The Mumpsimus Blog – The end of the world, a little earlier than expected…
Apparently the world will end on October 21, 2011. That's exactly five months after the "rapture", which takes place this month on May 21, when, the site says, Jesus will…
Participate: 2011 Queer of the Year Contest
For some light-hearted fun with serious prizes to be won, consider entering the 2011 Queer of the Year Contest, an annual international competition open to anyone in the world, of…
Wind Welfare Warriors Just Don’t Get It (But Thank God They’re Losing)
I would be lying if I said I was surprised the Ontario Liberals and their paid for lackeys at the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association and Environmental Defense had conniption fits…
Green Party of Canada: Focus on the Future, Part III: Politics
In my first two blogposts of this series, I took a look at a couple of things. First, I took a look at where the Green Party has come from…
The Lang-O’Stanford Exchange
I was invited last week to serve as the substitute host for the indomitable Kevin O’Leary on CBC News channel’s “Lang-O’Leary Exchange.” Amanda Lang introduced the show by saying, “Hello,…
Salimah Valiani on “Valuing the Invaluable”: Care Work in Canada
PEF member Salimah Valiani is now the research economist at the Ontario Nurses Association. Just in time for Mothers’ Day ONA released a most excellent paper by Salimah, titled: Valuing…
The final word?
… I guess we wait and see Monday night, as a motion to name the trail on top of Mount Doom after former rec director Peter Dunbar is back on…
Rafe on Christy’s Narrow Win, Looking Forward to General Election
What, if anything, do we read into Premier Christy Clark’s narrow win in the by-election? In one sense it can be said that the only important thing is that she…
A Film Made the Day that Jeanne Was Born!
St. Henri, the 26th of August is a film made by 17 film makers for the National Film Board of Canada. It was featured last week at the 2011 Hot…
The Best and Worst Thing About Each Canadian Political Party
What is your favourite and least favourite thing about Canada’s federal parties? As a Canadian who has intently followed US politics and is now endeavoring to take an active interest…
Yes Margaret, there really is a reason for the "slutwalks"
And her column, supplies evidence in exhibits A-Z! Margaret Wentes version of Canada's University wimmens.... What an odd column. Extremely confusing...And angry? On one hand, she hath decreed that white…
Now that makes perfect sense.
Let’s all jump in the old Tardis and got back in time about eleven days. Stephen Harper and his band of invisible communist fighters where waging the good fight; the…
Giving Birth to Your Activist Self: Finding Your Voice as a Mother Activist
Workshop Handout for Giving Birth to Your Activist Self: Finding Your Voice as a Mother Activist International Conference on Motherhood Activism, Advocacy, Agency May 13-15, 2011 - Toronto, Ontario Presented…
Tanker ban runs aground (for now) – but people power will keep oil off our coast
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 One of Stephen Harper's first statements to the press the day after the...
Whistler clears the air around Asphalt Plant
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Yesterday the Mayor and Council of the Resort Municipality of Whistler (...
Why Buy Local
This info-graphic was assembled by elocal.com and makes an exceptionally compelling argument as to why people should at least consider buying local when they’re in the grocery store and elsewhere:…
Rap on Rapid Transit
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Anyone interested in rapid transit in Vancouver has until this Friday, April 22nd to tell Translink what they think about the propos...
Environmentalists outgunned by oil industry lobbyists
Monday, April 18, 2011 An article in La Presse demonstrates that oil industry lobbyists get about ...
The debate you didn’t hear on climate change
Thursday, April 14, 2011 Last Tuesday’s English Language leadership debates are over with ha...
Stephen Harper will ^NOT be balancing the budget.
If you were wondering how the Conservatives were planning on filling that $11 billion hole in their platform? Apparently, they are planning on using Stephen Harper and Jim Flaherty’s massive…