Pigs & Sheep
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…
Mediacaster: Structural separation removed from Shaw’s license conditions
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…
Potato, potato: legislative names version #nlvotes #nlpoli
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…
"Haynesville" Shale Gas Industry Documentary Exposed on AlterNet
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. ...
What happened to What happened to Khaled Samy Abdallah Ismail??
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…
In the Words of Our Forefathers
In light of the up-coming elections in Manitoba, the BiPole III transmission line is back on the debating table. Of course, sticking to a decision that supports a small Aboriginal…
Fake Fiscal Emergencies
Our institutions are broke. It's time we followed a true doctrine of capitalism and let them all go under and deal with the mess instead of handing over more cash…
NDP will lose ground in Quebec under Topp and gain under Mulcair – Angus-Reid poll
Some very bad news for the NDP in the latest Angus-Reid poll. That sound you hear in the background is the clucking of the chickens coming home to roost:Most Canadian…
UK’s National Health Service Misrepresents Autism
The DSM-5 is formalizing a shell game which has seen Asperger`s substituted for Autism in the mainstream media for many years. The most recent media example comes courtesy of the…
No freedom of assembly in Harperica
Dawg had a timely post yesterday on the scandalous conduct of the NYPD during the Occupy Wall Street protests.To that, add this "long line of Canadians being arrested for protecting…
Is Capitalism Preparing to Bury Itself?
Where is Henry Ford when you need him? You may remember Henry — the ruthless industrialist who nonetheless refused to be hobbled by suicidal ideology when it came to doing…
Dany Morin previews his fall
Continuing with my roundup of gay and lesbian MPs at the start of the fall sitting, I spoke to Dany Morin late last week. Q: How did you spend your…
Either Andrea Horwath and the ONDP can’t do math, or they are misleading Ontario students
http://www.scribd.com/doc/66393202/Open-Letter Greg Sorbara writes an open letter to the CFS over Andrea Horwath's fuzzy math in the ONDP platform in regards to post-secondary education funding
Ice Delay Possible at Dave Barr Arena
Installation of ice at the newly renovated Dave Barr Community Centre may be delayed until October 27, a few weeks beyond the originally scheduled Oct. 11 date. Improvements to the…
Ice Delay Possible at Dave Barr Arena
Installation of ice at the newly renovated Dave Barr Community Centre may be delayed until October 27, a few weeks beyond the originally scheduled Oct. 11 date. Improvements to the…
Ice Delay Possible at Dave Barr Arena
Installation of ice at the newly renovated Dave Barr Community Centre may be delayed until October 27, a few weeks beyond the originally scheduled Oct. 11 date. Improvements to the…
Ice Delay Possible at Dave Barr Arena
Installation of ice at the newly renovated Dave Barr Community Centre may be delayed until October 27, a few weeks beyond the originally scheduled Oct. 11 date. Improvements to the…
Saudi women will gain right to vote… sort of… later…
But, of course, they’ll have to be driven to the polling stations. Saudi King Abdullah announced on the weekend that Saudi women will be allowed to take part – vote…
Just Say No – It’s Time For Canada To Wean Itself Off Its Addiction to Tar Sands Crude
This hour protestors are gathering on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, to show their opposition to the Alberta tar sands, and specifically the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline that could be built…
Parking taxes and road tolls: the politics of misdirection
I have an important announcement for all political parties – not every comment made by every individual opposition candidate can or should be used as a stand-in for opposition policy…