Saturday Photo: Harvest Time
The Jean Talon Market was full of tomatoes and people this afternoon. As the harvest comes in, the outdoor market attracts hundreds who buying cases of tomatoes for making sauce,…
The Ad Campaign that Will Finish off the Keystone Pipeline
Well as you know, Stephen Harper is trying to convince Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, by claiming he's serious about reducing green house gas emissions. And as you…
Fraser Institute rakes in foreign funding
Read this Aug. 30 story from The Vancouver Observer on the $4.3 million in foreign funding accepted since 2000 by BC’s right-wing think tank, The Fraser Institute. Unlike environmental groups,…
Canada’s Far Right Next Attack On Nenshi
It’s no big secret that the Conservative power base in Calgary was profoundly pissed off when Naheed Nenshi won the Mayoral race in 2010. The amount of vitriol seen in…
Thomas Mulcair’s NDP: Butting Heads against a Brick Wall
Consider for a moment two facts. One, the NDP is sinking in the polls, with the tide that started ebbing with Layton’s passing still receding from the distant shoreline of…
U.S. Congress wavering on Syria
Obama: No boots on the ground. Any chance that the U.S. Congress will pass a resolution for a strike on Syria. It looks quite grim for Obama.
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Blacklocks reports (PDF) on the abuse of a corporate tax credit which served as an “open bar” allowing businesses to have the…
I’m shocked, SHOCKED!
“Y-O-U-N-G at UBC, we like ’em young, Y is for your sister, O is for oh so tight, U is for underage, N is for no consent, G is for…
The Tyee: Will Big Telecom return to dealing with Canadian cell phone users "as blue whales deal with krill"?
This one made us smile – Big Telecom’s ad impact “blunted by the fact that they were delivered from high atop Loot ‘n Pillage Mountain, an Everest of gold dubloons…
While We’re Focused on Chemical Warfare
It’s interesting how selective the United States can be about weapons of mass destruction given that the U.S. continues to be responsible for widespread death and destruction from its own…
On the On-Going, Never-Ending Regional Bike/Car Conflict
On Friday, I had a conversation in class about cyclists being hit so much in the region because of our culture around cycling here relative to other cities, and then…
Crowded Stadium in Moscow -:)
OPEN SEATS: Spectators attended the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) World Championships in Athletics at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Sunday. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)WSJ.
Valdimir Putin at G-20 Photo-op
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, center, shrugged as he walked by U.S. President Barack Obama to take his place at a group photo of G-20 leaders outside the Konstantin…
Stevie Wonder Interviewed by Rev. Al Sharpton
Last night I watched a program “Advancing The Dream” (celebrating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s speech “I have a Dream”) hosted by Rev. Al Sharpton. He had numerous…
A True Gateway Drug
For those who believe in the virtues of unfettered capitalism, you might want to read up on how teens and pre-teens are now ingesting nicotine, many for the first time,…
my why we still need feminism post
Online news is filled with stories about the rape chant from Saint Mary’s University and while there’s been backlash about it now somehow the students at that university have been…
The progressive left is just an urban legend.
Toronto Council’s left wing councillors love to show off their power. And Mayor Rob Ford could not be a better foil for them. The only problem is that Toronto ends…
Canada’s Sonny Corleone
Scott Reid writes in The Ottawa Citizen that the Senate scandal has forced Stephen Harper to give the Prime Minister’s Office a makeover. But that makeover isn’t merely cosmetic: But…