Columnist says Conservatives are asking the CBC to explain why it is fighting the access-to-information law in the courts, part of increased scrutiny of the public broadcaster's spending and practices…
“If it matters, measure it.” – Stephen Harper, speaking of the funding of maternal health projects announced on September 20, 2011, with regards to the need to implement international commitments.“If…
CBC will introduce new radio and internet services in Kitchener-Waterloo and London, Ont., and expanded weekend news programming for Edmonton, Ottawa, the Maritimes and St. John’s.
If you are a member of Le Bon Mot Book Club, I think less of you! Instead of scratching our heads wondering what kind of avaricious, bottom feeding, social pariah…
Some believe that businesses should pay no taxes and HST serves part of that purpose. A remaining aim of business is to pay no income tax but, because ruling parties…
With Keystone XL Pipeline protests happening on the lawn, and a morning of debating the extension of the mission to Libya, the House moved on to its usual afternoon course…
Geothermal power is yet another proven sustainable source of energy, indeed Iceland’s geothermal production accounts for 99% of their energy production. Researchers in Canada have concluded that there is enough…
“Ensconced” — I love that word. But in this case… As much as I might roll my eyes at the feverish fear and loathing Harper provokes in some of the…
So the NDP wants the RCMP to investigate Tony Clement for his obvious influence peddling on the G20 file.And while they are wishing for that why don't they wish for…
Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty said Ontario functions in large part because women balance their careers and family life.You can view this story at: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/provincialelection/article/1059889--women-key-to-ontario-s-...
Given the events on Parliament Hill this afternoon, I thought I would pitch in 2-Cents or so.To me, the best/only way to "green" the tar-sands is to sell any oil…
Why do some teenage boys wear ball caps with the stickers still on the brim? Anyone? Is it a gang thing? Just wondering… Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Needless to say, it's a plus to see the NDP's leadership contenders making sure to run a campaign that fit with a message of love, hope and optimism. But a…
To Tony Clement and the rest of the Cons: Yes, it may be tempting to count on your own government's refusal to provide meaningful information in response to access requests…
To mark today’s re-issue of Pink Floyd’s catalog (apparently following a complex legal argument over distribution rights), EMI Music reconstructed the iconic cover of the band’s 1977 “Animals”album with an…
From Mediacaster Magazine Shaw Communications has been given the go-ahead to merge its satellite and cable operations. In a decision released this week, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved…
The Telegram editorialist notes: You have to like the title given to the new Conservative omnibus crime legislation by its authors. They went with the lovely title “The Safe Streets…
Greg Kallenberg.jpeg This weekend, AlterNet published a long investigative piece that I wrote on a documentary that has made the rounds at film festivals and conferences around the country. ...
Wikileaks has uncovered a mystery worthy of a Hitchcock film, involving a Canadian, the infamous Bagram prison, schizophrenia and the disappearance of a man into thin air. Khaled Samy Abdallah…
