23 Questions About the SHOCKING New Renee and Uma
Who IS this anyway? Stop the presses. Two women who used to look a certain way, now look different. Renee Zellweger had the audacity to change her look. Now, Uma…
2015
How the people can stop the tide of police militarization
Norm Stamper, a 34-year veteran police officer and retired Seattle chief of police, suggests 5 ways to stop the burgeoning trend of police militarization. The post How the people can…
Let’s send Bardish to Ottawa!
This is my official endorsement for the Waterloo Liberal Riding Association candidate to stand in the next federal election. I'm rooting for Ms. Bardish Chagger. Bardish is an amazing person…
Let’s send Bardish to Ottawa!
This is my official endorsement for the Waterloo Liberal Riding Association candidate to stand in the next federal election. I’m rooting for Ms. Bardish Chagger. Bardish is an amazing person…
Let’s send Bardish to Ottawa!
This is my official endorsement for the Waterloo Liberal Riding Association candidate to stand in the next federal election. I'm rooting for Ms. Bardish Chagger.Bardish is an amazing person and…
Barlow-Merkel’s Political Imperatives Spell Trouble for Canada
Maude Barlow All in all this has not been all that good a week for Steve: Maude Barlow tells about an ally who rejects CETA, a sellout to the corporate…
Let’s send Bardish to Ottawa!
This is my official endorsement for the Waterloo Liberal Riding Association candidate to stand in the next federal election. I’m rooting for Ms. Bardish Chagger. Bardish is an amazing person…
On misappropriation
Shorter Don McMorris: You might think that a publicly administered and funded consultation process would be intended to inform provincial public policy decisions, and that partisan platform development should be…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats with toys.
CBC: Big Telecom is trying to force you to pay more
Big Telecom giants are abusing their market power to trap customers in their high-priced services and block them from affordable alternatives. We’ll keep you updated on the next steps as…
Canada’s Pipeline Review Process Broken But Still Important, Critics Say
The National Energy Board (NEB), Canada’s federal pipeline regulator, has come under tremendous public criticism over the last three years for limiting public participation in its review of major oil…
Eve Adams, Open Nominations, and Lisa Kirbie
Its only Tuesday, yet this week has been one of controversy for the Liberal Party of Canada and its leader, Justin Trudeau. Let’s start off with the most controversial of…
OpenMedia joins 31 groups from 5 continents to deliver letter urging FCC to stop Big Telecom’s slow lane plan
Today, 31 organizations from five continents around the globe (including OpenMedia) delivered a letter to key FCC decision-makers in the U.S. asking them to stop Big Telecom’s Internet slow lane…
When The Flames Are At Your Door…
… it is pretty hard to deny reality. Australia’s scorching heat wave of 2013, which triggered fierce bushfires and broke more than 100 temperature-related records, including one for the country’s…
Feb. 10: www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1500596.htm
To the cheers of my French Catholic ancestors, and to the curses of my Scots Presbyterian ones, I urge you to read the site in today’s title above. It’s a…
Perhaps They Were There For Crowd Control?
Given their losing ways, on one level it is not surprising that the Toronto Maple Leafs brought in the military the other night. But on another level, it is a…
This Is So Cool – And Then It’s So Not
Watch this CN locomotive utterly demolish snowbanks blocking the tracks near Salisbury, New Brunswick. The first minute is awesome and then reality sets in. The train is hauling oil tank…
Pretty good column about Trudeau’s “open nominations”
Worth a read, though I’m biased. Right here.
China, Just Like Alberta. Only in China They Call It "Corruption."
China’s anti-graft agency, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, has accused the nation’s environmental agency of corruption. Environmental degradation is one of China’s most serious issues and a very sensitive…