Graffiti Wipe Out Week – June 6-10, 2011
From a report at the Protective Services committee yesterday... Marketing for the Graffiti Wipe Out week and requests for volunteers started in mid-March and is continuing through several different avenues…
Graffiti Wipe Out Week – June 6-10, 2011
From a report at the Protective Services committee yesterday… Marketing for the Graffiti Wipe Out week and requests for volunteers started in mid-March and is continuing through several different avenues…
Graffiti Wipe Out Week – June 6-10, 2011
From a report at the Protective Services committee yesterday...Marketing for the Graffiti Wipe Out week and requests for volunteers started in mid-March and is continuing through several different avenues including…
Graffiti Wipe Out Week – June 6-10, 2011
From a report at the Protective Services committee yesterday… Marketing for the Graffiti Wipe Out week and requests for volunteers started in mid-March and is continuing through several different avenues…
The Mumpsimus Blog – Things that go bump in the bank account
There's a front page story in this week's Enterprise Bulletin about self-professed ghost hunters looking for a "haunted" house in Collingwood to feature on a new TV series called "Paranormal…
Democrats pull another one out of the hat
A big surprise in last night's by-election in New York 26 -- the north and eastern suburbs of Buffalo, most of the "southern tier" and the western edge of Rochester.…
Putting it off
I've held off commenting on Liberal leadership timing because it's been so hard to figure out what's going on. If it wasn't for Jane Taber, I'd really have no idea…
Tim Hudak vs. health care
Tim Hudak on health care, yesterday:"I know how important our health services truly are…healthcare will be our top funding priority"That's interesting, but let's take a look at what Mike Harris…
Fresh, Local Food in Winnipeg
The University of Winnipeg was once lambasted in the annual MacLean’s ranking of Canadian Universities for having some of the worst campus food in the country (which is saying a…
Where is LPC(O) President Howard Stevenson??? Anybody?
Liberal Party President Alfred Apps continues to hammer away at "I have the support of caucus, the National Executive, The PTAs and just about every Liberal in the country but…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for May 25, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:UN opens probe into Japan's crippled nuke plant -http://goo.gl/kXK6XRob Ford hopes to scrap plastic bag fee this year -http://goo.gl/8dLLECanada ranks…
in lieu of travel, baseball and socialism
I'll be spending the next few days with several things I am passionate about: baseball, socialism, good friends - and Allan. Today we're heading to Windsor, having dinner with "Gito…
"Episodic Journalism"
It's time to take stock, reflect on why things have gone astray and begin a process which will ultimately lead to a more accountable democracy, that truly serves the people…
I’ve signed up to be a delegate
Have you? Also, hashtag needed for this convention. #press7forpointoforder Suggestions? Also, a propos of nothing at all, I'm going through a bit of a new music phase. What's the best…
Watch: George Takei vs. Tennessee
I'm not sure if it is ironic or fitting that Tennessee, the American state that is home to the National Civil Rights Museum built around the former Lorraine Motel in…
Bob Rae & The Interim Leadership
Last Thursday, Bob Rae put his name forward for the interim leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada: “Colleagues and friends, I want to advise you that I am willing…
Politicos say: No funds for Hub
So the Hintonburg Hub partners sat down with the local politicos last Friday - including the Mayor and Muncipal Affairs minister Bob Chiarelli - and the essense of the meeting…
Don’t you get it? ‘Apparently not’ is the only safe conclusion as Alberta launches tardy STD campaign
Don’t you get it? Screen shot from provincial syphilis warning website. Below: Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky, former health minister Ron Liepert.At the risk of belabouring the point, while it is…
The need for satire – Canada’s troublesome lack of a consistent satirical voice
Canada lacks a consistent satirical voice to point out whatever political contradictions and hypocrisies were so often set forth into the airwaves.
Jeff Hughes Death in the News
This came out in the evening on Tuesday. Shall we anticipate the response of the boneheads? No charges in police shooting of white supremacistBy: ctvbc.caDate: Sunday May. 22, 2011 5:37…