Friday night Robert Cray blogging
I'm just going to turn the place over to Robert Cray for the evening. His band will be along later but on this one he's backed by David Letterman's house…
‘Stop Online Spying’ public education campaign media round up.
The first couple days of our Stop Online Spying public education campaign have seen some wonderful media attention. Thank you, Canadians, for spreading the word about the proposed warrantless online…
Rob Ford’s War: The Fight Back Begins
His ghastly face stares out from newspaper boxes all over the city, like Big Bubbah. The message couldn't be clearer, or more urgent.Rob Ford has declared war on us. Now…
CRTC Takes First Step to Force Big Telecom Giant to Play Fair
openmedia_logo.jpg CRTC stands up to Rogers and demands Internet openness September 16, 2011 – Today’s events marked a small victory for Internet openness: the CRTC, Canada’s telecom regula...
One of these things is not like the other
On the left is the photo the Ontario New Democratic Party used as Andrea Horwath’s “official” photo this summer. The one on the right is the “new” official Horwarth photo.…
People in NE BC, prepare for this
ProPublica, Science Lags As Health Problems Emerge Near Gas Fields, September 16 By Abrahm Lustgarten and Nicholas Kusnetz Wallace-Babb was so sick she could barely move. She vomited uncontrollably and…
PC Leadership: first ballot predictions
I pride myself on having made some pretty accurate predictions in the 2006 Progressive Conservative Party leadership contest and so on this, the eve of the first ballot of the…
PC Leadership Candidate Profile – Doug Griffiths
Dark horse.Maverick.Agent of Change.Doug Griffiths has been called a lot of things in this race. My favourite, though, has to be "Weapon of Mass Discussion". Griffiths, the 9-year MLA from…
Nobel Prize Winner, Ivar Giaever, Resigns from the American Physical Society Over Global Warming Stance
Ivar Giaever.jpg On September 14, renowned Nobel Prize winning physicist Ivar Giaever announced his resignation as a Fellow at the American Physical Society (APS). The reason? His grievance ...
The fun with green energy columns continues
So John Ivison had another column today criticizing the Ontario Liberal government's green energy plan: here. The column focuses on a solar energy company that Dalton McGuinty visited this week,…
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I fashionably DISAGREE, SIR!
I take exception to the claim that ByTown peeps are among the worst-dressed in the world! An article on MSN Travel’s website said Ottawa’s bureaucratic, political stylings made it “perhaps…
OpenMedia.ca Celebrates Green Party’s Support for Stop Online Spying Campaign
openmedia_logo.jpg Green Party Leader May calls proposed electronic surveillance laws “a violation of personal security” September 16, 2011 – The Green Party of Canada has announced their s...
John Milloy official campaign kick-off was a blast
Kitchener-Center Liberals gathered on Saturday morning to celebrate the official launch of MP John Milloy’s campaign for re-election. As I entered the office, Mr. Milloy’s staff and the solid number…
Postmedia: CRTC responds to gamers, comes down on Rogers
By Sarah Schmidt for Postmedia News Canada's telecommunications regulator on Friday told Rogers Communications Inc. to come up with plan before the end of the month to stop slowing down…
Mount Allison University Farm Project
Mount Allison University recently revived its farm after allowing it to lay dormant for half a century. The results have been a very sucessful harvest and a substantial amount of…
Unaffordable education
It’s a sad state of affairs when the first thought to run through my head upon reading the headline, “School tuition hikes eclipse inflation rate again: Statscan”, was This isn’t…
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
Bertrand Russell
There’s independent and then there’s Navigant #nlpoli
Nalcor chief executive Ed martin told a CBC audience on Thursday that the Navigant report meets the joint review panel’s requirement for a complete, independent review of Kathy Dunderdale’s plan…