BC Court Won’t Allow Harper to "Sacrifice" Gloria Taylor
The Harper regime has lost its first attempt to thwart Gloria Taylor’s right to die. A British Columbia Supreme Court judge two months ago struck down the ban on physician…
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ExtremeHeat Canada Goes Online
McMaster University, in conjunction with Health Canada, the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Clean Air Partnership, has created www.extremeheat.ca. The site, available in both English and French,…
More Green on Blue
“Green on Blue” has become the term for Afghan security officials – police or army – turning on and gunning down Western forces in their country. The latest incident cost…
Civilization At the Crossroads. What If We Make the Right Choice?
While the future of human civilization looks gloomy, mankind might actually make it through this century repositioned to face a wonderful future. It all depends on whether we can muster…
Is War With China Actually Possible? Is War of Some Sort Inevitable?
Is China on the verge of war? War with whom? There are factors building that suggest China faces the sort of instability that could force war on China and some…
Naomi Wolf Slams America’s "Ignorance Industry"
Activist/writer Naomi Wolf has about had it with her homeland’s “stasis of stupidity” blocking any meaningful action to respond to man-made climate change. It is fairly well-known what has been…
Ry Cooder’s Mutt Romney Blues
American guitarist, composer and songwriter, Ry Cooder, doesn’t think much of Mitt Romney. He dislikes Romney so much, he’s even written a song about the guy, the Mutt Romney Blues.…
"This is Absolutely NOT a P.R. Exercise" – Yeah, Right
Brenda Kenny has got a pair. That much you have to give her. The president of the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association plans to counter a string of public relations disasters…
Check This Out. No, Seriously, Check It Out
This link takes you to an amazing video clip from the thunderstorm that hit Vancouver yesterday. The young guy is recording the storm when, at the 6 second mark, a…
Somebody Is Going to be Very Unhappy With Their New TV
A customer in Washington, D.C., ordered a 39-inch television from Amazon.com. This is what arrived on his doorstep instead. When the UPS package arrived at Seth Horovitz’s home, he thought…
Should BC Take a Page from Harper’s Own Book?
Remember Steve Harper’s “Alberta Firewall” letter, the one where he advocated the Wild Rose state should ditch the RCMP, implement its own healthcare regime independent of Ottawa and even collect…
PostMedia Paper Calls Harper a Liar
The centre-right Victoria Times Colonist more than doubts Steve Harper’s claim that he’ll leave it up to science to evaluate the “costs and risks” of the Northern Gateway pipeline. Here’s…
When Nukes Just Weren’t Enough
Those of us who lived through the Cold War were painfully aware that the Soviet Union was prepared to thoroughly devastate the West with nuclear weapons. We didn’t know they…
Russia Reacts to Perceived Chinese Threat
Russia is growing concerned about Chinese designs on Russian territory and resources. Russian president Dimitry Medvedev said it was essential to defend it’s eastern territories against “excessive expansion by bordering…
German Banks Take Food Off Commodities Exchange
Do banks actually have a conscience? A few German banks apparently do. Germany’s Commerzbank, the country’s second-largest, has removed agricultural products (food) from its commodities index fund, following similar moves…
Arctic Sea Ice Isn’t Just for Polar Bears
The Arctic is about more than ice and polar bears. Much, much more. Most of us by now have become familiar with El Nino or his ugly stepsister, La Nina,…
About That Other Shoe, The One That Just Dropped
There is an enormous amount of water stored underground in aquifers. Or, at least, there used to be. A lot of it is actually “fossil” water, H2O that’s been trapped…
Harper’s Dodgy Deal with Blackwater
From 2006 to 2008 the Harper government maintained an apparently illegal contract with Blackwater for the training of special forces troops and police officers. Blackwater was supposed to disclose the…
Even for Harper, This is Perverse
The people of the African Sahel are in a bad way. You might even say that they’re the poster boy for global warming. Make that anthropogenic, or man-made, global warming…
Blackwater Buys Time
Academi LLC, better known by its earlier name, Blackwater, has forked over $7.5-million to buy a “Deferred Prosecution Agreement” from the U.S. government. The case focuses on allegations that Blackwater…