Hydrants need a helping hand
Aquatera just released the following info … I know we’re all tired of shoveling but this is a major safety issue: Grande Prairie, AB – Somewhere in a snowbank near…
No Plan
Kevin Page once again shows the truth: That the Harper Conservatives talk on the economy are all transparent politics.http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2011/01/20/budget-office-report.htmlPage's office expected to find out how 10 departments that had repor...
The Return of Former Haiti’s Democratically Elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide Is Crucial for his Health
People_return_of_Titid.jpg by Wadner Pierre "The return is indispensable, too, for medical reasons: It is strongly recommended that I not spend the coming winter in South Africa’s because in 6 ...
Please Endorse Statement Against Security Certificates
In December, the Federal Court of Canada issued three interconnected decisions upholding a process whereby secret trials have been used in recent years to target and indefinitely detain a number…
Polls and protests paint a hopeful picture in Israel
Picture 2.png Joint Israeli-Palestinian poll authors write rabbis' letter: "Our poll indicates that only minorities of Israelis and of Israeli Jews support these steps." Recent months saw a ruthl...
Snow Removal Response
It's no surprise there've been lots of questions about how the City is addressing the massive amount of snow we received over the weekend. Here's the answers (Please take some…
Saturday Disruption at 84th Ave & Wapiti Rd
Despite what you might guess given out weather it's not snow related... "Media Release January 21, 2011 Lane Closures on Wapiti Rd (108 St) at 84 Ave Intersection Residents are…
BC Liberal Leadership: Order of preference 2
My three top issues that will guide my decision remain as before: Democratic reform. Support for greater independence and return of powers to local governments. This is the key issue…
BC Liberal Leadership: Order of preference 2
My three top issues that will guide my decision remain as before: Democratic reform. Support for greater independence and return of powers to local governments. This is the key issue…
BC Liberal Leadership: Order of preference 2
My three top issues that will guide my decision remain as before: Democratic reform. Support for greater independence and return of powers to local governments. This is the key issue…
BC Liberal Leadership: Order of preference 2
My three top issues that will guide my decision remain as before: Democratic reform. Support for greater independence and return of powers to local governments. This is the key issue…
Gartman beaten by 82% of funds in 2010; investment SAT score 410
(originally written Jan 17; posted Jan 23 as part of some backfill) Now that the Globe and Mail’s GlobeInvestor site has mutual fund performance data for calendar 2010, I decided…
The force (of the inquisition) is strong, ObiWan.
Women are inferior. Conservatives are criminals. Homosexuals are sinners. Catholics are doomed to hell. Homeopathy is sham. What! Hold on! Homeopathy is a sham? (Nod to Woodshed for the opening-line…
Miles H. Patterson, QC
My much loved husband, Miles Hudson Patterson, passed away last Saturday. He died as he wished, peacefully, in his sleep, at home. A celebration of his life will be held…
Is Bill C-12 About To Die of Old Age?
While the house is still on vacation, it is not, for once, prorogued. That means there are still bills waiting for them when they get back. One of those bills…
Political Roundup – January 2011
I’m getting ever closer to accepting that I am not a politician by nature… part of that process is letting go of the self-censoring. If I want to say something…
Is Canadian Uranium Fueling Iran’s Nuclear Program? Follow the links.
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, seems like a dog’s age since I done any boogin’. I been twitterin’ up a storm but I reckon I ain’t been motivated enough to…
If Iggy is still ‘just visiting’…
and he's Canadian-born, what must Harper truly think of immigrants? Those attack ads are out again. Evil coaltions! Iggy just visiting!
Radio Topics, January 18th
Happy Tuesday! I’ve got an exciting show lined up this week. At 7:30, we’ll speak with my good friend (and former CKCU host) Mariee-Josée Houle. She’s got a gig coming…
Human Rights Groups Call for Immediate Arrest of Jean-Claude Duvalier January 17, 2011-Port-au-Prince and Boston- Today
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Mario Joseph, Av., Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (Port-au-Prince, Haiti), mario@ijdh.org, 509-3701-9879 Brian Concannon Jr., Esq., Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (Boston, MA), brian@ijdh.org, 541-263-...