Asking for Drugs
In the Emergency Department, part of a nurse’s job in discharging patients is to figure out if they are good to go home, because in part it’s good nursing practice,…
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the regina mom feels wealthy these days. She was fortunate enough to be a recipient of an Emerging Artists Award from the Canada Council for the Arts last spring. There’s…
Appointment of Next Auditor General Betrays Conservatives’ Contempt of Canada’s Bilingualism
When Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Angelo Persichilli as his director of communications, he showed the Conservatives contempt of Quebec and the French language. The Toronto native can’t speak French.…
How the death of Steve Jobs could save Canadians
This originally appeared as a column in the November 3 print and online editions of the North Bay / Nippissing News, the weekly newspaper I’ve been writing for recently. I’ve…
#ndpldr Peggy Nash in Vancouver
In my whirlwind tour last night, I first saw Paul Dewar before racing downtown to catch Peggy Nash’s meet and greet at the Railway Club. While Dewar’s event was held…
#ndpldr Paul Dewar in Vancouver
I should note first that Nathan Cullen, a BC MP and NDP leadership candidate will be meeting tonight at 5pm at The Greedy Pig on Cordova St. I’m still trying…
#ndpldr Is Quebec the key?
First, I’m going to try to tag the titles of future posts about the NDP leadership race with #ndpldr. This way if you don’t care you can skip over or…
“We Will Now All Be Unwilling Participants in a Social Experiment That Will Undoubtedly Place Canadian Lives at Risk”
My thoughts exactly, from Alan Drummond of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians. His full statement on the proposed repeal of the Gun Registry. It is regrettable that we, as…
Why Ethical Oil’s Deceptive ‘Women’s Rights’ Defense of Tar Sands is Insulting and Wrong
ethicaloil.org_.jpg EthicalOil.org’s new spokesperson, Kathryn Marshall, authored an insulting piece this week on the Huffington Post titled "Care About Women's Rights? Support Eth...
Scouts failed to stop sex offender
Scout's Honour is a co-investigation undertaken by the CBC's The Fifth Estate and the Los Angeles Times, which looks at Scouts Canada's controversial system for recording the names of pedophiles…
As Canada Searches for its Open Government Partnership Commitments: A Proposal
Just before its launch in New York on September 20th, the Canadian Government agreed to be a signatory of the Open Government Partnership (OGP). Composed of over 40 countries the…
Banks Refusing Your Money?
Did you know it’s possible to try and use your good credit, and functioning Visa or Master Card, and have the transaction refused for only $10? Try sending money to…
RCEN Cuts: Not Just About Jobs
Canada World Youth intern, Justin Chisholm (writing for the Sierra Youth Coalition), analyzes the recent cuts to the Canadian Environmental Network. Minister of Environment Hon. Peter Kent and the federal…
People Hugging: UNFCCC Forest Policy Needs A Climate Justice Framework
The importance of the world’s forests and the role that environmental activism surrounding forests have helped to shape a public perception that being an environmentalist means that you’re a “tree…
Global Occupy Movement Made in Canada
The global Occupy Movement arrived in Canada nearly a month after the first Occupy Wall Street protest. But, the movement is a made-in-Canada thing. Pages: 1 2
Brian Topp stakes out his ground
Stephen Harper and his cronies must be happy today. With Stephane Dion and Michael Ignatieff, the Conservative war room had to argue against a carbon tax and quote mine extensively…
Freedom of linkage and hatred
It seems like liberals (of the traditional variety) have reason to celebrate Canada’s current Supreme Court bench. First, the Court ruled unanimously that Insite, Vancouver’s Safe Injection Site, could not…