Heading for the courts, CAMH’s Zahn can’t sweep workplace safety under the rug
You have to wonder about Katherine Zahn. Not much has been going right lately for the CEO of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Data shows incidents of…
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More lives than a movie zombie: ‘Canada’s Worst MP’ Rob Anders is back, eyeing Wildrose leadership
Just when we’d despaired of ever hearing again from Rob Anders, the man who will be Canada’s worst Member of Parliament only a little longer, he announced “a sense of…
Lang Should Be Fired Or Suspended
CANADALAND's investigation of @AmandaLang_CBC , by @sdbcraig , is now online: http://t.co/W7s8XUoX03 pic.twitter.com/FL23x8af34 — Jesse Brown (@JesseBrown) January 12, 2015 It’s been brewing for Lang for quite some months now.…
It’s not spring in Alberta yet, but there are hints of a spring election in the air
There were two hints yesterday that Alberta Premier Jim Prentice is edging closer to calling an early election this spring, maybe three if you’re of a particularly conspiratorial turn of…
Snake Throwing Video
When a ‘night out with the boys and snake’ goes terribly wrong, you get an international disgrace. Remember the snake thrown behind the counter at Tim Horton's Dec 8th? YEP!…
The promise and peril of digital diplomacy
The following oped was in the Globe and Mail last Friday. It is a response to the news of a new digital diplomacy initiative at the Munk School of Global…
The Hobbit Ends
I saw the last Hobbit movie on Friday, with Jeri. We had food at Montana’s just before. I had the veggie feta burger and it was very good, it tasted…
Isn’t ‘journalistic integrity’ an oxymoron?
Did you know that Shaw Media has a book of standards for its journalists? It makes you wonder why. Did you know that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation used to have…
Cheap oil’s the disaster it is for Alberta because our province is so badly run
The decline in oil prices to the sub-$50-per-barrel level may not be a pleasant experience for those of us here in Alberta, especially the Progressive Conservative rulers of our province,…
Peace, order and good government: Pondering John A. Macdonald’s legacy on his 200th birthday
Today, or possibly yesterday, is the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Macdonald, first prime minister of Canada, arguably the person most responsible for the creation of our country…
Stuff Happens. Week 1
Welcome to Stuff Happens, a weekly wrap up of the news that you know, or may have missed. They say there’s no such thing as bad publicity. Not quite true.…
Climate change made simple
This video gives me warm and fuzzies like you wouldn’t believe. The most recent research on Climate change simply explained by the largest international collaboration of climate scientists, the IPCC.
Canada’s Role in the Global Climate Puzzle
Here is an Op-Ed written for one of my courses last semester. It was published in the Times Colonist on Dec 19th. 14. Take a look. http://digital.timescolonist.com/epaper/viewer.aspx?noredirect=true
Introductions to the new Woman at Mile 0
The torch of Woman at Mile 0 has officially been passed. I am her daughter and am very excited to have adopted her long- unloved blog and make it my…
Willfully Blind in the Land of Unintended Consequences…
Nanaimo sprinkler prank costs parents $48,000 14-year-old boy attached friend’s lock to sprinkler head, setting off high school sprinkler system CBC News Posted: Jan 09, 2015 7:07 AM PT Last…
RCMP Pursuing A Relationship
Cop constructively abducts Native woman in Canada <~ media calls it "Pursuing a Relationship" FU pic.twitter.com/tdHy8daYKg — lastrealindians.com (@lastrealindians) January 9, 2015 RCMP officers don’t possess good sense given to…
Premier Jim Prentice is optimistic and pessimistic at the same time: don’t worry your pretty little heads about it
How does Alberta Premier Jim Prentice get to be optimistic and pessimistic about the same thing at the same time in order to reach contradictory conclusions? Can someone explain to…
Keeping up with the floor crossers: Wildrose defection continues to generate plenty of heat, less light
The intense furor over the defection of majority of Alberta Wildrose Opposition to the Progressive Conservative government seems to have prompted new clarifying statements from two of the MLAs widely…