UBB Hearing Media Round-Up: Day 1
Prelude | Day 1 | Day 2 To help keep you informed on the CRTC's usage-based billing (Internet metering) hearing, we've decided to use this page to round up all…
Senate Republican Leader Says Casey Anthony Proves Terrorists Can’t be Tried in U.S. Courts
Salon.com is spot on in saying when it comes to Republicans, there is no limit to, 'the shamelessness and venality of these guys.'For proof of that statement the story turns…
The case for gun control…
…made in just under a minute, by a hair-triggered guy who’s not as quick on the draw as he thought he was. Watch the slo-mo replay; you’ll see he blows…
About that Liberal Arrogance…
I remember a time, 5 or 6 years ago, when a young Stephen Harper was aghast that Paul Martin would have the nerve to suggest Liberal values were more Canadian…
Investor Sues News Corp
Sorry Rupe, It's Your Money She Fancies Amalgamated bank has Rupert Murdoch right in its crosshairs. As an investor, Amalgamated is suing News Porn Corp. in a class action suit…
Help Name The New Fire Hall!
The City of Grande Prairie is encouraging the public to take part in a process to help name the Third Fire Station. This is the first time residents have been…
Help Name The New Fire Hall!
The City of Grande Prairie is encouraging the public to take part in a process to help name the Third Fire Station. This is the first time residents have been…
Help Name The New Fire Hall!
The City of Grande Prairie is encouraging the public to take part in a process to help name the Third Fire Station.This is the first time residents have been invited…
Help Name The New Fire Hall!
The City of Grande Prairie is encouraging the public to take part in a process to help name the Third Fire Station. This is the first time residents have been…
Who’s Going to Tell Them They’ll Have to Cut Their Own Lawns?
It's a good thing that American Republicans, like Harper Conservatives, are so gifted at ignoring facts. Without that special talent the Repugs would have a hell of a time dealing…
CClark On DHahn’s Pension….Monkey See, Monkey Do?
AllTheIndignationThatDoesNotComeEvenCloseToFittingVilleWell, well, well....Premier Christy Clark is hopping mad. Not about rampaging thugs this time. Instead, it is about BC Ferries Bossman David Hahn. Or, to be more precise, Mr. Hahn's…
Geist: On Internet Metering and Net Neutrality
By Michael Geist The CRTC hearing on usage based billing opens this morning with two of the big players - Bell and Open Media - both slated to appear. Since…
Michelle Bachmann Now Says Slavery is "Horrible"
Gaping maw Repugnican Michelle Bachmann is racing to distance herself from a statement that said American blacks were better off back when they were in slavery. Last week Bachmann was…
Scotland Yard Says Murdoch & Co. Subverting Investigation Into Police Corruption
Scotland Yard claims Murdoch's News International is undermining the investigation into police corruption by Murdoch's own journalists.NI has orchestrated a "deliberate campaign to undermine the investigation into alleged payments by…
Bursaries for Atlantic Eco-Warrior Training Camp!
Atlantic Eco-Warrior Training-August 11-14 2011 at the Harold T. Barrett Fun Forest Camp Sierra Youth Coalition’s Youth Action Gathering + Canadian Youth Climate Coalition’s PowerSummer When? August 11-14 2011, 4…
This is the Face of Climate Change And, For Some, It’s Death
There is no way around this sort of completely turning our backs on it. Climate change is consuming lives and it's becoming voracious. At the moment, Somalia is taking a…
Rafe on Shark Fins and the NDP
I urge everyone to get a copy of the Vancouver Province for July 10 and read, in the A section, pp 8 and 9, a story about shark fins. It’s…
Christine Lagarde – IMF Chief on US debt ceiling
Christine Lagarde supports Obama on raising the debt ceiling for the United States. If this is not done, she says the impact would be disastrous for the US and the…
3923…They Should Hire Nuns
Penguin Nuns.Front page of the Ottawa Citizen has a story from London's Daily Telegraph indicating that Brit kids are in control of the schools. Bit violent and all that.A squadron…
3922…Coppers Get Beat Down
By the St. Luke's Bulls 59/57 yesterday.The winning team got prizes from Yasir Naqvi, RBC and Hot 89.9.Sean Rodriquez was the MVP.About 500 meals were served, gratis.WFDS