By now so much has been written and blogged and tweeted about yesterday’s clusterfuck at Toronto Council that there’s no point in rehashing it. Go read Matt Elliott’s summary at…
Ben Cohen, Hudson Taylor, Michael Irvin, Mike Chabala, and Nick YoungquestSource: Out MagazineIn its July 2011 issue, Out Magazine salutes five top sportsmen "who have stood up for fairness and…
Only the naive or the demented would portray the looming labour crunch in the province as a “tremendous opportunity”. A report released on Wednesday by the provincial human resources department…
Autism is a disorder. We need to find a cure, or cures, for autism disorders. These simple points seem to escape those who perversely find joy in the fact that…
I think Patrick Lagacé has it right on the comedy of errors we saw play out this week in respect of Montreal's Champlain bridge, its decrepit state and the oh-so-secret…
Here’s the question for voters to decide in this fall’s general election as the party leaders themselves have defined it. If you want: guaranteed high electricity prices in Newfoundland and…
In less than 24 hours, the Conservative government decided that perhaps they were being a bit foolish, and they released the report on the Champlain Bridge, which apparently wasn’t as…
America's dominant corporatist party, the Republicans, are moving to scrap, block or rollback federal environmental regulations of just about any sort. From McClatchey Newspapers:Republicans in the House of Representatives are…
Stephen Harper may act as though climate change impacts can be ignored but the global insurance industry would tell him he's full of crap.An industry review of catastrophic loss claims…
Why shouldn’t Alberta New Democrats surf Jack Layton’s Orange Wave, observed in Alberta last May?Can the New Democrats win the next Alberta provincial election?OK, crazy thought. I was only kidding……
Speaks for itself. A documentary of John Crowder, a neo-charismatic new mystic.
It was news, not so much because of what was said, as who said it: The Conference Board of Canada released a report on rising inequality in Canada today, noting…
And other things too. Really. My evening out with former comrades more than made up for the fact that I was at work nosing the grindstone right up to when…
The Hintonburg 5K is this weekend (as well as the 1k Kids' race). You can still register if you are interested in running (or walking!) by visiting this link or…
"Blockbuster” hardly describes an internal DFO memo unearthed by Don Staniford, the doughty fighter against Atlantic Salmon fish farmers, which battle has included a lawsuit by the shameless bastards.The 2003…
you're an idiot...Bike Lane (Jarvis) Date: 2011-07-13, 9:10PM EDTReply to: sale-zqur5-2493088284@craigslist.org Free for the taking, one bike lane running north/south along Jarvis St. in downtown Toronto. Barely a yea...
Yes, that IS a colander on his head. And yes, that is a real, official Austrian driver’s licence. Praise the Flying Spaghetti Monster! For lo, he hath touched a man…
...what had happened to her, her child and brazil's landless movement.The Friends of the MST (FMST) is a network of individuals and organizations that support the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement…
Screen shot 2011-07-13 at 3.53.22 PM.png Wastewater from hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations poses a serious threat to national forests, according to a researcher from the U.S. Forest Serv...
