As I’ve mentioned last Thursday, today is the day the UN votes whether or not to include chrysotile asbestos on a list of hazardous products on the Rotterdam Convention. Stevie…
To you, it’s just a fight. To me, it’s the ER social worker looking for a teddybear to console a 4 year old girl because she just witnessed her dad…
Unlawful conduct conspiracy, a civil tort, requires of parties that:a) they act in combination, that is, in concert, by agreement or with a common design;b) their conduct is unlawful;c) &...
NATO members, including Canada, are continuing their massive bombing campaign against Libya in a war that may just break the record for the casual breaking of international law, and lying…
But that doesn’t necessarily mean you shouldn’t do it. This article highlights a supposed Google “faux pas”, where they put a note on their homepage (they usually like to put…
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Canada's economic prospects are looking good. In its latest global forecast of economic activity, this year we will have the highest GDP growth…
Good to his word from last February, former Conservative member of parliament Rex Barnes is challenging Ray Hunter for the Tory nomination Grand Falls-Windsor-Green Bay South. Notice in a piece…
Only in Vancouver would you see a riot after a hockey defeat. Afterall, Libyans are being killed by fighter jets, so how do we justify the actions that had taken…
ff-20110127-globalwarming.jpg Climate scientists--and other scientists--are always improving and updating their methods. That's how science works. And it's a very good and honorable thing--or at ...
In the coming decade we're in for a rude reminder of something we've forgotten - how dependent civilization is on our oceans.A report will be released in a few days…
It looks like Stephen Harper's threat against Canada's media is already paying dividends. When G&M writer Bill Curry wrote this puff piece yesterday, strategically placed in the Globe to soften…
Then you might be interested in attending this: From Hands Off Venezuela’s e-mail list, the details: Subject: Please on the the 24thshow your solidarity with Venezuela! Sent by the Louis…
A Republican forum in Louisiana hoped to get a few shots in at the Democratic president by hiring an Obama impersonator. It was all chuckles until the comic began making…
What have unions done for people? Its something we often forget. Many of us don't remember the days when vacations were unpaid, sick leave was unpaid, weekends were for working,…
It looks like my predictions about Blockbuster and RIM are coming true. In this alberta@noon column on CBC Radio One with host Donna McElligott I discuss what options are available…
Paul-Ryan-airquotes.jpg Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) has been all over the place when it comes to ending the multi-billion dollar subsidies that the oil industry receives every year. While he...
Written for The Globe And Mail The CRTC’s hearings on vertical integration begin Monday. For the next two weeks, this means that the four major vertically integrated media companies in…
Urban areas in North America these days are plagued by masses of unwanted Canada geese - birds that have abandoned their migratory ways for the comforts or urban living. They…
I love driving, absolutely love it. Not the trip to the mall or voyage to the in-laws sort of driving. I'm talking about the sheer joy of negotiating an empty…
Visualizing how everything in Beijing is built at a Las Vegas scale
One of the things that struck me most about Beijing was the sheer size of everything. Beijing, it often seems, is built at a Las Vegas scale - the buildings,…