City Council and Park Board meetings to be streamed via a new platform
April 12 2019 – From April 15 onwards, City Council and Park Board meetings will be broadcast using a new live video streaming system. Earlier this month, we were notified…
2019
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats with companions.
This Could Be Another Difficult Day for Mr. Trudeau
He panicked and tossed away $4.5 billion on a pipeline project, money we might not (probably won’t) get back. He’s about to pour another seven to nine billion into constructing…
Alberta Election Night Live Blog
Today is election day in Alberta, one of the biggest provincial elections that we’ve seen in a very long time. So tonight here at Magpie Brûlé, always with an eye…
A First Victory for the Sudanese Revolution
Omar al Bashir, the 30-year long dictator of Sudan, the perpetrator of the massacre of hundreds of thousands of civilians in the Darfour and South Sudan wars, the enemy of…
April 16: Our final days?
Trump and his village idiots (like John Bolton) are discussing – with his generals – a possible invasion of Venezuela. Russia and China are both in Venezuela – by invitation.…
Venezuela and the setbacks of the Latin American Left: What does it all mean?
Photo by European Parliament Alan Freeman: The progressive Latin American governments of the 21st century, the so-called Pink Tide governments, have received heavy blows in the recent past and have…
Khaaaaaaaaan!
Forgive the obscure Star Trek reference. But it fits. Check out this CBC story: Justin Trudeau’s annus horribilis continues. I’m almost starting to feel sorry for the guy. Almost. Justice…
Cannabis in Vancouver parks
I am asked frequently why the Park Board doesn’t just issue the 420 organizers a permit. Printed below is the Province of British Columbia’s regulation controls on cannabis. As you…
Assange Arrest-‘Now He Is Our Property’
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Yellowknife Twitter Bot Spreads Global Warming Knowledge
Yesterday in Yellowknife, the temperature was 7 °C warmer than the historic average.warmer/colder/total days : 57/42/105#ClimateChangeRightNow #ClimateAction — YK Climate Watch (@ykclimatewatch) April 15, 2019 Climate change is occurring at…
First We Worried About CO2, Then CH4. Now It’s N2O.
Nitrous Oxide, N2O, has joined Carbon Dioxide, CO2, and Methane, CH4, to our climate change worries. Carbon dioxide is bad and persists for centuries. Methane is about 25 times more…
Feminist my ass
Tell @Puglaas @janephilpott @MPCelina, who @JustinTrudeau exiled when they refused to do what he told them to do. Tell @KristinRaworth, whose sexual abuser is still in Trudeau’s caucus. Tell that…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday April 16, 2019. Today we are talking about Employment Law. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andrew Phung highlights how important it is for younger voters to be heard in Alberta’s election. Travis Benson offers plenty of suggestions…
"at your library" in the north island eagle: is your child ready to read?
In our local paper. At Your Library: Is Your Child Ready to Read? Kindergarten is a child’s introduction to school – but your children’s education begins long before they ever…
Sticking it to the Pump
In last weeks Ontario budget, there were lots of things in there that poked and prodded at the perceived enemies of the Ford Conservatives. There were also lots of cuts…
It’s A Con
Now that the dust has settlled, analysts are taking a hard look at the Ford government’s first budget. Martin Regg Cohn writes: It gets tough on some (mostly poor people…
Coming in this morning
…it occurred to me that I have gone full Peaky Blinders.
One of Jody Wilson-Raybould’s most vicious critics
…had his snout in the Trudeau Trough™, with a sole-sourced, untendered contract. For over $500 an hour. Would you look at that. I’m sure it’s all a great big coincidence.