Diary of a Film Festival Virgin, Part 1
I have a confession to make. I was born and raised in Toronto, lived half my life there, I am a huge movie fan... and yet, up until this year…
Diary of a Film Festival Virgin, Part 1
I have a confession to make. I was born and raised in Toronto, lived half my life there, I am a huge movie fan… and yet, up until this year…
second-ballot math: alberta tory caucus splits between redford, mar, horner.
The three candidates eliminated on the first-ballot vote to choose the next leader of Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives have all announced their support for front-runner Gary Mar. Carrying 40% of the…
A Deal Is A Deal: BC Will Have to Repay Federal HST Money
Jim Flaherty expects British Columbia to repay the $1.6 Billion it received from the federal government as part of its HST tax rollout. Here’s something I don’t say very often:…
What Passes for Autism Research?
A new "study" informs us that persons with Asperger's Disorder and High Functioning Autism are more likely to be atheists. How does that help us understand the biological basis for…
Social Security, Full Tilt Poker, has ‘Ponzi Scheme’ ceased to have any meaning?
First there was GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry further popularizing the notion that Social Security was a ponzi scheme, now we have the US DOJ claiming that the shenanigans at…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Flattened cats.
BREAKING. Fox News North quotes Margaret Atwood: "Liberries cause cancer"
Well, not the real Sun News Network. But 22 Minutes' Geri Hall does a bang-on impression of a Krista Erickson Fox News North type host 'quizzing' Margaret Atwood. It goes…
Next City Cafe at Alpha Soul
Spacing Ottawa has organized a really interesting line-up of speakers for tomorrow's Next City Cafe at Alpha Soul. The topic is "Everyday Cycling" and features Colin Simpson from the city,…
"Thanks for the jobs"
That's what one man who worked for the solar company next to the Ontario Liberal tent told me today at the International Plowing Fest. From providing the way forward to…
Pan-Arctic police meet in Iqaluit to talk crime
http://bit.ly/qIoO39 Police chiefs from Canada, the U.S. and Greenland will be meeting in Iqaluit this week for the first ever pan-Arctic meeting of police chiefs to look for solutions to…
Strike breaking legislation: from premature to preemptive
I don't know what's in the deal reached today between CUPE's Air Canada Component and the company. I'm guessing, since Lisa Raitt said the union would not be allowed to…
Undisclosed risk: NDP version #nlpoli #nlvotes
Sometimes you have to read something over and over just to make sure you didn’t misunderstand. Like say this line from CBC’s online story of the NDP election platform launch:…
When They Came For The Avro Arrows, I Did Not Stand Up
...for I was not a delta-winged interceptor aircraft. Parc Downsview Park Inc., the folks who have decided to shut the Canadian Air and Space Museum and replace it with a…
One more small step to police state.
For people who thinks that the census and gun registry are invasions of privacy, it's amazing that Harper and his government have no problem spying on everone's email and texts.
Why Write About Gender and Sexuality?
Here’s the situation: A year and a half ago I finished my first go at writing a book. How it might get published was unclear at that point, but I…
Unfunded mandate galore, courtesy the Fed Cons
No surprise that the Cons reintroduced, yet again, their "omnibus" crime bill. And no surprise, again, that the Cons refused to say how much it will cost to implement --…
Parliament In Review: September 19, 2011
With the start of the fall session of Parliament I'll plan to resume taking a daily look at what happens in the House of Commons - with a particular focus…