Ed Rollins, the veteran Republican political operative who has been charged with running Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign, has been ordered by his boss to apologize to Sarah Palin. Rollins' crime?…
Municipal affairs minister Kevin “Fairity” O’Brien continues to defend bungled decision-making at the topmost levels of the province’s emergency response system by citing the work done by the hard-working men…
OTTAWA - Get ready to have a little more plastic in your wallet.Starting in November, new polymer bank notes will start to replace paper-cotton bills that wear and tear more…
After buying the Bush Doctrine and changing a few words (mainly just replacing 'Bush' with 'Harper'), Canadians may never know how much Harper's new 'Democracy' business is going to cost.In…
I'm not at all surprised that the Greater Sudbury Police have issued a release reminding cyclists that they are not to be on the sidewalks (see: "No bikes on sidewalks,…
Jack Layton was absent from the House today, which left his deputy Thomas Mulcair to lead off Question Period, kicking off with a pair of questions about news that the…
Stunning. Yet not particularly surprising when you think of Carrie Prejean and the level of intelligence at these things. I hate to label all American beauties as somewhat short a…
Just as Public Works Canada is about to make $35 BILLION worth of military purchases, 92 auditors who safeguard our tax money from the fiscally irresponsible Harperites are being let…
The fam and I were going to head off to Britannia Beach the other day for some water-based recreation-type stuff. But, upon checking the City rwebsite, we discovered that the…
NDP MP Peter Stoffer wants to prevent members of Parliament from joining another party caucus without checking back with the electors, and he has just introduced a Private Member’s Bill…
We learned this weekend, through the NDP's convention in Vancouver, and the Liberal Party's extraordinary convention held online and over the telephone, that each of the parties will be taking…
It is becoming increasingly clear how important the links between food security, decreasing our carbon footprint, and eating local are. Although for decades industrial agriculture has been touted as the…
He is talking to Putin of Russia. :)The saying applies to him that he does not know which side is up. No wonder that his presidency left the US and…
Is it really necessary to spy on Julian Assange every minute of the day?there's so much here related to his status, his privilege, to the privileged indignation and entitlement of…
During the debate over the extension of the Libyan "mission", NDP foreign affairs critic, Paul Dewar, brought up the subject of rape as a weapon of war.He wanted the Conservatives…
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…
