WRITE YOUR OWN SIZZLING POST-CAREGIVING RESUME
How many caregivers feel 'less than' and employable after their caring responsibilities are over? As a caregiver activist, I write a lot about how society should value us and our…
July 2016
WRITE YOUR OWN SIZZLING POST-CAREGIVING RESUME
How many caregivers feel 'less than' and employable after their caring responsibilities are over? As a caregiver activist, I write a lot about how society should value us and our…
Twitter tough-guy talk: sick of it
My friend Charles Adler again had me on his popular Sirius XM radio show the other night – link here – and he stirred me to unburden myself of a…
Forcillo Is Sentenced, But Is It Justice?
Toronto police officer James Forcillo, who gunned down Sammy Yatim three years ago, has been given six years for his despicable act. Is it justice? I don't know.Recommend this Post
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Branko Milanovic argues that there's plenty of reason to be concerned about inequality even if one puts aside a utilitarian comparison of individual…
Maple tree blues: commission says cut it down
Susan Down, Local New Eye Cowichan, covered the Commission meeting where they officially confirmed their earlier plan to cut down the old big leaf maple at the Cowichan Community Centre.…
New column day
Here (via PressReader), on how the North Saskatchewan River oil spill may not lead directly to a needed reevaluation of the risks of pipelines - but a public expectation that…
LawFact of the Day: Personal Injury
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday July 28, 2016. Today we are talking about Personal Injury.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jul 28,…
Another Religious Fanatic Prepares to Join The Con Leadership race
Yesterday I told you how ever since Jason Kenney announced he was flying off to Alberta to fight the godless commies, the Con's religious base has has been in a…
Kindness Spreads Like a Disease
When we think of contagious things it usually in a negative context like a flu or other illness. The next time you here of something being contagious you can now…
Inside The Tent
Bernie Sanders' revolution has had a profound effect on the Democratic Party. Once upon a time, that party didn't cower to Wall Street. Linda McQuaig writes:In the midst of the…
Black Lives Matter organizers should get stuffed.
People who have worked with pop-up organizations over the years have learned to be wary. There are just too many that work the “poor-me” street and trade on Canadians’ instinctive…
The Day Donald Trump Declared War On His Own Country
Once upon a time Donald Trump's passionate bromance with Vladimir Putin had its comic qualities.But not any longer. Not after this.And what Trump said yesterday was not only dangerous and…
Reforming the courts #nlpoli
The numbers in Tuesday's post showed all the time spent in the court in each seat, totalled up for the month, averaged, then divided by seven to give an estimate…
Brad Wall: a day late and a dollar short on Husky’s Prince Albert pipeline rupture
PHOTOS: Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall speaking with reporters in the halls of Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina yesterday (screen grab from the CBC’s feed). Below: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and…
we have a new contract
Our ratification vote meeting was an experience we will never forget. The line to sign in snaked all around the building; it took more than an hour for everyone to…
we have a new contract
Our ratification vote meeting was an experience we will never forget. The line to sign in snaked all around the building; it took more than an hour for everyone to…
July 27: Not a good day.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/07/don-fooled-justin-trudeau-boy-heart-canada-160713071303349.html?utm_source=Justin Trudeau looks good on camera. See that, and you've seen all there is to see. He resembles his father in no way. He has no...
Sinking Tarballs, Whale Collisions: Potential Impacts of Energy East on the U.S. Coast Detailed in New Report
You know you’ve got the attention of the fossil fuel industry when the Financial Post’s Claudia Cattaneo pens a dismissive column about your efforts. On Tuesday, Cattaneo — recently dubbed…