In Memory of Dr. Margaret Osler
Last week the University of Calgary lost a superb teacher & scholar, who I deeply admired, and a witty and caring woman, of whom I was very fond. Dr. Osler…
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House-a-palooza
I did my impression of an “average” Canadian this summer i.e. I paid very little attention to the boring shenanigans of the federal pols – and it’s obvious I didn’t…
3 years ago today on our way to city hall
What a difference 3 years make when you compare 2007 to 2010. Calgarians faced the most turbulent economic period in recent memory between 2007 and 2010. Not only that, it…
Final pre-nomination candidate update
Update: Added comments for incumbents that I forgot to include. It’s the Saturday before nomination day and so here’s the final candidate update this blog will make before it goes…
Native leaders warn of conflict over Ontario northern development legislation
Native leaders warn of conflict over Ontario northern development legislationby Lee Greenberg, from Ottawa Citizen, September 16, 2010. TORONTO — Ontario is heading for conflict with First Nations, Native leaders…
Upcoming forums for Wards 8, 5,, 7 and 9
Nomination day is only a week away, but Civic Camp has a ton of forums that you might be interested in. I’m involved with some of these, so I’m going…
Speculating in Misery
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard brings us an interesting article dealing with the speculation of agricultural land.Speculators like rich hedge funds and billionaires have been buying up large chunks of foreign agricultural land…
Protest over Lockheed’s $16 billion contract
Defence Industry Cheers: Protest over Lockheed’s $16 billion contractby Hillary Bain Lindsay, from Halifax Media Co-Op, September 10, 2010. (Link found via Myths for Profit.) “This is a racket. You…
The City Strikes Back!
This video was made with good spirits in mind and having fun. I’ve personally dedicated it to the Nenshi team for all they’ve been through this past weekend. Good luck…
The Sun thinks you’re stupid: Tab hypocritical in Davey Affair
On the latest edition of CTV’s Question Period, ex-Iggy press secretary Ian Davey responded to a question about a Sun Media report by saying the Sun “is a newspaper for…
Candidates must speak out against unfettered attacks
After yesterday’s attacks against mayoral candidate Naheed Nenshi, this city is reminded that vandalism and possible hate crimes continue to exist. In such a high stakes election, these acts of…
This is not the campaign blog you seek
If you are looking for Jennifer Smith, Candidate for Milton Town Council Ward 2, you’ve got the right person, wrong blog. My campaign website can be found at www.jensmith.ca .…
Peak oil getting taken seriously?
Here’s some news from the UK, from a while back: But documents obtained under the FoI Act seen by the Observer show that a “peak oil workshop” brought together staff…
Can you campaign by only taking transit?
Calgarians want to see specific policies from candidates. There are a bunch of issues out there that they talk about. Earlier in the campaign we heard of vows for a…
US soldiers ‘killed Afghan civilians for sport and collected fingers as trophies’
US soldiers ‘killed Afghan civilians for sport and collected fingers as trophies’: Soldiers face charges over secret ‘kill team’ which allegedly murdered at random and collected fingers as trophies of…
Your House Is On Ground Zero
Your House Is On Ground Zero (And Quite Without Permission)by Tim Wise, from Z-Net, September 7, 2010. In all the rancor over whether or not one group of Muslims should…
No free lunch for any mayoral candidate
Update: Forgot to add a comment on Derek McKenzie. It has now been included. This post was originally going to be called “Blurtations about the 2 horse race” but it…
Ezra Levant vs Reality – A Prelude To Fox News North
The battle between supporters and opponents of Sun TV News – the Fox News style channel headed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s former communications director Kory Teneycke – reached new…
Absurd Logic of Opponents of Long gun Registry Revealed
In an intelligent release on their website, the LPC has shown how ridiculous arguments made by opponents of the long-gun registry are by substituting guns for other things you need…
Native women ‘disappear’ in Canada
Native women ‘disappear’ in Canada: On the International Day of the Displaced, activists say fate of hundreds of missing indigenous women must be examined.by Chris Arsenault, from Al Jazeera, September…