In search of leadership.
This is not as simple as Diogenes with his lamp, searching for an honest man. There are many possibilities in life for leadership and many who believe they can fill…
2017
Income and geographic distribution of low-income renters in Toronto
In this second of a series of housing-related posts I analyze the income and geographic distribution of renter-occupied households in the City of Toronto. My first post focussed on affordability…
Sturgeon River-Parkland by-election competing with Alberta’s municipal elections
As if voters won’t already have enough candidates knocking on their doors with Alberta’s municipal elections scheduled for October 16, 2017, a federal by-election will be held in the Sturgeon…
Thank you, Ralph! While Alberta awaits the Green Apocalypse, Norwegian version of Heritage Fund hits $1-trillion US
PHOTOS: A Norwegian oil rig in the North Sea. (Photo: Norsk Teknisk Museum, Wikimedia Commons.) Below: The late Alberta premier Peter Lougheed, who founded the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund;…
A Death of Cold, young adult fiction by Alberta Author Jim Sellers, tops Audreys Edmonton Bestseller List this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Sept. 17, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Guy Caron For Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada !!!
Guy Caron!for LEADER!
Re-thinking refugee protection: focusing on people and safe passage
Efforts in Canada to provide safe passage to asylum seekers crossing into Canada from the United States prove that people power and civil society action can change public policy and…
5 Things You Need to Know About B.C.’s Ban on Big Money
On Monday, the British Columbia government introduced legislation that proposes to ban corporate, union and foreign donations in a move that will dramatically change B.C.’s political landscape and bring the…
Dissolving Clouds
Came across this and began to wonder… If I could do it too… So today I dissolved some clouds using only the powers of my mind. It took longer than…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Grounded cats.
do workplace-based tv shows make people dissatisfied with their jobs?
I recently realized that I enjoy a lot of TV shows that are themed around a workplace. There are the comedies, like The Office and Brooklyn 9-9, and my favourite…
Neo-Nazi scumbags to face justice – finally
Full story here: The editor and publisher of an Upper Beach-based tabloid will be heading to court Thursday, Sept. 21 to face criminal charges. Earlier this summer, Beach residents Lisa…
Trump Went to the United Nations with Tough Talk and Only Managed to Embarrass the United States
Every blowhard bully runs the risk of some thing, some event that can gore his credibility. That something for Donald Trump in his bombastic threats against North Korea is China.Trump…
Some Days, There Does Seem To Be A Small Sliver Of Hope
Watch the following video, and you’ll see why. Recommend this Post
Good times
BREAKING: Lunatic threatens to exterminate 25 million people. World shrugs. #uspolitics https://t.co/mtdnRng7iM — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 19, 2017 The
Will Manafort Sing Like a Canary?
According to The New York Times former Trump campaign manager and associate, Paul Manafort, has been given notice by the Mueller team that he is going to be indicted. Indicted…
Balloon ban motion defeated by Vancouver Park Board
Majority felt the proposal, which received national attention, was too far reaching with not enough study By Justin McElroy, CBC News Posted: Sep 19, 2017 5:56 AM PT The Vancouver…
Trump Impresses U.N. – Foresees the U.S. Having "No Choice But To Totally Destroy North Korea."
It’s a safe bet that a lot of delegates to the United Nations had their worst suspicions of Donald Trump confirmed this morning. “If the righteous many do not confront…
5 Minutes of your time
Things do move. Really. Filed under: art Tagged: Movie
The battle to save Sears Canada
We’ve worked for Sears Canada in the past, so this reported effort by Brandon Stranzl to save the company – and the jobs and pensions of several thousand Canadians –…