A Revolution In Our Midst
Sometimes real "change"- not the phony word of political convenience- occurs, of a variety that is hard to completely fathom whilst in the midst. Ontario is smack dab in the…
The True Story of Little Match Girls in Canada: Why Unions and Government Regulation Are Important
"The Little Match Girl" is one of those Hans Christian Andersen stories that wrench the heart: the poor little match seller outside a grand residence dies of cold after slowly…
Ghana minister orders arrest of all gays and lesbians in Western Region
Paul Evans Aidoo, Minister for the Western Region of Ghana, has reportedly tasked Ghana’s Bureau of National Investigations and security forces to immediately round up and arrest all gays and…
Toulouse Le Grandfig’s Summer Vacation: Voyage’s End
February 29, 1933, Capipi Bumonsis I sense the voyage is about to come to an end. The customs agents here are strange men. Their beards are not mellow, but wild…
Photo Challenge 23 – Fences
I suspect that the voting will be fairly tough for Kate’s FENCES theme, as all the pics look excellent to me. Very often by the time I post I already…
Meet the new Toronto
2011 Federal ElectionIt's a much more colourful place from previous elections. See the 2008 map, by contrast:2008 Federal ElectionThanks to Blunt Objects for posting links last night to the above…
Jason Kenney Blows Off Bishops
...says lawyer up if you don't like law. Also, the CPoC is still officially against section 13. Not that the government plans to act.
Ann Coulter is Not a "Free Speech Heroine". She’s an Idiot.
I must admit that I had never heard Ann Coulter speak, but have read many of the things she has written. Certainly no intellectual, but if I understand correctly, she…
Nurturing a democratic revolution
Public life in Newfoundland and Labrador remains as fundamentally undemocratic as it ever was. Paternalism remains the order of the day. As three sitting members of the House revealed, they…
Too hot for news
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s sweltering in the Nation’s Capital, which is probably what’s smothering the news cycle. At least, here in Canada, anyway.What’s that? The federal government is…
A Thoroughly Uncivilized Highway: Paving Ancient Burial Sites Just one of SFPR’s Many Insults
An aboriginal-led lawsuit is the latest potential roadblock for the highly controversial South Fraser Perimeter Road - an 80 km four-lane truck highway from Deltaport to Surrey in the early…
Boneheads Are SO Cute When They Think They’re Clever: Bob Whitaker’s Mantra
One of the most common types of fan mail we receive here on the blog from boneheads takes the form of challenging us to debates. Invariably, these challenges are poorly…
liberal leadership candidates woo edmonton supporters.
More than 200 dedicated Liberal Party supporters piled into Edmonton’s Santa Maria Centre yesterday evening to hear candidates for their party’s leadership speak and answer questions. I attended and…
When government MLAs start blowing whistles, who rats them out? Their legislative assistants, of course!
Jonathan Huckabay and Raj Sherman at a Liberal leadership all-candidates’ meeting in Edmonton Wednesday night. Below: Government Whip Robin Campbell.“When in doubt, tell the truth,” Mark Twain famously advised. “It…
Carl Wilson Lake trip report
Narrative plus photos, maps, and what not now posted here. A lovely trip although I clearly didn't travel far enough and had too much time to write.
A Crash in slow motion: Brought to you by corporate Canada.
We are now right in the middle of the class war. Feeling the potshots yet? The wage disparity, loss of job security and benefits, the shredding of the social safety…
How to Stay Alive in Harperland
One of the things you notice right away when you return from almost any modern country in the world, is the crumbling state of our infrastructure.In Toronto, giant pieces of…