Wanna talk loopholes? #nlpoli
Regular readers shouldn't be surprised to discover the Liberals put a giant loophole in their independent appointments commission law that said, in essence, that they didn't have to use the…
August 2016
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Feline affection.
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Feline affection.
Two years and a day ago
And what a day it was.
We get letters: stinky spin
I love this one.
Will the Real Donald Trump Please Stand Up
By now everyone is familiar with Donald Trump's use of Twitter to communicate with his supporters. Trumps tweets are a regular source of outrage among his opponents. They're a vehicle…
A brief update on Collus-PowerStream
Just a brief note to give my readers the opportunity to examine two documents related to Collus-PowerStream and our council’s secretive efforts to sabotage our utility. Both are in PDF…
Review: Keywords for Radicals
For a long time — longer, at least, than I’ve been thinking about such things myself — one important element of both internal and external conflict involving the broadly-defined left…
Review: Keywords for Radicals
For a long time -- longer, at least, than I've been thinking about such things myself --...
Review: Keywords for Radicals
For a long time -- longer, at least, than I've been thinking about such things myself --...
Our Federal Government is "Missing the Boat" on Climate Change
It's fair to say that successive Canadian federal governments, Trudeau's included, and most of our provincial governments, Christy Clark's included, have failed their people on climate change. We're still a…
You Can See It From Space
The inland waters separating Vancouver Island from the mainland are beset by a massive algae bloom. The image above was captured by a NASA satellite.So far the bloom is not…
The Problem We Won’t Admit Even Exists
There's a security scandal underway concerning the French manufacturer of the stealth submarine, Scorpene. The Australians, who recently ordered similar boats, are particularly vexed. From The Australian:There is almost no…
Inuit Fight to Protect Territory from Oil Industry’s Seismic Blasting
The Arctic’s Baffin Bay and Davis Strait region is home to seals, bowhead whales, polar bears and up to 90 per cent of the world’s narwhals. The area’s marine waters…
Inuit Fight to Protect Territory from Oil Industry’s Seismic Blasting
The Arctic’s Baffin Bay and Davis Strait region is home to seals, bowhead whales, polar bears and up to 90 per cent of the world’s narwhals. The area’s marine waters…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday August 23, 2016. Today we are talking about Family Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Aug 23,…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday August 23, 2016. Today we are talking about Family Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Aug 23,…
News Many Would Prefer Not To Know
For anyone who knows anything about climate change, the news is not good. There is a large and growing crack in the fourth-largest Antarctic ice shelf, known as the Larsen…
News Many Would Prefer Not To Know
For anyone who knows anything about climate change, the news is not good. There is a large and growing crack in the fourth-largest Antarctic ice shelf, known as the Larsen…
Heat is on to change municipal voting.
It seems the Ontario government is turning loose lots of bewildered voters in the 2018 municipal elections. In legislation brought forward earlier this year, the government is allowing municipal election…