Canada continues to distinguish itself by taking principled stands on foreign policy: Canada plans to boycott the United Nations conference on disarmament to protest North Korea's selection as conference chair,…
No longer a big draw in the U.K, Climate Change Denier Chris Monckton (3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley) has spend the last couple of summers touring the former colonies. This…
"Space junk is said to be the No. 1 threat facing the space station in the coming decade. More than 500,000 pieces of orbiting debris are being tracked, according to…
UBB_Meter_101101.png July 11, 2011 – Thousands of Canadians will be tuning into the CRTC hearings on usage-based billing today, during which one of Canada's most prolific citizen engagement org...
A high today of 33 (91.4F) with humidex that will be in the 40′s (100′s). So although I thought that I would be blogging up a storm after I handed…
One of the strange things about the US (and to a lesser extent Canada) is the way this supposeodly classless society dumps on people who would be considered on the…
Shaky vid taken with my iPhone… but that was due to the stands which were shaking and swaying through the whole show! T’was a bit unnerving but once things kicked…
After the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge left Canada to bask in the glow of Hollywood, the Prime Minister chose to do some basking of his own. Speaking in Calgary…
One hundred years ago, this week - July 7, 1911, to be exact - an American man named Hiram Bingham found the ruins of an ancient ceremonial city, mostly overgrown…
MayAllYourJamsForeverBeEconoVilleProbably the worst of time amongst all the best of times was the one time the Motel Slant-Six appeared in the Acton St. driveway in the middle of weirdly sweltery…
December 37, 1932 My voyage begins on the Ukranian Steam Ship, the Plotnik. On the first day, I met our captain. A diminutive, if stern fellow, by the name of…
Prime Minister Harper is obviously feeling very good about himself right now. He (and Canada) hosted an immensely successful Kate and Will tour (which thankfully came a couple of months…
Photo from Checkoutmycards.comThe Oakland A's nipped team homophobia in the bud Sunday by indefinitely suspending top minor league pitching prospect, Ian Krol, for tweeting what was reported by the San…
Is there a general media bias to dumb us down? First the state broadcaster participates in the royal race to the bottom: 24 hour coverage of rich white foreigners waving,…
Rupert Murdoch, the man who has done so much to poison politics, is now trying to defend his "honour", after a scandal with one of his tabloids.News of the World…
Geoff Stevens wonders: "Will Harper open door to foreign-owned media?" Specifically, he wonders whether Rupert Murdoch's empire might make its entree into Canada. The quiet meeting between Harper and Murdoch…
This isn't the first time the suggestion of opening the voting to "regular folk" outside the 2% of the canadian population who own an active membership to the Party is…
The eagle eyed nottawa picked up on something in a column by Michael Johansen at the Telegram. It’s a reference to a cash payment due to the Innu of Labrador…
At a Stampede event in Calgary, Stephen Harper declared the “long Liberal era” to be over. Also, Conservatives need to reach out to Quebec, because their honeymoon with Quebec will…
