Studies Reveal Vegetarians Are Intelligent And Empathetic
Good news for vegetarians! If you’re a vegetarian then you’re probably smarter than the average person according to some research. It turns out that people who opt for a meat…
April 2016
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday April 13, 2016. Today we are talking about Family Law.A video posted by @wiselaw on Apr 13, 2016 at 6:35am…
Seeing Is Believing
While on the official level there is much todo about the best way to keep the world's temperatures from rising above 2 degrees Celsius, those who follow such things closely…
Those Who Adapt
The Leap Manifesto appears to be tearing the new Democratic Party apart. But, Tom Walkom writes, it's hardly a radical document. And a number of its recommendations are being advocated…
Wynne: Master of all she surveys.
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne seems to have a God complex. Instead of spending a pleasant weekend at home watching the Blue Jays on TV, she hunkered down and penned a…
Irreconciliable Differences: For the NDP, "Schism" Is The Word
Is a schism within the NDP imminent? Some pundits are predicting that the writing may be on the wall for New Democrats, given that grassroots members of the NDP adopted…
Irreconciliable Differences: For the NDP, "Schism" Is The Word
Is a schism within the NDP imminent? Some pundits are predicting that the writing may be on the wall for New Democrats, given that grassroots members of the NDP adopted…
Tom Mulcair’s Sad Return to the House of Commons
In some ways it was a stirring sight. Tom Mulcair returning to the House of Commons after his humiliating defeat at the NDP leadership convention.Standing tall and getting a standing…
The Rasputitsa #nlpoli
Before we even get into this, let's be clear: the EY review commissioned by the provincial government was never, ever about cancelling Muskrat Falls.Not even remotely or theoretically.Dwight Ball said…
The Emergency Debate and the Children of Attawapiskat
I watched the emergency debate in the Commons on the crisis in Attawapiskat, and I heard some fine speeches.Especially the one from Charlie Angus. No one can understand "how a…
The federal NDP’s ‘Leap’ of faith advocates and Alberta’s right-wing opposition: strange bedfellows?
PHOTOS: Rachel Notley pushes back against the Leap Manifesto Monday in this screen grab from a CBC broadcast. Below: Outgoing federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair, Vancouver environmentalist Tzeporah Berman, ProgressAlberta.ca…
TPP Trade Deal Would Undermine Public Health Systems Around The World, Groups Tell US Congress
Doctors Without Borders and more than fifty groups urge the US Congress to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on the grounds that the trade agreement would undermine public health systems…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Lookout cats.
Good Thing Steffie Dion Isn’t American.
If Stephan Dion was America's Secretary of State instead of our bumbling foreign affairs minister he could be headed for a stretch in the pokie.In another graceless, nay clumsy, attempt…
Ingrates, eh?
Transcript from Vaughn Palmer’s Voice of BC, May 2012 Topic: Extra Funding for Ferries Vaughn Palmer: This week…. We’ll start with a parochial Vancouver Island guy who lives in Victoria…
Ingrates, eh?
Transcript from Vaughn Palmer's Voice of BC, May 2012Topic: Extra Funding for FerriesVaughn Palmer:This week…. We’ll start with a parochial Vancouver Island guy who lives in Victoria question. You managed…
Ingrates, eh?
Transcript from Vaughn Palmer's Voice of BC, May 2012Topic: Extra Funding for Ferries, Vaughn Palmer:This week…. We’ll start with a parochial Vancouver Island guy who lives in Victoria question. You…
April 12: Is the Irving press deliberately brainless?
The Liberal and Conservative parties exist for one purpose - to get into power. Since 1867, both have followed that purpose by chasing for the support of big money. That…
Assange on #PanamaPapers
This is a great interview, it’s really thoughtful. What will journalism look like in 5 years? Wikileaks created a whole new model that’s being used in the production of stories…