Journalism degrees or degrees of journalism
This week’s kerfuffle over the Rebel Media website’s fight with the Government of Alberta has dominated the news cycle, demonstrating the lack of experience of an NDP government still in…
February 2016
Dr. Eion Finn’s LNG Video-As Presented To An Overflow Crowd In Mill Bay
The Saanich Inlet Network’s Adam Olsen joined Dr. Eion Finn for this LNG presentation to an overflow crowd in Mill Bay last night. This is a must see for those…
Battery breakthroughs jump start renewable energy
Major advances in batteries and other storage technologies are jump-starting renewable energy - making it competitive with fossil fuels and closer to being able to replace them.The post Battery breakthroughs…
Ezra Levant, The Alberta NDP, And Journosplaining
I guess I should say something about this. Alberta's NDP government decided they weren't willing to put up with any more disruptions out of kooks from The Rebel (the online…
BC Hydro Injunction Against Site C Dam Encampment ‘Fundamentally Flawed’: Former CEO Marc Eliesen
Former BC Hydro CEO Marc Eliesen says BC Hydro’s claim that a one-year delay in Site C dam construction will add $420 million to the project’s $8.8 billion cost is…
BC Hydro Injunction Against Site C Dam Encampment ‘Fundamentally Flawed’: Former CEO Marc Eliesen
Former BC Hydro CEO Marc Eliesen says BC Hydro’s claim that a one-year delay in Site C dam construction will add $420 million to the project’s $8.8 billion cost is…
CVRD Senior Staff Creating Chaotic Dysfunction Over Decision To Oppose LNG In Cowichan
Last Wednesday’s unanimous endorsement of the motion opposing LNG facilities from establishing anywhere in the CVRD was a high point seldom reached by the elected folks at the CVRD Board…
Feb. 17: a slow day for news in the irving press.
We'll pass lightly over section A news. As always all of it is either overblown or just plain trivial.The editorialist is not pleased at the idea of a one-day provincial…
Kid Kodak v. Kinsella
Read all about it. I’ll let y’all know what happens next. P.S. Hello, Ezra? Rebel folks? Hello? Having advocated for @TheRebelTV @ezralevant, I await their support in my fight against…
A green NAFTA? Is it possible?
It isn't much but it's promising. Last Friday, Canada, the United States and Mexico signed a memorandum of understanding that could lead to a North American accord on climate change…
Vancouver Park Board wants nature in the city, not an urban jungle
Vancouver Park Board has approved a comprehensive plan to increase the size and quality of Vancouver’s natural areas including:ForestsWetlandsStreamsShorelinesMeadows The Biodiversity Strategy will expand vital habitat for:PollinatorsBirdsUrban...
About that storm…
… that we had in Ottawa yesterday. All things considered, I think the City staff and equipment handled the situation the best they could. More than fifty centimetres of snow…
When in a hole, stop digging
So Notley did. Good. Now, can we please all go back to pretending there is something called “The Media Party?”
Just because a statement is ruled voluntary does not mean the statement is true
In R. v. Angutimarik (February 15, 2016 NCJ unreported) the Court makes clear that a confession, even if admissible as voluntary, is not necessarily to be taken as true. The…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Thomas Piketty writes that regardless of the end result, Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign may mark the start of a fundamental change in U.S. politics:…
Abstinence Only Sex Education Loses Funding in the USA
President Obama has cut funding for abstinence only sex education in the 2017 federal budget. The lack of adequate sex education has led to health crises and too many unwanted…
From the bulging “junenile insults” file: Kid Kodak lashes out
My sense he is unhappy about not being reappointed. Um. Er. Here’s his (typically) tweeted response to Your Humble Narrator’s post of yesterday, which he posted at three o’clock in…
An Honourable Member from Barrie.
In writing about the honourable members we elect to our legislatures and parliament yesterday, an image kept coming to mind of our new Member of Parliament for Barrie–Springwater—Oro-Medonte. It is…