Japan Ordered to Stop Whaling and Complies
Japan has long been criticized for its “scientific” whaling and now the UN has asked them to stop. Japan defended itself by saying that their ships who were slaughtering whales…
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SaskPower Carbon Capture and Storage Going Online Today, On Schedule
@tingeyd -Construction of the @SaskPowerCCS facility is complete. Currently commissioning and preparing for commercial operation Spring 2014— (@SaskPowerCCS) January 27, 2014 “The government boasted at last week’s Boundary Dam symposium…
Political Parties and Ideology in Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli
If you haven’t read it already, flip on over to Drew Brown’s blog coaker’s ghost and check out his post called “much ado about nothing.” Drew discusses some recent events…
Scandalous Senate and PMO appointments say Harper is unqualified to criticise Trudeau’s f-bomb
by: Obert Madondo | March 31, 2014 Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau dropped the f-bomb when he addressed the crowd at the Fight for the Cure charity boxing match in Gatineau,…
Mad As Hell
I got up this morning to a fog rolling into the city. It’s not from rain, or from temperature change or any other natural reason for a hazy day. It’s…
EQAO, Literacy and Ability
My 9-year-old says that EQAO stands for Evil Questions Attacking Ontario. I think she’s on to something. We just administered the literacy test at our school this week. I’ve always…
Good Reading: Melissa Fong On The Intersection Of Racism and Male Privilege
Melissa Fong offers a fantastic analysis of some online activism being done by @SUEY_PARK, @BLACKGIRLDANGER @THEWAYOFTHEID and @CHEUYA around issues of male privilege and its intersection with racism. Ms. Fong’s…
Good Reading: Melissa Fong On The Intersection Of Racism and Male Privilege
Melissa Fong offers a fantastic analysis of some online activism being done by @SUEY_PARK, @BLACKGIRLDANGER @THEWAYOFTHEID and @CHEUYA around issues of male privilege and its intersection with racism. Ms. Fong’s…
17 Things To Do While Watching TV News
There’s more than 17. Way more. And you don’t have to do them all, you just have to start with a few. Chances are, though, that you already do some…
Gay Straight Alliances.
What if I told you there was a tool to use in our schools that could drop heterosexual male suicide rates by 50%? And that can reduce by more than…
Russia invades Ukraine? Yup, going to happen…
.. it’s now not “if” but when. As reported here, Russian troops are massing at key points along Ukraine’s border. There will be a swift attack, territory will be secured…
Soudas All By Himself
Soudas @MarkHorseman LOL, don't worry, @PMOharper took care of that too. news.nationalpost.com/2014/03/24/rob… #Anders— John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) March 28, 2014 I think Rob Anders would have been a better choice for…
Special day statements: go big or go home. Why I say go home
I have to admit the one year moratorium on special day statements wasn’t my first idea about how to handle the burgeoning busy work of creating statements to mark the…
Hemp Revolution
Hemp has enormous potential to help us build an ecologically sound society. It can replace most uses of tree-derived paper products and lumber, thus saving vast amounts of forests. It…
Locating Canada’s State Multiculturalism As A Racist Doctrine
I, like many Canadians, am a product of Canada’s state multiculturalism. My family was permitted to enter and remain in Canada, achieve legal, civil, social and economic rights and ultimately,…
Locating Canada’s State Multiculturalism As A Racist Doctrine
I, like many Canadians, am a product of Canada’s state multiculturalism. My family was permitted to enter and remain in Canada, achieve legal, civil, social and economic rights and ultimately,…
Locating Canada’s State Multiculturalism As A Racist Doctrine
By Joe Fantauzzi@jjfantauzziCanada is a multicultural nation. More than four decades of policy, legislation and celebration have engraved this country’s pluralism into its national character. The ethnic diversity of this…
Why Russia’s Crimea is different from America’s Iraq
Today President Obama said America's invasion of Iraq is nothing compared to Russia's annexation of Crimea. Coffin makers agree.In 2003 the United States invaded Iraq, a stable country, claiming Saddam…
Why Russia’s Crimea is different from America’s Iraq
Today President Obama said America’s invasion of Iraq is nothing compared to Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Coffin makers agree. In 2003 the United States invaded Iraq, a stable country, claiming…
Why Russia’s Crimea is different from America’s Iraq
Today President Obama said America's invasion of Iraq is nothing compared to Russia's annexation of Crimea. Coffin makers agree.In 2003 the United States invaded Iraq, a stable country, claiming Saddam…