The CRTC opened a public consultation today about the way large incumbent Internet service providers (ISPs) sell network access to their independent competitors. The results of this consultation will help…
I supported outright abolition for years; my late partner persuaded me to become at least agnostic on the issue. It was a bit of a surprise for me to hear…
Updated: Presser from Brigitte Marcelle: “Harper’s agenda is disastrous for this country and for my generation,” Brigette Marcelle says. “We have to stop him from wasting billions on fighter jets,…
I posted an article over at YouSustain called 38 Small Sustainable Habits. It tries to focus on the little decisions we can make every day that add up to a…
This eye-opener was published in The Guardian today. It depicts the biomass of fish in the North Atlantic as it was in 1900 and as of just a decade ago.…
20 former world leaders, including Jean Chretien, Bill Clinton and Mexico's Vincente Fox, have joined forces to warn of the looming water crisis and to form a panel to tackle…
When Wassisname Frost…ol’ Frosty…ol’ Chilly Britches himself wrote that famous poem, I’m pretty sure he wasn’t talking in *metaphors* and *allegories* and *imagery* and all that poetical crud. And really,…
(Note: This post contains a portion of the talk that I gave last month at the 16th International Conference of the Association of Psychology and Psychiatry for Adults and Children…
As noted by BigCityLib, a Forum research poll for the City of Toronto shows some relatively interesting numbers today, both on the municipal and provincial scene. Let's start with Rob…
Assisted suicide champion, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, has departed this mortal coil - apparently without assistance or intervention. The 83-year old died in hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan from pneumonia and…
This article in the New York Times is interesting. The recently retired head of the Israeli Mossad (i.e. CIA) is using his newfound civilian freedoms to run around and say…
The West has in the past had a number of grievances against Ottawa, some legitimate, some not so much. The sense of grievance is strongest in Alberta for various reasons…
The recent poll also asked residents which party they would support should a provincial election be held today. Among those residents who were decided / leaning it was found that…
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/06/03/throne-speech.html
Who else that can be other than Sarah Palin – The worst person of the day.
The jobs report is out and like all of the other economic indicators, it shows that the US economy is going nowhere fast. The whole of this year has been…
On the day that the U.S unemployment rate went up for the second month in a row, Paul Krugman wrote that: "To be sure, things could be worse — and…
Even sometimes my home town of Vancouver gets it wrong. Reading Chad Skelton's blog (which I frequently regularly and recommend to my fellow Vancouverites) I was reminded of the great…
In an interview with some UK media, talk-radio host and veteran war resister Adam Kokesh explains why he organized the dance party at the Jefferson Memorial that ended with his…
Art takes over ads in Montreal and the result is audacious.
