Seizing Canada’s Moment: The Speech from the Throne
The big news yesterday is of course that the Tea Party finally caved and allowed the United States government to reopen amidst its continued partisan deadlock (between the corporatist and…
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Harper’s Keystone XL lobbying trip funded by $65,000 in tax dollars
by Carol Linnitt – Originally posted on DeSmog Canada The hotel rental for Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s September visit to New York City cost Canadian taxpayers a total of $56,582.91,…
#GatewayPoems Make Light(crude) of Tragedy
On another note, who says there aren't any jobs in the resource industry for arts students? #GatewayPoems http://t.co/en4G6ffhLS— Adam Stirling (@Adam_Stirling) October 16, 2013 If you want the #KXL, you…
A Turkish Hotel Wins Hospitality Innovation Award for Accommodating Protestors
During the Taksim Square protests in Turkey earlier this year, Divan Hotels’ flagship property in Istanbul opened their doors to the protestors. Not a bad place to get support after…
CALLING ALL ARMS TO THE MARSH!
Paul Fletcher-Somenos Marsh Society by Paul Fletcher The Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society is hosting an event next Saturday October 19 at 1pm at Somenos Marsh. We are hoping to get…
Clark, Redford getting closer on Enbridge, energy export plans?
B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Alberta’s Alison Redford (photo: Dan Riedhuber/Reuters) VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier Christy Clark and Alberta’s Alison Redford have appointed a team of senior bureaucrats to…
What the heck is CivicCamp?
Who’s behind these pencils? Where do pencils get their funding from? Pencils are nothing but a left-wing propaganda machine. One pencil wrote in cursive once so all pencils obviously can…
He Called Himself a Journalist – UPDATED
The Independent got a black eye today from a former editor who shamelessly confessed to being an authoritarian. Blackhurst, in explaining why he would never have allowed his newspaper to…
BC Budget hides $100 Billion, forces citizens to shoulder debt burden
As the Liberal Government compiles the 2014 BC Budget, it is ignoring warnings of exploding capital borrowing, hiding $100 Billion in taxpayer liabilities, and forcing the province’s least fortunate citizens…
Merkel took BMW money before putting brakes on EU emissions cuts
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gets a tour of new BWW designs at a recent auto show BERLIN – Germany blocked the introduction of tougher European Union emissions rules for cars…
Partisan isn’t a four-letter word
It has become a lazy slur, an oft-employed pundit crutch – decrying the evils of partisanship, dismissing the opinion of partisans with one brush, and apportioning a large share of…
Protect the Pickering Lands #onpoli #cdnpoli #NoPickeringAirport
Check out Common Ground, and add your voice to protect the Pickering Lands and say no to Flaherty’s Folly International Airport. The Conservative government in Canada wants to convert over…
We Have The Technology to Stop Air Pollution
Listen to a scientist say very clearly that we have the science and technology to create 100% renewable power in the United States within my lifetime (2050). We’re only held…
Blog Action Day 2013 – Human Rights #BAD13
On Friday I was invited to talk about blogging, on Regina’s community radio station CJTR. The show was Human Rights Radio by Jim and Gord, and we spent the hour…
Margaret Trudeau on Mental Health
There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. – Leonard Cohen From CBC Books I had the fortune of seeing Margaret Trudeau speak on mental health a…
Will NAFTA Rescue the Corporations Facing Anti Fracking Opponents?
This was originally posted on the Common Sense Canadian in Energy and Resources Obey law, minister tells New Brunswick fracking protesters Fracking protest in New Brunswick (photo: Colin McPhail) by…
1927, a Year to Remember
1927. It was the year America sent troops to Nicaragua, forcing a US-supervised election. The year Alfred Hitchcock released his first movie. And the year when Fritz Lang released his…
Sex Workers to MLA: Buy local
Some stories you can’t make up. Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo, Alberta MLA Mike Allen was charged in the summer with prostitution while on a trip to St. Paul, Minnesota. He left…
American and Canadian Politics – A brief comparison and lay of the land
Here is a rough translation of Canadian political culture for Americans and others who may be unfamiliar with the political landscape of the second largest country on earth, the holder…
Ontario Liberals gut environmental protections for Ring of Fire
Ontario Legislature TORONTO – Ontario’s governing Liberals have “snuck in” changes that are dismantling environmental protections and could have “disastrous results” for the province, environmental commissioner Gord Miller said Thursday.…