Heritage, Sense of Place, Identity, Culture
This is a picture from today's Record of a school that was torn down in Cambridge this week:This is where I live (photo from Google Maps):...so you can imagine why…
Foreign correspondents in an age of Twitter
My friend Mike Ananny and I have been chatting lately about the changing role of the foreign correspondent. As the evolving democratic movements in the Middle East have shown, the…
2011 State of the City Address
This afternoon I had the pleasure of presenting the State of the City Address at an even hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. Here's the full text of the speech:…
2011 State of the City Address
This afternoon I had the pleasure of presenting the State of the City Address at an even hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. Here’s the full text of the speech:Good…
2011 State of the City Address
This afternoon I had the pleasure of presenting the State of the City Address at an even hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. Here's the full text of the speech:Good…
2011 State of the City Address
This afternoon I had the pleasure of presenting the State of the City Address at an even hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. Here’s the full text of the speech:Good…
Canada’s Economic [Distr]Action Plan
Canada's Economic Action Plan
Modernizing Ontario’s Liquor Laws
This was pointed out to me on the Ministry of the Attorney General's website:The Ministry of the Attorney General wants to hear your suggestions about how liquor laws in Ontario…
WikiLeaks’ Assange can be extradited to Sweden: judge
Has Sweden offered any assurances that Julian Assange will not be extradited to the U.S.A? Sweden has already shown itself to be a big secret supporter of U.S. foreign policy.…
WikiLeaks’ Assange can be extradited to Sweden: judge
Has Sweden offered any assurances that Julian Assange will not be extradited to the U.S.A? Sweden has already shown itself to be a big secret supporter of U.S. foreign policy.…
WikiLeaks’ Assange can be extradited to Sweden: judge
Has Sweden offered any assurances that Julian Assange will not be extradited to the U.S.A? Sweden has already shown itself to be a big secret supporter of U.S. foreign policy.…
WikiLeaks’ Assange can be extradited to Sweden: judge
Has Sweden offered any assurances that Julian Assange will not be extradited to the U.S.A? Sweden has already shown itself to be a big secret supporter of U.S. foreign policy.…
CPC Pork and You
Big day in federal politics today, as Con MPs fan out across the country to hand out taxpayer dollars in an attempt to purchase re-election. I have a rather lengthy…
Judge Rules Rape Did Not Occur Because of "Misunderstanding"
According to Winnipeg judge Robert Dewar (appointed September 2009 by Justice Minister Rob Nicholson), women should not talk to men because it could be unintentionally conveyed that there is "sex…
Conservatives lying? No, it’s just being very precise with words.
On Newfoundland’s VOCM Backtalk Tuesday, Vic Toews said, in response to a question about a federal penitentiary in Newfoundland: “I have to say, without getting partisan, I'm rather surprised given…
R-r-r-roll up the price increase!
As usual, I expect a price increase in Tim Hortons products during the R-r-r-roll up the Rim contest. Customers do not complain during the contest period.
CBC Radio column: What are those squiggly black and white boxes in ads?
In this alberta@noon column on CBC Radio One with host Donna McElligott I talk about QR codes (quick response), which are little black and white squares you might have seen…
Vancouver Not Vegas!
I have signed the petition and joined the coalition to stop the building of a mega-casino at BC Place. Please read the petition and sign up to show your support…
Corking popped CPC Champagne: EKOS reports reality
A week ago CPC drones were celebrating tantalizing poll numbers that put the Harper Party close to majority territory. Today, EKOS reports what I believe to be the reality on…
PC positions on health care are cartoonish
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11214013/Little cartoon I made showing Tim Hudak's misadventures and flip-flops on public health care. Remember, "everything is on the table"!