It’s Lakeland 2.0! Limited Time Only!!!!
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Todd Bentley is preparing to crank up another revival. And GOD TV, the cable TV and internet TV station has just…
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As Much As The Right Wing Wants Us To Love Margaret Thatcher … ‘Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead’ Song Goes To The Top Of The British Music Charts …UPDATE Liverpool Stadium Cheers Her Death
Following her death on April 8, the bitter row over Margaret Thatcher’s legacy continues – with a campaign to get the song “Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead”, from the…
Stephen Harper and the War on Alexandre
Alexandre Boulerice is one of my favourite MPs.He's a big guy, and when he gets up in the Commons and shouts at Stephen Harper, you can see the tyrant flinch…
#C21Can and the "skills" debate
This is a very good response from Tobey Steeves to a post on the C21 website by John Kershaw, the President of C21 Canada – a corporate financed education reform…
Iron Lady? Rust in peace: Thatcher was a disaster for the UK
Following the death of former British PM, Margaret Thatcher, more than a few people in the UK took it to the streets. Champagne bottles popped and smiles lit up the…
Funding Edmonton’s Downtown Arena, the strange comedy of errors continues.
TweetThe strange comedy of errors that has become Edmonton’s Downtown Arena project continued this week as City Council scrambled to fill a $100 million gap in a funding plan they…
Celebrating Public Service
Public servants celebrating the enrolment of 5 million citizens in the Ontario Hospital Insurance Plan (1959, Archives of Ontario) Notes for talk at Public Policy Forum Dinner, April 11, 2013…
EG Radio April 11, 2013: Our 50th show! EcoBricks, Ontario Home Comfort and Rachel Carson
Download: earthgauge-podcast-april11-2013.mp3 This week marks our 50th program since Earthgauge Radio was launched in the fall of 2011! So we’re celebrating a big milestone today and are sending out our…
Tim Hortons Is Hiring!! (Must Speak Tagalog)
Tim Hortons Is Hiring!! (Must Speak Tagalog) Up the street from me, Tims has only foreign workers. Down the street from me, it also has, more or less, foreign workers.…
16 yr-old talked to NEB, before new regulations
I first published a link to this video February 2 and it has been viewed by thousands of Northern Insight readers. Additionally, most major Canadian news operations paid close attention…
Party Positions on BC’s Carbon Tax
With the release today of the NDP’s fiscal plan in advance of the May 14 election here in British Columbia, we are now finally able to assess where the major…
Whose Winnipeg is it, anyway?
March 14, 2013: The Social Planning Council of Winnipeg, in partnership with OURS Winnipeg, For the Love of Winnipeg and Planners’ Network Manitoba, held a well attended public forum at…
New Shoes Songs: The Horrors of Shopping
I absolutely must get a new pair of walking shoes now that winter is nearly over. So I spent far too much time today looking for what I need, and…
Should Anonymous Identify Rehtaeh Parsons’ Tormentors?
WK ignited a crap storm yesterday when he tasked the hackivist group Anonymous with finding the identity of four male teens who allegedly assaulted Miss. Parsons. Anon now claims to…
North Korea Appears To Be Behind Cyber Attack On South Korean Computers …
“An official investigation into a major cyber attack on South Korean banks and broadcasters last month has determined that North Korea’s military intelligence agency was responsible. An investigation into access…
Ministerial responsibility is dead; Peter MacKay hides behind the troops (again)
It was shocking and troubling news when it broke two days ago: the federal government (it’s only called the Harper Government when it’s doing positive things) announced it would be…
Maybe its time to begin thinking about withdrawing our patronage from all retailers and services that offshore labour
“Yes, the Conservatives are focused on what they call the economy. But their economy is a ruthless, inhuman task-master. It demands that the very profitable Royal Bank be even more…
Meanwhile …. In Labrador …..
… a quiet campaign is underway .. vote by vote …. that will see Harry Borlase and the New Democrats surprise the hell out of Newfoundland / Labrador Liberals ….…
WILL THE REAL GWYN MORGAN PLEASE STAND UP!
I have written this piece in an attempt to evaluate the actual contribution to society of a prominent Canadian who espouses extreme right-wing views. I feel it is important, from…