Barry Shell, one of OpenMedia.ca’s Allies, sent us this and we wanted to share it with the broader community. I just got the following letter from my friend and technology…
A natural gas drilling rig near Fort St. John, BC (image: Damien Gillis/Fractured Land) An opportunity for the East Van community and beyond to learn the latest details and share…
Hello, A leading Canadian innovator, Phillip Djwa, was recently interviewed by global news to demand more choice and innovative opportunity for Canadians. Canada needs to open its wireless networks if…
On Tuesday, the Polish Government – host of the UNFCCC COP19 international climate negotiations – announced twelve corporate partners of the conference. While the Polish Environment Ministry suggests, “The products…
Response to David Wiley (his post) > Which initiatives that use “open” properly would you suggest the whole world read about instead of the Fauxpen Education Alliance? I don’t want…
For the past six years, lobbyists in Washington have made a killing shilling either for or against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. And with no clear end in sight,…
Reblogged from Real-World Economics Review Blog: from Dean Baker Many economists and business writers view the duration and severity of the downturn as being a mystery. They argue that it…
Jai Inder Singh Sandhu et al. v., 2013 MBCA 82 : While it is trite to say that a finding of fact made in the absence of any supportive evidence…
In 2011, the Greater Victoria Teachers’ Association filed a grievance because five women who had contracts with the School Board were denied their maternity benefits. We went to an arbitration…
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While much of the attention surrounding Russia’s “homosexual propaganda” law has been about whether there should be a boycott of the Sochi Olympics, the saga has continued to ripple outward…
Just when I was saying that we should blog about less, here comes General Leslie with his sexy announcement. Let the riding speculation begin! My guess, Ottawa-Orleans. Strong military community…
Pere Ubu’s, that is. Been listening to them since I was 15 years old (which, if you are familiar with their oeuvre, should tell you plenty about how truly odd…
When Europe sank into depression in the 1930s, politics polarized. The far right became more appealing to some, the far left to others. One reassured people by harking back to…
China is coal’s last great hope – but even that may be changing by Jonathan Fahey NEW YORK – The future of coal is getting darker. Economic forces, pollution concerns…
That’s the big news, front page story for today. Boy, I’ll bet no other city in the world can offer that that service. And, at that, it’s a modest claim.…
Every month, Statistics Canada comes out with the unemployment rate, and every month it gets a lot of attention. But the unemployment rate provides quite limited information about the actual…
The United States saw an increase of 30 per cent in suicides among middle-aged Americans from 1999 to 2010. More Americans now die from suicide than from automobile accidents with…
Here. It’s kind of boring, so suggestions about how to make it more useful to you guys would be gratefully accepted. If nothing else, it’s an offset to what a…
