Canada’s Conservative government will do anything to shore up it’s new militaristic approach to complex global crises. And that includes, imposing symbolic sanctions on a rogue regime. And imposing such…
Crossposted at opencanada.org’s Dispatch blog For years I have read The New Yorker as a non-US print subscriber. This meant that somewhere between a few days and a week after…
Conservative politicians and pundits are falling all themselves in a fit of prime 'jaloux' over the Brit courts' reign of terror over riot participants and organizers. Swift, extreme and unforgiving,…
These geese chatter a lot, they are starting to flock as the end of summer draws closer. Sorry for the light posting, I’m recuperating from influenza/pneumonia, got knocked flat, and…
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Recently, West Coast Staff Lawyer, Josh Paterson, was invited to particip...
When a magazine rejects some bit of prose you've submitted, the usual response is a politely-worded letter or your well-creased copy sent back to you without comment. In the case…
Once again, there are more horrifying allegations of brutality lodged against members of the Ottawa Police Service. A woman and her teenaged daughter found a man sleeping on the sidewalk…
Canadians can hardly escape the "royal" connection. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Royal Canadian Mint, the Royal Ontario Museum ... the list is endless. To…
... or tape... or hard drive or whatever.... An interesting little short by the Winnipeg Skeptics.
Authors confess to books they’d kick out of the canon Slate Magazine http://ow.ly/64NpJ Filed under: Miscellany
He loves cats! He loves pop music! Now we learn our beloved leader loves movies, too! Not only that, Stephen’s a ‘cinephile’ (no not that, you dirty mind). Dear Jane…
Wadner_ Pierre_2.jpg Article and photo by Wadner Pierre Did Bishop Louis Kébreau, President of the Haitian Episcopal Conference, call on Haitian President Martelly to be ruthless and dictatorial? In an…
What is it about Wisconsin anyway? It has to be the most corrupt state in the union and that's saying something. First a Republican lackey comes up with just enough…
I have been watching the GOP Presidential contenders in the US with a lot of amusement. The day of the corn dogs was great for some belly laughs here at…
OMG. How pathetic. More evidence that Stephen Harper wants to drag this country back to its colonialist past.Look, if our ridiculous would be dictator wants to put on a pith…
You don’t have to be under criminal investigation for tapping voicemails to be a corrupt organization. If you’re a news outfit, all you have to do is print yellowed, sensationalistic…
One of the most interesting questions following the NDP's ascent to Official Opposition status was that of how the Cons would seek to attack a party which didn't carry the…
saltbrinesystem_e.jpeg A draft discussion paper from the New York State Department Of Transportation (NYSDOT) projects costs that unconventional gas and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) will...
Federal environment minister Peter Kent wants an extensive environmental review before Corridor Resources can get a permit to explore on the Old Harry prospect in the Gulf of St. Lawrence,…
Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. v. Fraleigh, 2011 ONCA 555, released today online, is a useful decision relating to when elevated costs are appropriate. The Court held: In determinin...
