Stuff Still Happens, week 18: Apocalypse Now
On Tuesday when I turned on the evening news, I saw pictures of thousands of cars fleeing an apocalyptic hellscape. I first assumed it was just thousands of Americans fleeing…
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Did the Smoke Get in Your Eyes, Justin?
Evacuees fear having to leave Fort McMurray permanently Energy workers already uncertain about their jobs now worry about homes By Briar Stewart, CBC News Posted: May 07, 2016 7:00 AM…
CBS CEO backpedals on paying Canadians for their plasma
The Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Blood Services is doing some damage control by backtracking on the agency’s position on plasma collection. In an internal blog post last week, Dr.…
Trudeau on Forest Fire Tragedy
The Prime Minister spoke about forest fires’ connection to climate change at a community affected by a massive evacuation due in part to climate change. “The reality of climate change…
Lawful, Neutral and Chaotic: mapping the drivers behind social media, companies and states in the public sphere
I’ve been playing with ways to help some students understand the online space: i.e. who the actors are, and what motivates them around the big policy debates about the internet,…
Trump and the Grand Old Puppeteers
When you look at the recent history of American Republican politics, maybe Trump is the best thing for them. Time will tell.
Spain’s left must unite to steer country on road to recovery
Giles Tremlett for the Guardian In his restaurant overlooking the Med at Mataró, a few miles north of Barcelona, Ricard Jornet declares himself an insumiso, a rebel who refuses to…
Skip The Wishes
The Trans Pacific Partnership is a trade agreement intended to remove red tape for international trade, so if someone overseas can provide a product at a better price than a…
Stuff Still Happens, week 17: The impossible is now probable
Thought Batman vs. Superman was unwatchable? Just wait until Trump vs. Clinton. With the prospects of stopping crazed billionaire Donald Trump looking more remote with each passing primary (the Trumpster…
An ounce of prevention: Fighting poverty improves health
Imagine two children, born on the same day, at the same hospital, to different parents. One family is rich, the other is poor. Experts say one of those kids will…
Being a Cyborg Can Leave a Lot to Think About
Pacemakers and Piracy: The Unintended Consequences of the DMCA for Medical Implantshttps://t.co/uGz68CtR7V pic.twitter.com/ZXFrZgRCBd — Cory Doctorow (@doctorow) April 25, 2016 “Today there are well over 3 million pacemakers and over…
SaskOil
Learn all about the oil industry in Saskatchewan. From issues of mineral rights and salt water spills, to a lot more, you’ll learn a bit about what makes our economy…
The Catholic Church’s Last Chance
Suing the Catholic Church is like throwing Jello at the wall, it’s a mess but not much sticks. Thousands of Canada’s First Nations, Metis, Inuit and Inuvialuit joined in a…
Stuff Still Happens, week 16: The purple reign of Prince
The biggest news story of the week was printed in purple. Prince, the diminutive, genre-spanning singer/songwriter/phenomenon, died unexpectedly this week at age 57. Even more than the death of David…
CBC Censoring More Of My Comments
The following is blog navel gazing that you probably won’t be interested in, but I’m keeping a record of it for my amusement. A change (probably in personnel) about 2…
#Duffy Not Faulted For Listening To Harper
3 years ago, I explained what was happening with the Duffy trial. Today it came to a close. It's about the credibility of Duffy vs. the credibility of the Harper…
Speech at Public Policy Forum Dinner
I recently received the Public Policy Forum’s Emerging Leader award. It was presented at their annual Testimonial Dinner, which brought together a pretty remarkable group of over a 1000 policy,…
Saudi Ambassador: Atheism = Subversion = Terrorism
Atheists are not terrorists. We need to start a Boycott-Divestment-Sanction campaign against Saudi Arabia similar to that started against Israel.
Aww, Poor Police
“That continuous accountability, continuously being in the public eye, and that having to be infallible … it puts a lot of pressure on our police officers, and contributes to their…
Stuff Still Happens, week 15: Rachael getting harried
The first, 100% NDP Alberta budget was released on Thursday, and it was a jaw dropper. Faced with a stunning decline in oil and gas revenues (two years ago, the…