PEI’s Anti-Choice Legislature – Abortion in Canada
A couple Tuesdays from now, March 26th our PEI Legislature is to sit after it’s Winter break (or whatever you call it). To mark that occassion I sent all our…
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The right way to shut down a service like Google Reader
My internet world came to an end today when Google announced they were shutting down Google Reader (the best RSS reader in existence). The problem is that Google Reader was…
What to watch when you’re not watching TV
What if John Hughes directed Game of Thrones? And speaking of Game of Thrones…. What if geek troubadours Paul and Storm took over a kids’ show? And speaking of naughty…
Land Use Planning for Nature, Climate and Communities
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 In December 2012 the Environmental Law Centre at the University of Victoria published a collection of environmental law reform proposals, with contributions from a variety of…
Why Greek opposition to gold mining is justified: Canadian mining practices under scrutiny
Last week in Greece a large demo was held in Thessaloniki to protest a Canadian gold mining project in the Halkidiki region. Around 15,000 took to the streets. They voiced…
Making stuff
Here’s some of the stuff we’ve been making lately. This is the flannel quilt GC made for his son. He just finished it last week. It’s the softest, biggest, coziest…
Open Data Day 2013 in Vancouver
Better late than never, I’m going to do a few posts this week recapping a number of ideas and thoughts from Open Data Day 2013. As is most appropriate, I’m…
Wheat Sheaf Tavern
wheat sheaf tavern, est 1849 King St W, Toronto (click to enlarge) Inside the upper window is a wide bottomed jar with yellow paint or yellow peppers, also a blue-green…
Anti-bully Beauty
Vimeo staff pick. Shane Koyczan. Collaborative artists animating each 20 seconds of powerful, stirring, anti-oppression spoken words. Enough said.
Another Former Aryan Guard Member Arrested
In a February 22 post concerning violence in the racist movement, we also included an article and suggested that we would soon be learning more about the assault and it's…
Why educators should resist educational technology
I sat down earlier this week to write a blog post and I had a catchy title in mind: “iPads in the Classroom: Deja vu all over again”. I had…
Economic Forecast: Canada To See Years Of Stagnation, BMO Report Predicts
Economic Forecast: Canada To See Years Of Stagnation, BMO Report Predicts Deeply, dangerously indebted “consumers” (aka Canadian citizens) at a 156% debt to income ratio aggressively imposed upon us by…
Métis wuz robbed sez Supremes
Finally, one of the three pillars of Canada’s aboriginal peoples — the Métis — have won justice. They are owed a lot of money — perhaps ten billion or even…
Has Alison Redford Lost Her Nerve?
Yesterday’s awful Alberta budget, which pussyfoots around the deficit issue by dividing the budget into three separate accounts, avoided both raising taxes and having massive across-the-board cuts by going into…
Free Int’l Women’s Day Films at NFB.ca
The beaten (by the Canadian Conservative budget cuts) but not down National Film Board of Canada is offering a treasure trove of titles for free streaming today, in celebration and…
Free International Women’s Day Films at NFB.ca
The beaten (by the Canadian Conservative budget cuts) but not down National Film Board of Canada is offering a treasure trove of titles for free streaming today, in celebration and…
C-279 amendments made, in afternoon of impassioned speeches.
Update / Correction: The amendments were given a voice vote, but not actually passed. Because there was visible opposition, it’s subject to recorded division, and the amendments will be voted…
Why Justin Trudeau Shouldn’t Lead The Liberals
For the very same reason why so many Liberals want him to win, Justin Trudeau shouldn’t become Liberal Leader. If 150,000 people only supported Justin Trudeau because of substance then…