpeace et les intellectuels »,…
La langue de bois d’ébène: anatomie du mot ‘nègre’ en français
Le maire de Saguenay, Jean Tremblay, s’est livré à des propos navrants une fois de plus cette semaine. Mis à part sa lutte « contre Greenpeace et les intellectuels »,…
La langue de bois d’ébène: anatomie du mot ‘nègre’ en français
Le maire de Saguenay, Jean Tremblay, s'est livré à des propos navrants une fois de plus cette semaine. Mis à part sa lutte « contre Greenpeace et les intellectuels »,…
La langue de bois d’ébène: anatomie du mot ‘nègre’ en français
Le maire de Saguenay, Jean Tremblay, s’est livré à des propos navrants une fois de plus cette semaine. Mis à part sa lutte « contre Greenpeace et les intellectuels »,…
Babysitting, a Lucrative Business Venture for 15 Year Old New Yorker
The New York Post recently published an article about Noa Mintz, a mini-mogul, who at fifteen years old is the business genius behind the agency Nannies by Noa, which caters…