Cognitive behavioural therapy can be used by people dealing with schizophrenia to improve their lives. Just six sessions of the therapy can help people deal with worry which can lead…
http://thetyee.ca/ The conventional wisdom holds that Stephen Harper’s base is old and intellectually lazy. I suspect that’s true. But we need be neither physically nor intellectually frail
This blog rarely apologizes. And nobody has prompted this apology other than our feeling of guilt the other day. We just feel that fair is fair. It came like a…
As you probably know, I'm still having a REALLY hard time coming to terms with the brutal fact that Jason Kenney is Canada's Defence Minister.The very thought that a chubby…
The only news to come out of the New Democratic Party convention this past weekend is that the party now has not one but two leaders. Earle won’t be looking…
If there was any doubt that CBC management has either lost its moral compass, or its marbles, now there can be none.For all you have to do to arrive at…
This is Smog. Before I tell you too much about Smog, I should tell you that I have never been able to successfully pick out a proper cat. I’m okay…
Don Maroc Last week the North Cowichan Council discussed the installation of a $1.4 million artificial turf field on one of the soccer pitches on Sherman Road. They were ready…
This powerful anti-sexual violence ad, released just in time for the 2015 International Woman’s Day, is part of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s ambitious $41-million plan to combat sexual violence. The…
In recognition of International Women’s Day, today’s candidate update focuses specifically on the total number of women nominated to run for Alberta’s political parties in the upcoming provincial election. Women…
One of my favourite voting systems is known as Condorcet. In short, the ‘winner’ is not the person with the most votes, but rather, the person everyone is okay with.…
Saudi Arabia has now displaced India to become the largest armaments importer in the world. Saudi imports are reported to have shot up an alarming 54% over just the past…
Jean-Francois Ponsot Associate Professor of Economics, Université de Grenoble (France) and Louis-Philippe Rochon Associate Professor of Economics, Laurentian University (Canada) Co-Editor, Review of Keynesian Economics ___________________ The final agreement between…
Photo by Philipp Hienstorfer Toronto is in the midst of an unprecedented strike by over 10,000 Teaching Assistants (TA) and contract faculty at York University and the University of Toronto:…
“In terms of who is responsible we all need only to look in the mirror. Basically all of us have had the best of everything and haven’t had to pay…
It seems there’s plenty of room for interpretation as to where the Cons’ terror legislation falls on the spectrum from purely political red meat to help their poll position, to…
….but a bit explosive. Iraq news (that’s the ones on our side) have announced the capture of three military advisors working with ISIS. All three have surprising employers. Two are…
Tens of thousands of Israelis flooded Rabin Square in Tel Aviv Saturday night to call for the ouster of Benjamin Netanyahu.Organised under the banner, “Israel wants change” and dubbed an…
Syrzia, the radical leftist government of Greece has rocked the Eurozone on its heels by rejecting the German-driven austerity programme that brought the Greek people to their knees. The Euros…
Oh, what’s another racist more or less when it’s today’s Conservative caucus? New Brunswick Tory MP John Williams knows a thing or two about messaging. He should given that he…
