The Owl And The Kitty Cat
Hope you’re enjoying a relaxing weekend. Here’s some Saturday fun to add to it; Fum is the cat and Gebra the barn owl. They are both about one year old…
"Not a budget for one Canada"
Thought I would just do an overview kind of post on Bob Rae's House of Commons budget debate remarks from earlier this week. You can see it above (runs about…
My day two video blog from Conservative Convention 2011
Back again with my day two video blog of Friday's fun and games at the Conservative convention in Ottawa. We got shut out of the good stuff, such as the…
The Perils Of Social Media, Part Gazillion: The Bimbot
As a guy, you eventually realize that, once you're past a certain age, if beautiful women appear to be interested in you, they're up to no good. So I've never…
Navigating the anti-Harper protest line (video)
After venturing off campus Friday afternoon to have a drink with an old Carleton friend, I returned to the conference centre to find the road out front closed and filled…
The New Conservative Party was Not a Marriage But an Abduction
As the Conservative Convention attempts to change the rules in determining leadership, many in the media are calling the "new" party a marriage between Red Tories and the Reform/Alliance.This was…
Will Lindsay Blackett Become Canada’s First Black Premier?
He is apparently considering a run for Mr. Stelmach's old job. In the past I've been quite critical of Mr. Blackett. His handling of Alberta's human rights legislation revamp (bill…
Ontario’s declining GHG emissions
Saw this on Live Free or Die's blog where he cites a recent Pembina item on Ontario's declining greenhouse gas emissions. Good roundup of GHG data. This part stood out…
Traffic that doesn’t slam into houses
Here’s what Bond Papers readers found most interesting for the week June 6 to 10, 2011: Dunderdale disapproval doubles; Tory vote drop to 44% Unite the Left Will bad Tory…
Autism Services in New Brunswick: We Lack Any Real Adult Autism Residential Care
The Restigouche Regional Hospital in northwestern New Brunswickis home for some of our adults with autism disorders In Autism resources in N.B. are a 'patchwork system' Jacques Gallant of the…
Stephen Harper’s Plans for World Domination
Well it wasn't Nuremberg. It was Ottawa. But the message from Great Deranged Leader to his adoring followers was the same. Now that we have conquered Germany Canada, we must…
St. Albert downtown redevelopment needs a second look
Looking north on Perron, St. Albert’s uninspiring but maybe serviceable main downtown street.This column appeared in yesterday's edition of the Saint City News.When it comes to redeveloping downtown St. Albert,…
Where Harper is not showing leadership
Stephen Harper may have decided to cancel the Commons debate on the speech from the throne, but that didn’t stop the debate in the other place. Senator James Cowan, the…
Rise Up and Abolish the Chains of Ignorance!
PM Harper delivered a speech to a crowd of Conservative party delegates. 2,300 individuals gathered to hear what the Prime Minister had to say about our country, our progress and…
Inspiring blowback against Catholic school officials on the rainbow issue..
TheStar Catholic schools: Embrace the rainbowAnd for the record: the kids at St. Joseph’s Catholic Secondary School and all Catholic high school students trying to form GSAs are my heroes!…
3852…Stephen Harper Has A Party
In Ottawa. At the spanking new Convention Centre, which, by the way, has not been named after a dead person yet. Just thought I would point that out.It will be…
Conservative Canada: Nova Scotia cops can now taser mentally illl
Jodie Emery: more and more like the US every day. HALIFAX — Police in Nova Scotia can now use stun guns on people with mental illnesses under new provincial guidelines.…
Musical interlude
BT feat. Jes - Every Other Way (Armin Van Buuren Radio Edit)
3851…This Is Canada
Vancouver Canucks; Boston Bruins.Van scores in the third to make it 1/0.Camera shot of the bench and on the ledge behind the bench, behind the glass behind the bench, a…