Ontario’s Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne has announced that five by-elections will be held on August 1st, ostensibly to replace five retiring Liberal MPPs. I’ve already covered the “big three,” that…
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Thursday August 1st is when there will be 5 by elections in Ontario. If form was to hold the official opposition, Tim Hudak’s Progressive Conservatives, should take all the seats.…
Last night as I was wrapping up my day, I took one last glance at my email and I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was our public interest lawyer notifying…
In 70 plus years of the communist eastern bloc, elites exercised tight control of communications. Pravda and Izvestia were mouthpieces of USSR state agencies and censorship was pervasive, including control…
It is sad. Egyptians should have given democracy a chance.
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My dear friend, Watawa Life blogger Robin Kelsey, died on July 2, 2013 at the age of 64. Robin was a photographer, a writer, a biker, an introvert, a lover…
The New York Times reports that Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has been ousted by the country’s military. Egypt’s military moved forcefully to seize power from President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday,…
The denialist community is having a field day sowing doubt over global warming as it was once understood while ignoring that the narrative they cling to has been overtaken by…
Indonesia Muslim Rally It’s been almost 20 years since the Rwandan genocide. We were too stupid, callous, or indifferent to stop it, and Senator Dallaire has more than a few…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger As we enter the lazy hazy days of summer the BC Legislators are huddled in the Pointy Buildings at the foot of Douglas Street. Cowichan NDP MLA…
Wayne Wettlaufer (yes, that is his real name), the pride of Kitchener-Centre. Somewhere, as we all shake our heads in wonderment, Leslie Noble is kicking a hole in a wall…
During the run-up to the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, Republican candidate Mitt Romney ran ads and the party adopted as a platform the “war on coal” being waged by President…
The hope that the Arab Spring gave to tens of millions of people throughout the Middle East is being revived in Egypt. The Morsi defiance of the Egyptian army has…
Ontario PC MPP (and aspiring leader) Lisa MacLeod called elections an affront to democracy. Also, acting leader Tim Hudak’s job is safe even if they fail to win a single…
The first decade of this millennium was marked by unprecedented climate extremes. That according to a report from the World Meteorological Organization. The World Meteorological Organization says the planet “experienced…
