A new, longer, hockey stick
There is a new hockey stick in town, one with a shaft extending back all the way back to the end start of the holocene about 12,000 years ago when…
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Sustainability and MOOCs in Historical Perspective
Stephen Downes: Thank you everyone. Buenos Dias. It’s a genuine pleasure to be able to be back in Bogotá, back in Colombia, and to be able to speak with you…
Tillett Wright’s million shades of gay
When Tillett Wright began her photographic project, Self Evident Truths, back in 2010 she didn’t expect the groundswell of requests for photographs that she ended up receiving. She originally wanted…
Send your questions about government science funding to #pmhadfield
Stephen Harper will apparently be chatting with Commander Chris Hadfield later this month, and he’s asking people to contribute their questions via the #pmhadfield hashtag on Twitter. What better a…
EG Radio March 7 2013: Reconnecting with the natural world around us
Download: earthgauge-podcast-march7-2013.mp3 Ever wondered where your water comes from and where your wastewater goes? How much garbage do we produce in Ottawa and where does it go? What did the…
Arkansas: Crossing the line of decency
Arkansas has finally gone too far when it comes to women. Really. This is a new forward advance in the war against women and it’s awful. And it’s on abortion.…
A proud Canadian
RIP Stompin’ Tom Connors This commercial was filmed entirely in Port Dover, Ontario in 1989 or 1990. I happened to be a young reporter at the Port Dover Maple Leaf…
Economic Reality
#nogrowth #cdnecon – let me reiterate – for the foreseeable future with no more than a relative 2% forever Even if one were a true believer worshipping daily at the…
Mainstream headlines demonize Quebec student protesters (again!)
(video – 5 mars 2013, Montréal. Ostie d’grosse manif de soir contre la hausse éternelle from Mario Jean on Vimeo.) Tuesday, March 5, 2013, marked the rebirth of Montreal nocturnal…
Halifax rapper Kyle McKenna takes it to Harper with ‘What Up Steve’
Halifax rapper Kyle McKenna, calls out Stephen Harper in the video “What Up Steve.” Among a number of moves by the Harper government that come in for just criticism in…
If only Christy Clark had left sooner …
Today’s call by Gordon Campbell’s former Chief of Staff Martyn Brown for Christy Clark to resign in order for the Liberals to rebuild raises an interesting question: how much difference…
While we mine for gold, others strive for justice.
Canadians vie for it, want it, and when they play hockey, they demand it. Gold. For most Canadians it’s a medal they would like to see hanging around Sidney Crosby’s…
Guest Blog from Chris Watson: “If You Can’t Buy, I Can’t Sell”
The following guest post was written by Chris Watson, legislative liaison for CUPE Ontario based in Toronto: In stark contrast to the austerity budget strategy of Don Drummond, Dalton McGuinty…
The Unraveling
I’ve been talking a lot about how Canada’s own economic crisis isn’t going to be sudden but rather a gradual decline, each year getting worse from now on. The reason…
WEB Founder Tyler Sturrup Pleads Guilty to Murder
Back in October 2012 Tyler Sturrup was reported to be drafting a charter challenge, the basis of which remains unknown. As such this comes as a bit of a surprise:…
Free choice in communications? (Competition Tribunal says no)
To my surprise and dismay, the Competition Tribunal has approved Bell Canada’s takeover of most of Astral Media’s assets. This comes some time after a similar buyout attempt was rejected.…
Spin Alert: John Yap out of Cabinet and Under the Bus, What about Bloy? (Updated)
Spin alert! In the quiet part of the legislative day before question period called Statements by Members, normally reserved for constituency updates, Premier Christy Clark rose and announced that Minister…
Dutch Disease is Dead … Long Live Dutch Disease!!!
In the hyper-polarized context of Canadian energy policy debates, even suggesting that there might be a downside to the untrammeled energy boom centred in northern Alberta is enough to get…
Harper’s time has finally come. . . .
Something has happened to the Harper government over the past few weeks and it must be deeply upsetting to those few caucus members who are not infected with the blind…
Purim hoax: Rolling Stones ‘Israel performance’ story reported as real news by a few pundits
Mondoweiss has a post about a prank story that ran in the Jewish Press over the Purim holiday. Under the headline – “Defying Boycotts, Jagger, Stones, to Honor Israel’s 65th…