It Takes More Than Rhyme To Make Poetry
There are some ghostly similarities, Michael Winship writes, between the American election of 1968 and this year's election. 1968 was the year that Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were…
2016
“Evil World Banking” Explained
In this animated video, John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, explains how terrorism and a “mutant, viral form of capitalism” are connected. “If we want to…
Proud punk Dad at Anti-Flag
So. Text Daughter this morn about Anti-Flag tonight. She texts back, says she was out to 5:30. At the hospital. Wait. What? She and Hannah, she said. A girl…
Is Donald Trump’s Campaign Going Down in Flames Already?
It should have been a good week for Donald Trump. He's doing his best to tone down his act and look more "presidential."He won two more primary contests, albeit even…
May 14: Three cheers for Norbert – Hip, hip….
Yes, indeed. At least three big cheers for Norbert.I began reading today's Irving press with the usual sense of despair. The news section (the usual trivia) seemed to confirm it.…
Corky Evans: How You can help save the ALR in 5 min
This call from Corky to help save our farmland is one to be heeded. Originally posted in the Commonsense Canadian it is followed by a Damien Gillis piece with Harold…
Eating up the Hill: Indian buffet goodness
I know I haven’t food blogged in awhile, but my free time to attend receptions has been limited, and many of the appetizers served we’ve seen before. But with the…
Eating up the Hill: Indian buffet goodness
I know I haven't food blogged in awhile, but my free time to attend receptions has been limited, and many of the appetizers served we've seen before. But with the…
Eating up the Hill: Indian buffet goodness
I know I haven't food blogged in awhile, but my free time to attend receptions has been limited, and many of the appetizers served we've seen before. But with the…
Stuff Still Happens, week 19: Rumours fill in for facts in Fort Mac
Canadians continue to show remarkable kindness to the Fort McRefugees. The Red Cross is swimming in cash (much of which they have already distributed) and donation centres are overflowing with…
CVRD Official Statement On Failed Court Action
News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 13, 2016 BC Court of Appeal Dismisses CVRD’s Application to Discharge or Vary Stay Order Duncan, BC – The BC Court of Appeal dismissed…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Ed Finn comments on the history of neoliberalism - but notes that while the public is rightly skeptical of corporate spin, that awareness hasn't…
Lehanna Green-Justice Kirpatrick Upholds Justice Mackenzie’s decision On Shawnigan
I understand that there was some Shawnigan blowback following previous posts and reports from Lehanna Green’s blog-Stop dumping contaminated soil in Shawnigan lake. In case there remains confusion or…
This One Might Hurt.
There are some arguments that come along every now and then that seem so shocking, that so confront our sense of order or decency that we are instantly repelled by…
Corporate Recognition Of Climate Change
When the insurance industry starts worrying, we should all be very, very afraid.Bill Adams, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) vice-president of the Western and Pacific Region, says the rising costs…
Standard of review on appeal from a commercial arbitration award will generally be reasonableness
Ottawa (City) v. Coliseum Inc., 2016 ONCA 363: The standard of review on appeal from a commercial arbitration award will generally be reasonableness. The leading case is Sattva, wherein Rothstein…
Dumping on The Donald, does no damage.
It was not until finding out that American bikers love Donald Trump that we think we have come to grips with his appeal. This guy feeds on negative vibes. He…
Is Stephen Harper Preparing To Return From The Dead?
I seems hard to believe it could happen with Stephen Harper in such a dilapidated condition.But a strange story has been circulating in the political cemetery where the Cons hang…
The Ball Is In Trudeau’s Court
Justin Trudeau has done an admirable job of tending to his image, Murray Dobbin writes. But his real test as prime minister will be how he deals with the Isle…
Jason Kennedy and the Con Apocalypse
As you must have realized by now, there is nothing but nothing that scares the Cons more than electoral reform.Because they know it would be the death of their Zombie…