You really can’t fight City Hall – Charlottetown, PEI
What if this is as good as it gets when dealing with City Hall? There is a rezoning application happening on your street. You didn’t know about it. Why? You…
New Faces, New Puppets
Vic Toews resigned from the Harper cabinet — and politics — yesterday. His is the latest departure from Team Harper, as the prime minister tries to put a new face…
Renoir’s The Festival of Slorg
Many art historians believe this to be the famous painting, Luncheon of the Boating Party (Le déjeuner des canotiers) by the French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, painted in 1881. They are…
Twitter And The News
I can’t believe people actually study twitter for a living. That’s like deconstructing a hallmark card. But whatever: July 5, 2013 — News agencies continue to have an edge over…
“China is already so yesterday” #nlpoli
Memorial University’s dean of graduate studies wasn’t so keen on China as a source of students in February 2011. In a post on her blog Postcards from the edge, Noreen…
The Seasons Test: Are People Too Stupid for Democracy to be Viable?
Last week, an interesting story flashed around the world’s media: in pretty much every country, men are much more knowledgeable about politics than women. Now, you might think that journalists…
News from parties not named PC or Wildrose
TweetWith Alberta’s daily political scene dominated by the loud and partisan voices of the governing Progressive Conservatives and the official opposition Wildrose, it has become easy to miss what is…
Legoland stupid
Hey, I’m back.And noticing that government doesn’t have a monopoly on the stupid — here’s one from Toronto’s Legoland — they wouldn’t let a man and his daughter in because…
6223…USA Is No The Fattest Of All
It has lost its blubbery title to its neighbour to the south, Mexico. According to a new survey by the United Nations, revealed by QMI, “…approximately 70% of Mexico’s adult…
Environment Minister Peter Kent embraces his imminent demotion from Conservative cabinet
by: Obert Madondo | Twitter: @Obiemad: Environment Minister Peter Kent. (Photo: Environment Canada) It’s a preemptive strike of sorts. Environment Minister Peter Kent knows he’ll be a backbencher after PM…
Forced Feeding At Guantanimo
I really questioned whether I should put the following video on my blog, so graphic is it in its depiction of the forced feeding that 40 of the detainees in…
Freegan and Garden combined
Freegan and Garden combined Originally uploaded by computer_saskboy #Freegan & #Garden combined into supper (+ bonus dandelion eating) Bye social norms. 3D = Dumpster Dirt Dandelion
Leadership
So today, Toronto got more than 90 mm of rain in a couple of hours and low-lying areas of the city, including major highways and rail links were flooded. Subway…
Leadership
So today, Toronto got more than 90 mm of rain in a couple of hours and low-lying areas of the city, including major highways and rail links were flooded. Subway…
Leadership
So today, Toronto got more than 90 mm of rain in a couple of hours and low-lying areas of the city, including major highways and rail links were flooded. Subway…
The Reserve Paradox, Part Two: Telling A New Story
Aboriginal people in Canada today suffer from much higher rates of poverty, illness, dysfunction and incarceration than non-Native Canadians. Many non-Native Canadians believe that this is due to the Indian…
Medical Records Rant: Update
So, as I know you are sitting on the edge of your seat wondering “what has cenobyte done? What’s going on with her medical records?”, I thought I’d update you.…
Elderly Man Saved From Fireball By His Little Dog in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec
Amidst all of the terrible news from that train explosion that devastated large parts of the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic, a happier story. Paul Leclerc, 83, describes on Sunday, July…
Vic Toews has Resigned
I just donated to the Liberal Party of Canada in Provencher in celebration of Vic Toews resigning. Donate now and help the Liverals win the upcoming by-election! https://action.liberal.ca/en/donate/Riding/46008
Vic Toews has Resigned
I just donated to the Liberal Party of Canada in Provencher in celebration of Vic Toews resigning. Donate now and help the Liverals win the upcoming by-election! https://action.liberal.ca/en/donate/Riding/46008