Grey and Bruce Counties pocket of available nursing home beds
The right care at the right place at the right time. It’s a reasonable goal for the health system, but frequently Ontarians are faced with difficult decisions because they can…
How Will Harper Handle Hadfield?
There’s nothing Steve Harper likes better than to bask in the glory of a celebrity. He gets his nose so far up their bums that sometimes you wonder how they’ll…
America’s First Climate Refugees
The Guardian news outlet is running a series this week on the small Alaskan town of Newtok that is slowly being wiped off the map as the waters rise around…
Some Monday Photos from the Jardin botanique
The more I think about the plan to charge high fees to visit Montreal’s Jardin botanique, the more annoyed I get. When we first came here eons ago, it was…
Vancouver Vaisakhi 2013
The LPCBC team was at the Vancouver Vaisakhi Parade in Vancouver South!
I admire Tim Hudak
I knew that little headline would get your attention! And it’s true. Being the guy (currently) most likely to become Premier if (theoretically) there is an election, Hudak could have…
Weather Vane Politics and the Winds of Change in the BC Election
“It doesn’t take a weather vane to see which way the wind is blowing.”
Ontario 1867
I originally did this article in May 2013. I may update it at a later date. The province of Ontario (previously Canada West, and before that Upper Canada) held its…
Telus refuse to comment on Mobilicity acquisition reports
Telus are refusing to comment on reports that it is in talks to acquire independent provider Mobilicity. This would mean that the already dismal state of competition in our cell…
5986…D Day In Labrador
Note to Peter Penashue: In retrospect dya think that resigning was a good idea? Something to think about when the results start pouring in and you get crushed by Yvonne…
May 13: What’s a tout?
Important question…but, first, lets look at a story the editorial elves at the Moncton TandT didn’t notice. An American government air-testing station, one that sets the standard for the world,…
Chris Hadfield: making Canada cool again
As if to remind the world that we’re not all Stephen Harper shaming us all singing John Lennon’s Imagine without our PM getting it that he is the anti-Lennon. Hadfield…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, May 13, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, May 13, 2013: “Copyright troll Righthaven finally, completely dead” RCMP confirms it’s looking into Senate expense claims…
5985…Peter Worthington Passes
This is a man who made lemons out of lemonade. When the broadsheet The Toronto Telegram bit the dust in 1970 Peter Worthington helped found The Toronto Sun which quickly…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Michael Harris tears into the Cons for their latest set of Senate abuses: It is time once more to throw up on your…
Wraparound cat
Filed under: art Tagged: art, Cat, illustration
On Solidarity and Presence
Late last month I wrote a post entitled More On The Online Community Experience, a followup to an earlier one in which I discussed the importance I place on the…
Buying ink by the barrel
Everyone knows Mark Twain’s famous maxim: “Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.” In Paul Godfrey’s case, it is actually true: he does buy ink…