Park Board NewsMay 17, 2011 | No. 20Vancouver’s official start of summer is Saturday, May 21. That’s when beachside pools open, lifeguards are on duty at city beaches and park…
CoalWatch Comox Valley SocietyPO Box 157Union Bay, BC V0R 3B0250-335-2246www.coalwatch.ca May 17, 2011 The Honourable Terry LakeMinister of EnvironmentProvince of British ColumbiaParliament BuildingsPO Box 9047STN PROV GOVTVictoria, BC V8W 9E...
In this month’s Canadian federal election, abortion was not an issue. However, whenever election time roles around in North America, the issue of abortion tends to garner at least a…
Companies know that a coordinated sustainability initiative is a business imperative. But how do you implement your sustainability initiative? Where does sustainability fit within the corporate structure? How do you…
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 When Enbridge recently held its annual meeting of shareholders in Calgary, t...
Perhaps largely due to its strong religious associations, the word 'faith' is often significantly abused by both sides of the religious debate. The result has been some consistent misconceptions about…
In February 2011, a frail, 82-year-old Italian woman was threatened with charges of $1800 a day if she refused to move from Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital into the first available nursing…
Tim Hudak has pushed aside an active nomination to appoint Randall Denley as PC candidate in Ottawa West-Nepean.Tim Hudak is also hoping to push aside Denley's criticism of Hudak and…
Miss Vicky and the other residents spent last week in Vancouver, so we missed the opening of the Parkdale Market Fieldhouse. Here's a nice little video describing the new producers'…
It's about time somebody decided to find out what role the big banks played in the disasterous subprime mortgage market that lead to the financial meltdown in2007, and caused so…
I’ve already written about how much I’m looking forward to COPE’s Re:Imagine Schools event tonight. I’ll be live-blogging the event as well. You can scroll down to watch or participate…
Yesterday, New York City released its "Road Map for the Digital City: Achieving New York City's Digital Future." For those who missed the announcement, especially those concerned about the digital…
The Readers’ Choice Awards is a great prize and serious upside recognition for an Alberta author. The competition this year is between five terrific titles but my preferences is for…
It has been a while since my last post, this is mainly due to an increase in work and my recovery over the shock from the Federal Elections… Now that…
Just spent a day making a spread sheet of the new NDP caucus, with emphasis on the 58 (out of 75 possible) people elected from Quebec. What an interesting bunch…
A sea of change is underway in Canada as the country shifts away from traditional immigration towards a “rent a worker” policy all too prevalent around the globe. And it…
As the Wind Concerns Ontario Truth about Turbines Tour kicked off in Thunder Bay last night, I began blogging at wcotour.ca It’s a site where myself and others will share…
I know what’s in a name. Soon, everyone will. We’ll have a long time with this new Harper Government. Bets are now on in terms of what he’ll name the…
Shortly after the 2008 election, Stephen Harper caught everyone off guard with his plan to kill the per-vote subsidy political parties get. The backlash was intense, and this was seen…
As an ardent and early supporter of Stephane Dion (still first in my heart) you could argue I should be sympathetic to this line of argument from journalist turned Liberal…
