Speaking of Boiled Frogs, Here’s Paul Beckwith
Just in case you’re not familiar with the blog, PostArctica, there you’ll find a piece written by Paul Beckwith, a climate scientist at the University of Ottawa. Paul has just…
The Ad the CBC Refuses To Air
Are they right or wrong? You decide. You can read the full story here. Recommend this Post
It’s 12 O’Clock, Have You Boycotted IKEA Yet Today?
$3.85 billion in profit is just not enough. Union busting and global greed now! Gratitude, then and now. It used to include a t-shirt and more, for all employees around…
FAMADIHANA
Conceived and created by Devin McDermott and Ethan Folk. Movement created and performed by Devin McDermott. Filmed and edited by Ethan Folk. Score: Rolled Together – The Antlers Many, many…
‘Salmon Farming Kills’ campaign ruled defamation on appeal
The BC Court of Appeal came down today in favour of Norwegian-owned aquaculture giant Mainstream-Cermaq in the matter of a controversial campaign targeting the industry. British activist Don Staniford, who…
Report finds that the best way to manage strong networks is to relax Big Telecom’s grip
Independent research company BuddleComm has released a new report (sadly it’s expensive; if I were you I’d just read Phillip Dampier’s summary here) that looks at the best ways to…
Tim Hortons blocks customers’ WiFi access to gay and lesbian website
Last week, Canadian coffee titan Tim Hortons blocked the website of popular gay and lesbian newspaper Xtra from its public WiFi network. The post Tim Hortons blocks customers’ WiFi access…
Liberals set BC Hydro on path to privatization
It’s rather like a pregnancy – you can only keep it a secret for so long. Thus it is with BC Hydro’s bankruptcy. We recently learned that BC Hydro spends…
Canada’s Boiling Frog Government
I’ve said it before but Gwynne Dyer seems to say it better so, here goes: If you drop a frog in a pot of boiling water, so they say, it…
We should talk about CETA. But we won’t.
What a capital idea! (Pun fully intended.) Critics of the free trade talks with Europe are urging provinces to ensure any negotiated deal gets a full public airing before it…
Hydro-Quebec to seek clarity on contract rights #nlpoli
From Hydro-Quebec: MONTREAL, July 22, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ – Hydro-Québec is filing a motion today with the Québec Superior Court to obtain a declaratory judgment. The company is asking the…
The Anti-Harper Ad The CBC Doesn’t Dare Run
It may seem hard to believe, but in a country where the government keeps an Enemy List, and rules by fear, the CBC has decided to muzzle itself. Read more…
PEI Liberal MLA blocks contituents on Twitter
Are you a reproductive rights advocate/activist/concerned citizen on PEI? Heck, are you simply a vocal concerned citizen in Canada? Have you checked lately to see if your MLA has blocked…
Of Royal Births, Past and Present.
I can imagine the lockdown in place for the birth of the next future heir to the British throne. It must be miserable for journalists trying to be the first…
She Didn’t Deserve a Pardon. Dubai Owed Her an Apology.
Norwegian Marte Deborah Dalelv won’t be going to jail in Dubai for the crime of being raped. Of course to those twisted bastards in Dubai the actual crime was having…
Tyee Poll: Is the price you pay for cellphone service fair and reasonable?
The debate about the state of Canada’s wireless market is heating up, as recent independent reports confirm that Canadians pay some of the highest prices in the world for cellphone…
Oil On The Tracks: The Crude-by-Rail Boom By the Numbers
The tragic oil train explosion earlier this month in Lac-Megantic, Quebec has focused a spotlight on the growing role of rail in the transportation of North American crude. But even…
When Extending Life Becomes Prolonging Death
There was an item recently in the Vancouver Sun about how a lot of the current crop of young people will live 100-years or longer. Wow, one hundred years. If…
Check out our volunteers at Simon Fraser University’s OpenMedia.ca’s campus club
How awesome are our volunteers at BC’s Simon Fraser University OpenMedia.ca campus club? We also have a campus club at McGill University in Montreal. If you’d like to be a…