Cheryl Gallant and the Ham Monster (Continued)
In one of my last posts I told you how the monstrous Con MP Cheryl Gallant had been caught in a compromising position, or at least a very embarrassing position,…
March 2016
Politicians Shouldn’t Be Cowed Into Keeping Mum on Saanich LNG Project, Says Eminent Lawyer
Damien Gillis has stepped up and posted this article in the Commonsense Canadian. Our Cowichan Valley challenge to turn back the slick promoters from Steelhead LNG who want to build…
Politicians shouldn’t be cowed into keeping mum on Saanich LNG project, says eminent lawyer
Should elected regional directors be allowed to voice their opinion on an LNG project before the company formally applies? That's the question at the centre of a bizarre, heated legal…
Top Five Climate and Environment Issues for Obama-Trudeau Bilateral Summit
The strained relationship between Canada and the U.S. over the last decade was in no small part due to disagreement over the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline. Former Prime…
Enjoy the Cherry Blossom Festival, boys!
Our social services ministry has finally figured out how to deal with homeless men in North Battleford -- give them a one-way bus ticket to BC:A decision by a Saskatchewan…
Climate Change is Boring – Another Day, Another Record
From the Boiling Frog file:The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, NOAA, reports that this past winter was the warmest ever recorded for the lower 48 states. This winter broke the…
Funny You Should Ask
The National Interest's James Goldrick asks, "Would you feel safe in a 40-year old submarine?"No, the question Goldrick posits has nothing to do with Canada's hapless fleet of drydock queens,…
How We Choose to Be Governed
There was a time when we understood and embraced certain core principles of how we should be governed. Neoliberalism has strived to extinguish these values and erase them from our…
Top Five Climate and Environment Issues for Obama-Trudeau Bilateral Summit
The strained relationship between Canada and the U.S. over the last decade was in no small part due to disagreement over the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline. Former Prime…
Enjoy the Cherry Blossom Festival, boys!
Our social services ministry has finally figured out how to deal with homeless men in North Battleford -- give them a one-way bus ticket to BC:A decision by a Saskatchewan…
Canada’s Unmuzzled Scientists Call for Protection From Future Muzzling
It already feels like a long time ago. Remember way, way back when Canada’s federal scientists were shackled to their laboratory tables, unable to speak out or walk freely in…
Canada’s Unmuzzled Scientists Call for Protection From Future Muzzling
It already feels like a long time ago. Remember way, way back when Canada’s federal scientists were shackled to their laboratory tables, unable to speak out or walk freely in…
#FeelTheBern Yahoo Katie
The media has been searching for a way to explain (away) Sanders’ popularity. Apply cool water to Bern’ed area. Full video from last year:
March 9: Editors write headlines.
Editors write headlines.At least, that's what they're supposed to do. They read copy to see that it's well-written and to determine precisely what the story is about. Then they write…
Running Scared
They're probably the most powerful corporations of the lot. Their tentacles reach deep into legislatures and palaces around the world. Together they account for assets of some twenty seven trillion…
Remind Me Why Exactly It’s Not an Apartheid State?
Let's talk ethnic cleansing in the forced expulsion sense. A new poll finds that nearly half of Israeli Jews want their country to expel its 1.6 million citizens of Palestinian…
Consecutive intermittent sentences improper
R. v. Clouthier, 2016 ONCA 197: Section 732(1) of the Criminal Code describes the circumstances in which a sentence of imprisonment may be served intermittently. The subsection provides: 732 (...
Flip-Flopping Director Speaks out
We have been asking to hear from our Directors. Cobble Hill Director Matteus Clement has done us all the favour of sharing his inner thoughts on LNG in the Saanich…
Plasma for Sale or Rent…
Paid plasma in Canada: 10 things to know about the business of blood Issue was raised in the House of Commons this week after a facility recently opened in Saskatoon…
Vancouver Acquires Land from Big Steal Rail…
Vancouver to buy Arbutus Corridor from CP Rail for $55M Future route may one day include light rail CBC News Posted: Mar 07, 2016 10:21 AM PT Last Updated: Mar…