Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Alan Freeman is duly appalled by Apple's attempt to throw itself a pity party with the money it's hoarding rather than paying in fair…
September 2016
Alberta’s New Rules May be Insufficient for Dealing with Sprawling Oilsands Tailings Ponds
It’s been almost two months since the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) released a new management framework to deal with the province’s growing legacy of oilsands tailings ponds that hold a…
Guess Who Just Made Saint?
Loved and worshipped by lepers around the world.
On Waves Of Ignorance
Kellie Leitch is doing to the Conservative Party what Donald Trump has done to the Republican Party -- splitting it right down the middle. Michael Den Tandt writes:Apparently, as far…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday September 7, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Sep 7,…
Kellie Leitch’s Canada?
Thanks to Alison for this:Meanwhile, Leitch's colleagues don't appear to favour her approach. Deepak Obhrai, who filed his own leadership candidacy papers yesterday, had this to say:What I am really…
Hate stare contest!
By now, everyone has seen the infamous Obama-Putin hate stare photo from the G20. It has produced a wealth of photoshopping fun, as seen here. So, how about a caption…
Labouring against logic.
Pundits are asking if the New Democratic Party is a labour party? Frankly folks, if you do not know the answer, nobody in the party is ready to answer it…
A Playground Where Kids Play With Tools
Kids need places to play, and those playgrounds need to encourage community, exploration, and more. Designing a good playground can be harder than it sounds, it’s not as easy as…
Trump winning, Clinton losing? Um, what?
Not quite. She’s still just a few electoral college votes away from clinching the presidency. And, incredibly, she’s competitive in the reddest of red states – Texas. But, yes, Trump…
Can the mayor fire the interim CAO?
Does the mayor have the authority to fire someone by herself? The interim CAO, for example? It’s a question I’ve been asked a lot of late by residents. I think…
The Donald Trump Show and the Madness of America
The more I watch the Donald Trump show, the more it reminds me of the movie Cabaret, before the Nazis took over.Because by now it's beyond crazy even by the…
Jerusalem, Eldorado, and Perdition #nlpoli
Part I: The development of our country_______________________________The Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador website "aims to provide school students and the general public with a wide range of authoritative information on the…
Two snapshots show how Alberta politics have changed
Alberta’s Premier marches in Calgary’s Pride Parade on one day and then flips and serves burgers for unemployed and underemployed Albertans at a union-sponsored Labour Day BBQ in central Edmonton…
Jason Kenney quits his job on federal electoral reform committee – so why are we paying him, again?
PHOTOS: Ride, Jason, Ride! Moving day in Ottawa. Jason Kenney’s arrangements to pack up his office and return to Alberta may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Mr. Kenney in…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Brightened cats.
August 6: and a little more history…..
The United States of 1776 was the offspring of an imperial power. In fact, the American revolution had less to do with freedom than it did with becoming an imperial…
Flip. No. Flop. No. No. Wait. Flip. … #nlpoli
01 August 2016 - "Continuing continuity"“This is not about cutting,” Ball told reporters on Thursday morning at a news conference. “This is about where we can create new sources of…
Cortes Island: A Different Vision for Forestry in British Columbia
In 2012, I took a fateful trip to Cortes Island — a northern gulf island three ferry rides away from Vancouver — to document the Cortes community’s fight to fend…