Nova Scotia 1867
I originally did this article in May 2013. I may update it at a later date. Nova Scotia held its first general election as a province of the new country…
A Culture Of Entitlement
Following the news that Pamela Wallin has resigned from the Conservative caucus, Andrew Coyne takes a hard look at the Mike Duffy fiasco: So Duffy’s behaviour is not the issue.…
Little Dorrit: BBC Drama
We just finished watching the 14-part BBC series of Little Dorrit. As usual with most BBC series, it was superbly cast, acted, paced and filmed. Each episode was a mere…
Saturday At The Movies
The first music video made in space, posted earlier this week, stars Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield:
Rob Ford and the Incredible Exploding Cons
Wherever you went in Toronto today you couldn't get away from Rob Ford.Everybody was talking about him eh? Wondering whether he's a crack head, or just plain crazy.So I wasn't…
Senate’s Internal Economy Board Removed Damning Findings From Sen. Duffy’s Audit Report Before It Was Tabled In The Senate
The Conservative Senate Crisis continues unabated …. “The Senate’s internal economy committee sanitized the original audit of Sen. Mike Duffy’s expenses to remove damning findings, documents obtained by CTV News…
6012…Mulcair Is Truly A Montreal Pol
He got offered a bribe. He didn’t take it. He also waited 17 years to tell anybody about it. That’s what it said in The Globe and Mail yesterday. Things…
6011…Another One Out: Pam Wallin Good Bye
“Prime Minister Stephen Harper forced Sen. Pamela Wallin out of the Conservative caucus after learning the preliminary findings of an audit looking into her travel expenses, a source has told…
Stephen Harper’s 1st By-Election Loss
There have been 21 federal by-elections since Stephen Harper became Prime Minister of Canada.* Of those 21, the Conservatives held 4 (Labrador, Durham, Calgary Centre and Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette.) Of those…
Wallin Walks Cap’n Harper’s Plank
Earlier today, Harper-appointed senator Pam Wallin purported to “recuse” herself from the Conservative caucus pending the outcome of a forensic audit into her expenses. Nice try, Pam. According to CTV,…
Musical interlude
Damien S – Stars Collide (Timothy Allan Remix)
Citizens come together to Reimagine Copyright with FreshMedia
Copyright affects us all – artists, musicians, journalists, and anyone who enjoys sharing Facebook posts or YouTube videos with their friends. That was the clear message from last night’s Remix…
Conservative Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: New York news blog Gawker yesterday revealed the existence of a video showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine. The video was…
Maryland court dismisses civil suit against Sovereign Grace Ministries
via: Spiritual Sounding Board
Three Factors explain Declining Reliability of Election Polls
(1)Growing voter volatility means, other things equal, there is a greater margin of error; (2)lower turnout means you have to determine whether voters surveyed intend to vote; and (3) changing…
Pipelines and Politics
If the election of the Liberals leads to a doubling of the Kinder Morgan line, and maybe even the building of the Northern gateway, and Andrew Weaver is leading the…
Friday night blues blogging
This is Rory Gallagher playing solo on Too Much Alcohol. And this is Ray Wylie Hubbard appearing on Letterman performing Mother Blues. Son Seals was a professional musician at 13…
Techvibes: Telus Wants to Buy Mobilicity Immediately for $380 Million
We’re working hard to make sure your voices are heard on the proposed Telus takeover of Mobilicity, one of our largest independent cell phone providers, as demonstrated in this article.…
Mayor Ford will survive the crack scandal
The most recent scandal to touch Toronto's mayor, Rob Ford, involves allegations he smokes crack cocaine. Now, the allegations come second hand in the Toronto Star, and while the Star…
Bean Leaves, Bedbugs and Biomimicry
Scientists often come up with new discoveries, technologies or theories. But sometimes they rediscover what our ancestors already knew. A couple of recent findings show we have a lot to…