Fourniers Lose In Court
I’ve got to be a bit mysterious here, though I doubt my readers can keep straight all of the legal actions FreeD owners Mark and Connie Fournier are caught up…
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Polls And Positivity
Another poll showing the LPoC up, in majority territory even, and by a respected pollster. Two years out and its meaningless and yada yada yada. Interesting, however, to speculate on…
On The Demise Of Local News
The Midland Free Press closed its doors yesterday. Nothing much has been made of it. Another paper going under is not news these days. However, Kate Harris of AWARE Simcoe…
The Bad Comic Vs. The Rowdy Lesbian, Part Bazillion
I’ve written about the Earle/Pardy case many a times. Essentially, an amateur comedian named Guy Earle went off on a lesbian couple during an open mike comedy show that he…
Another QMI Paper Bites Dust
Midland Press closed this morning with a loss of five jobs, though it doesn’t look as though they have bothered to put up notice of the fact on their website:…
Tory Appointees Move To Muscle Bill C-304 Through Senate
The link is to Marc Lemire’s site (one-time leader of the white supremacist Heritage Front), so you may not want to click though, but what he’s saying sounds right: the…
Trouble In Ford Nation
This guy is not some kind of downtown elitist. Or the guy mentioned here. Nor are the folks that typically attend the Taste of Little Italy. His base is starting…
Bill C-304: The Final Battle?
LeBreton confirms #SenCA will sit into July if necessary to pass bills on order paper, including C-377. #cdnpoIi— Jordan Press (@jordan_press) June 18, 2013 The other bill they want to…
PM Harper Officially Off Diet
That is all.
Justin Ascends To Enormous Heights
This, then, is the measure of the man! O Glorious, GLORIOUS Justin!!! Myself I wouldn’t have offered a penny back to these silver-haired con-artists! No! I would have told them…
We’re #1 (In Oil Spills((Especially Alberta)))
A toxic waste spill in northern Alberta has killed off roughly 42 hectares of boreal forest, in what could be the biggest environmental disaster in North America in recent history.…
Anti-OLP Sentiment On The Rise?
Apparently not: A rally was held today at Queen’s Park to oppose the Liberal Party government of Ontario. It was supposed to call attention to their crimes and scandals. The…
Chinese Academy Of Sciences Issues A Statement; Heartland Institute Issues A Grovelling Apology
First, from the CAS site: The Chinese translation of the “Climate Change Reconsidered—NIPCC Report” was organized by the Information Center for Global Change Studies, Scientific Information Center for Resources and…
What’s Bugging The Great Lakes?
GLEAM, the Great Lakes Environmental Assessment and Mapping Project, has a series of interactive maps of Great Lake Stressors. I’ve included a couple related to Global Warming: Water Level Change…
Heartland Institute/CAS Story Makes UK Guardian
And the story links back to me, so you know its got cred.
Kinder Morgan Oil Pipe Spills
CALGARY – The National Energy Board (NEB or Board) is responding to a crude oil release on the TransMountain Pipeline southwest of Merritt, BC owned and operated by Kinder Morgan…
Cooperation Between The Heartland Institute And The Chinese Academy Of Sciences: Much Less than Meets The Eye
Breitbart News has reported that the Heartland Institute–an infamous U.S. think-tank that shilled for both the oil and tobacco companies in times past–has teamed up the with Chinese Academy of…
Hamlet On The Don
That’s what John Tory is. Nothing is never ruled in, nothing is ever ruled out…until at the last minute a phone call comes saying that the big guy has decided…
Is The Toronto Sun Monitoring/Sacking Staffers Who Post To Sun-Watching Website?
Some speculation on TorontoSunFamily Blog: Anyone wondering why there’s not more “news” on this site should know that most of the people who used to post here are already gone.…