B.C. storm sparks questions about legality of trees on public property
By Lien Yeung, Maryse Zeidler, CBC News Posted: Mar 11, 2016 6:30 AM PT Last Updated: Mar 11, 2016 6:30 AM PT A tree that fell on a home during…
March 2016
Vancouver parks lack recycling bins: study
By Michael Mui, 24 Hours Vancouver Thursday, March 10...
This Should Go Down Well With the Judge
At a Trump rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, this week, 78-year old John McGraw sucker punched a protester, 26-year old Rakeem Jones.McGraw now faces charges of assault and disorderly conduct…
One of These Is Not Like the Other
These are the faces of South Sudan.These are the faces of Syrians fleeing civil war sweeping their country.One of these is simply not like the other. The difference? We don't…
A Walk In The Neighbourhood
Having pretty much recovered from a nasty stomach bug that laid me low for about 24 hours, I thought it might be a good time to take a brief walk…
Did Arthur C. Clarke Foretell the F-35 Fiasco Sixty Years Ago?
The legendary science-fiction writer, Arthur C. Clark, wrote a short story entitled "Superiority" in 1953. Now it's making the rounds of the aviation and defence communities struggling with the procurement…
David Suzuki: Change is in the air
Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki sees change "in the air" as the infant Liberal government, labour leaders and other stakeholders reaffirm their commitment to the fight against climate change. The post…
No change in party support numbers #nlpoli
Despite delivering bad news about the provincial government's finances since taking office, the provincial Liberals continue to hold strong public support, according to the most recent poll by Corporate Research…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Elise Gould studies the continued rise of wage inequality in the U.S. And Teuila Fuatai points out how a strong movement to improve minimum…
February Labour Force Woes
The unemployment rate is up again this month, to 7.3%, with 1.4 million workers looking for jobs in February. A loss of full-time work was partly replaced by part time…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Friday March 11, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law. A video posted by @wiselaw on Mar 11, 2016 at…
5 Questions for Lindsay Amantea – running for LPC National Policy Chair
For my readers who are not interested in an internal Liberal Party blogpost – this may not be the post for you
Rick Mercer on Donald Trump and Kevin O’Leary
Well as you know Donald Trump is edging ever closer to the Republican nomination.So it is at least theoretically possible that he could be the next President.And since as you…
Time Grows Short
As The Mound of Sound points out, it is getting very late on the climate-change front. The goal of keeping global warming at below 2 degrees Celsius by 2100 seems…
It’s a slippery slope for Ontario Liberals.
If it was just the arrogance of the Wynne Liberals, maybe we could be more forgiving. It is the piling on of confusion and corruption that makes them so different…
Did someone mislead a Parliamentary committee?
As most of you know, some of us have been speaking out against the decision of Canada Post to take money to distribute the racist, homophobic, Holocaust-denying Hitlerite rag, Your…
On the menu at the State Dinner: lame duck
However much I would like to see the 22nd Amendment suspended, my guy Barack – who I have championed since 2006, unlike those dozens of young selfie-snapping PMO types who…