Help my friend Laura Miller
Laura is a great friend of ours, and is fighting back against an outrageous and disgusting campaign against her being waged by the OPP – the Ontario Political Police. Background…
2016
Economic Development Should Focus on Sustainability, Not Growth for Growth’s Sake
Recently, I took Dick De Stefano's advice and cracked open the Greater Sudbury Development Corporation's new economic development plan, “From theGround Up, 2015-2025”. De Stefano, writing in the Sudbury Star…
Saudi Arabia and the Shameless Con Clowns
The situation couldn't be more dire or more dangerous.Saudi Arabia's execution of 47 prisoners, including the well known Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr, has set off a firestorm in the region.It's…
Metrics #nlpoli
Telegram editor Russell Wangersky tried on Monday to put the government’s financial mess into some shape that people could understand.The simple fact, to put a shortfall of $2 billion into…
Why Canada’s belligerent Conservatives are likely praying for peace in the Persian Gulf
PHOTOS: The nuclear powered American aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf in in 2014. (U.S. Navy photo.) Mighty warships are the carriers, but in the constricted…
The Terror of Modi: an Interview With Arun Ferreira (repost)
On May 26, 2014, Narendra Modi became the 15th Prime Minster of India. Read the rest of this post on the original site at The Terror of Modi: an Interview…
Divorce
If you are legally married and your marriage breaks down you must get a divorce in order to remarry. It also is psychologically helpful for many people, when a marriage…
Three Dangerous Mythologies
Although directed at an American audience, Robert Reich's insights are equally applicable to Canada.Recommend this Post
I Heard They Were Breaking Up Anyway
Maybe they'll become the Shifty Steve Trio.As if getting his ass handed to him in the October runoff wasn't bad enough, ousted prime minister Harper has lost his trusty drummer,…
Buy high, sell low
In the six months ended September 30, BC Hydro purchased 7,640 GWh of electricity from independent power producers. It paid $599 million, which is $78,400 per GWh.In the same period,…
Jan. 4: Time’s a’wasting.
The lead story in a wretched four pages – count them – four – of what is grandly called the Canada and World section – and the lead is “Christmas…
Alberta firm selling fresh Canadian air in canisters Vitality Air charging $15-$46, depending on the size
Two entrepreneurs are capitalizing on air pollution problems abroad by selling people bottled fresh air from the Canadian Rockies. "Essentially we're selling air," Troy Paquette, one of Vitality Air's Canadian…
Alberta firm selling fresh Canadian air in canisters Vitality Air charging $15-$46, depending on the size
Two entrepreneurs are capitalizing on air pollution problems abroad by selling people bottled fresh air from the Canadian Rockies. “Essentially we’re selling air,” Troy Paquette, one of Vitality Air’s Canadian…
Alberta firm selling fresh Canadian air in canisters Vitality Air charging $15-$46, depending on the size
Two entrepreneurs are capitalizing on air pollution problems abroad by selling people bottled fresh air from the Canadian Rockies."Essentially we're selling air," Troy Paquette, one of Vitality Air's Canadian co-founders,…
Alberta firm selling fresh Canadian air in canisters Vitality Air charging $15-$46, depending on the size
Two entrepreneurs are capitalizing on air pollution problems abroad by selling people bottled fresh air from the Canadian Rockies."Essentially we're selling air," Troy Paquette, one of Vitality Air's Canadian co-founders,…
On Sartorial Disgrace
I suspect those sweaters that Bill Cosby is so found of just don't fit like they used to.H/t The Hamilton SpectatorRecommend this Post
Keep it green this holiday season and recycle your Christmas tree
January 4, 2016 10:15 AMCity of Vancouver Information Bulletin January 4, 2016 Keep it green this holiday season and recycle your Christmas tree It’s that time of year again. The…
To See Ourselves as Others See Us – Middle Eastern Edition.
First came WWI and we told them that if they sided with us instead of their ruling Ottomans then, once we had defeated the Germans and their Ottoman allies, we…