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I don’t know about you, but I still write letters to Santa every year. This year my letter, after the perfunctory inquiries about Mrs. Claus, the reindeer, and the state…
I don’t know about you, but I still write letters to Santa every year. This year my letter, after the perfunctory inquiries about Mrs. Claus, the reindeer, and the state…
The White House confirmed today that President Obama will veto Congressional legislation designed to greenlight construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, the contentious project first proposed six years ago to…
The White House confirmed today that President Obama will veto Congressional legislation designed to greenlight construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, the contentious project first proposed six years ago to…
confirmed-shaw.png January 6, 2015 – Shaw today confirmed that it will be charging higher prices for slower Internet in 2015. Concerned Internet users warned of these price hikes back in…
Just a quick note to say that I’m dealing with a death in my partner’s immediate family and will be posting far less frequently, if at all, for the immediate…
Daphne Bramham: Susan Point an artist for the ages (with video) Her work adorns manhole covers, police cars, Olympic oval and welcomes visitors to Museum of Anthropology BY DAPHNE BRAMHAM,…
As a dues paying member of the blogosphere, I feel compelled to do at least one of the annual blogs: the year in review, or the predictions column. Since the…
I had promised a review of Gwynne Dyer’s book, Climate Wars; and though I have certainly been critical of Israel, I think I can understand how it got that way,…
Four countries voted against a UN resolution to stamp out Nazism across the globe. Canada was one of them. Why?
Your news links for today: As promised, Shaw lowered their speeds by 60% for the same price. Changes are now live on the shaw website. – Reddit Brazen Attempts by…
From the City of Vancouver website: http://vancouver.ca/your-government/vacancies-for-advisory-boards-committees.aspx Vacancies on civic agencies, boards, and committees occur periodically throughout the year. If you are applying as a representative for another agency (for…
Airdrie MLA Rob Anderson, understood to have been one of the key leaders in the controversial effort to get the majority of the Wildrose caucus to defect to the Progressive…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Here is Rafe’s latest piece tackling the outdated ‘First Past the Post’ system of electing dictatorships to govern Canada. Frankly I do not know how we could…
The shrill shrieking of partisans can be heard on the winds. I like to think I’m as much a Liberal or anti-Harper activist as the next person, but this is…
I have often extolled the quality of letters written by Toronto Star readers. Today, a particularly cogent missive from Eric Balkind, who lives in Guelph, Ontario, argues that the only…
There are tons of benefits from having a vegetarian diet from improved individual health to having less of an impact on the environment. Now there’s one more reason to have…
John Klein: 30 years ago yesterday, here’s what was on TV, and what the weather was like in Toronto. Originally posted on Grandparents' Journal: January 5, 1985 Lovely sun at…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Sam Pizzigati interviews Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett about the fight against inequality and the next piece of the puzzle to be…
http://lincolncathedral.com/ If you want to know how irrelevant Parliament has become, Scott Clark and Peter Devries write, consider what has happened to the budget consultation process: In the past, pre-budget…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Judge accepts defendant’s Nike sneakers instead of cash bail 2014 year in review for fraud warnings Ontario dental watchdog…