Secret police Bill C-51 could take us down a very dangerous path. Help steer the government in the right direction at https://openmedia.org/spyonus Article by John Barber for The Guardian More…
A plant that incinerated medical waste in this city has suffered a “devastating” fire. The headline tells us that this poses no environmental danger for us. Okay. That’s an important…
One of the big concerns we hear from our community is that there’s no-one in parliament that speaks Internet. Well, here at OpenMedia, we work day in and day out…
An Italian group has come up with a dandy idea to make good use of you when you’re gone – grow a tree. The deceased is bundled, fetal position, into…
Well, the disclosure statements are in and we now know (sort of) how much was spent trying to sway voters during B.C.’s local elections in November. In addition to disclosures…
Yes they are indeed the Royal Conservative Mounted Police. That issue is put to rest by the CBC News report that the RCMP has been withholding millions of dollars earmarked…
No, we’re not Greece. We don’t have their crushing economic crisis. We don’t have the punitive austerity regime they had. Yet there are many problems, existing and looming for Canada,…
Well, the disclosure statements are in and we now know (sort of) how much was spent trying to sway voters during B.C.’s local elections in November. In addition to disclosures…
Naomi Klein I am beginning to detect a growing trend towards changing the capitalist economic model from one in which profit is the only priority to one in which wellness…
It seems there are a good many senators anxious about the already overdue audit reports into their expenses. Complicating matters is the letter they were cajoled into signing that waives…
The Harper government gives five reasons why Canadians ought to be happy with its proposal to double the maximum contribution to the Tax-Free Savings Account. Examine each of its points…
There’s a scenario unfolding that’s pretty amazing. The White House has been negotiating a nuclear deal with Iran. Obama has apparently kept his Israeli counterpart, Netanyahu, briefed on the negotiations…
As Target Canada tumbled into bankruptcy, Loblaw announced that its fourth-quarter profits more than doubled. What can be learned from this tale of two retailers? The main reason for Loblaw’s…
Time to put the brakes on our slide to intolerance: Tim Harper A government which deals with only symptoms and refuses to look at root causes is part of the…
Your news links for today: Bill C-51 will ruin, not protect, lives of Canadians – ThinkPol Stephen Harper’s Bill C-51 undermines Canadian democracy and amounts to anti-dissent laws – Pirate…
Liberal leader open to supporting Stephen Harper’s imminent extension of Canada’s combat mission against Islamic State terrorist group in Iraq. The post Trudeau To Support Harper’ Imminent Iraq War Extension…
Shaka Zulu All power to the people! Northern State Prison, like most prisons, constitutes one huge cesspool of corruption, connected to one huge machine called Mass Incarceration. This huge machine…
In the late 1970s I was a current affairs documentary producer with the local CBC supper hour program in Winnipeg. On a few occasions I heard from a long-haired, bearded…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Hill media fight over harassment policy, some say it could destroy Parliamentary Press Gallery Non-Competition Provision Results In Increased…
Science Historian Naomi Oreskes writes: When I wrote the book Merchants of Doubt in 2010, I only wanted one thing: to uncover the truth about who was behind the widespread,…
