Knowing Whales
The huge body of the dead humpback whale lay silently on the beach at White Rock, BC, as if it had chosen this spacious stretch of sand as a conspicuous…
LinkedIn is as confused about what I do as everyone else
Often when I meet people, they ask me what I do. The challenge is, there is no easy answer to that question. I advise companies and non-profits on strategy, I…
Jason Collins’ ex-fiancée says gay announcement is “a lot to process” (VIDEO)
On Monday, NBA player Jason Collins announced he’s gay. Carolyn Moos, a former WNBA player who dated him for 8 years, tells CNN’s Piers Morgan the announcement is “a lot…
Treasury Board takes Crown corporations from arm’s length to short and curly length
To hear Pierre Poilievre howl about the Conservative government’s plans to put a Treasury Board negotiator at the bargaining table of Canada’s Crown corporations you’d think that the places were…
5941…"Baird Is A Buffoon"
That is not the WFDS saying that our foreign minister John Baird, ex of Bell High School, is a buffoon. No. It is Sri Lanka’s national newspaper, The Daily News.…
Upcoming events! A Busy Spring Saturday
Now that the weather FINALLY seems to be getting nicer, the residents of the Finishing School are looking to spend as much time outside as possible. This Saturday offers a…
Calling all Canadian innovators and entrepreneurs to speak out about our broken cell phone market
Are you part of a business that will be negatively affected by rising telecom costs? Are you an innovator or entrepreneur that relies on open and affordable Internet access to…
5940…Bob Rae Has Early Signs Of Dementia
It is sad when these things happen. Sad. WFDS
5939…8500 $ Tweet
leroy butler ✔ @leap36 Congrats to Jason Collins 4:20 PM – 29 Apr 2013 Yeppers. That would be Leroy Butler, number 36 in your program for the Green Bay Packers,…
UN Report Highlights Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada, Says Human Rights Watch
Opportunity for Action to End Violence Against Indigenous Women, Girls By: Human Rights Watch | Press Release: (Edited by Obert Madondo) TORONTO, April 30, 2013 – The United Nations Human…
Attention BC Liberals: Space for Rent
In regards to this… First of all, to the genius publishers of 24 Hours, nicely done. I know you’ve got a business to run, but all you’ve done is to…
Search and Rescue personnel deserve applause, says Union
By: Union of Canadian Transportation Employees | Press Release: OTTAWA, May 1, 2013 – The Union that represents Search and Rescue specialists with the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) is not…
Abstaining above our weight
Canada won’t run for UN Security Council seat in 2014 Canada will focus on other priorities rather than mount a fresh campaign for a spot on the United Nations Security…
Happiness: Buddha’s Wisdom
Lately I don’t feel like watching news as they are too depressing – wars, murders, famine, natural disasters, frauds, and so on. I thought I will share, with my readers,…
Mike McKay Will Go Away – He Has Done His Handy Work!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The ham fisted push-back against the Cowichan School Board was a hand misplayed on many levels. Mike McKay, armed with a mandate to scare the…
Why Beekeeping in Cities May Be the Wave of the Future
Seems the Eureopean Community members have voted to ban certain pesticides because they are implicated in the striking bee die-off the world has seen in recent years. Bully for them!…
Stay of prosecution only proper to stop continuing or future abuse
Antorisa Investments Ltd. v. Vaughan (City), 2013 ONCA 287 provides: The issue, however, was whether a stay of proceedings was the only remedy to address that abuse in accordance with…
5938…Go To Church Everyday
Until the Leafs are eliminated. This comes from a church in Brampton. For those of you who do not know where or what Brampton is, well, it ain’t Toronto but…
Telewarrants not to be granted merely as a convenience
R. v. Lao, 2013 ONCA 285 holds: It will be recalled that s. 487.1 of the Criminal Code permits an application for a search warrant application to be made by…