A Canadian Federation of Independent Business technician puts the finishing touches on today’s “report” on retirement savings. (Photo grabbed from AstroTurf.com) Actual CFIB operatives may not appear exactly as illustrated.…
After missing since Monday, 39-year-old Christopher Peloso, the husband of former Toronto Centre Liberal MPP George Smitherman, was located today by police, dirty and disheveled in the Lansdowne Ave. and…
Pickering area protest sign (Flickr image courtesy of jbcurio) Residents opposing the Pickering airport have come to expect the unexpected. In their 40-plus years of struggle against a development many…
In this talk hosted by Democracy Now, Noam Chomsky raises a number of key points with respect to the U.S. government’s approach to Syria and Iran. He also addresses the…
H/T: Susan H
Change is inevitable. That was one of the first lessons taught to me when I went to Planning School at Ryerson University in the early 1990s. It was a pretty…
WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s Métis federation is appealing an environmental licence granted for the construction of a controversial $3-billion hydro line. President David Chartrand said the federation has formally registered an…
At the 50-minute mark: “one of the best gems of the era” – Sam calls it a “world-wide anthem of another life”!
Today has been a blogging day where I seem to be writing little of my own thoughts but mainly linking to other sites. And I can’t think of a single…
Hello, Big telecom is bad for business! 35 leading innovators have sent a letter to Industry Minister, James Moore, asking him to stop restricting Canadian economic innovation by coddling the…
(A guest post by blogger Ben Klass – you can read more from Ben at http://benklass.wordpress.com) No one knows how vital mobile phones are more than Winnipegger Garrett Kolsun, who…
It’s so great to see decision-makers speaking out for authentic choice in our broken telecom market. Thank you to Elizabeth May for spreading the word about our Innovators’ Campaign. Learn…
Toby Sanger has a post up at The Progressive Economics Forum discussing the effects of changes the Harper government made to the census. Specifically, the Conservatives eliminated the mandatory census…
Travis Baumgartner was sentenced today. He was sentenced to the equivalent of “40 years to life” for a bloody robbery that left three dead. Previously, the standard sentence that Baumgartner…
VANCOUVER – The number of humpback whales on the northern coast of British Columbia nearly doubled in eight years, but possible oil spills could seriously hamper recovery efforts involving the…
Perhaps you think that I’m being somewhat Pollyanna about the issue of corporate feudalism and its rise in both Canada and the US. I’m not kidding. This is possibly the…
Former law professor and Senator Elizabeth Warren isn’t pulling any punches when she speaks of America’s highest court: Look at the increasing corporate capture of the federal courts. According to…
Adrian Dix may be mulling stepping down as BC NDP leader (photo: Jonathan Hayward/CP) Read this story from CBC on the BC NDP’s upcoming caucus meeting to discuss the future…
Conservative Party lawyer directed robocall questions during investigation: documentsOTTAWA – The Conservative Party lawyer who attended interviews related to the May 2011 robocalls investigation at times spoke for witnesses and…
