Municipal Vote Thoughts: Don’t Promise to Run a City Like a Business!
Public office is not a business and candidates should stop promising to run City Halls as such. It’s different and it’s time we all started acknowledging this simple fact.
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Oz
“Oz: The Great and Powerful” made me think the TV was malfunctioning when it started, because it’s at half the screen size and black and white. This is by design,…
Political grab bag time.
And now, in lieu of a real blog of connected thoughts, here are some disjointed thoughts on matters political … • The leadership race for the provincial New Democrats is…
Are Canada’s Rails Safe?
All signs are pointing to no. And the railway companies are starting to ship way more goods much more explosive than Canadian grain.
Imploding media, a failure to communicate.
It takes a while to digest the sale the other day of Canada’s English-language Sun newspapers to Postmedia. All you can say for sure is that the newspaper market in…
Canada’s Capital Punishment Foreign Policy
Do Canadians realize that our foreign policy is now based on capital punishment for supposed crimes committed?
Problems at clinics should prompt rethink on competitions for hospital services
The media is applauding Health Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins this week for promising greater transparency around private clinic inspections that had previously been kept secret by Toronto Public Health and…
GETTING YOUR ARTICLES PUBLISHED
A guest blog post from Louis-Philippe Rochon: GETTING YOUR ARTICLES PUBLISHED: JOURNAL EDITORS OFFER SOME ADVICE This short note is aimed at graduate students and faculty members alike who are…
Straight Talk: Beds so old it’s sometimes hard to find parts
If there is job security for someone like John Hopkins it’s because hospitals are increasingly having to make do with what they have. A maintenance mechanic with South Grey Bruce…
RCMP Fails to help Member; He Dies
The Mountie made famous last year by the media and the RCMP for being punished while smoking medicinal marijuana while in uniform, has died of an undisclosed cause. He was…
#DontLookAtTheSun it’s now #PostModernMedia
Now Sun News is owned by the National Post now . The National Post, AKA the Financial Post has made it clear they’ll do lewd things in a washroom with…
Blood services staff fuming over blame for low inventory
Canadian Blood Services is telling staff that national blood inventory levels are at their lowest since 2008. In a memo sent out September 30, Chief Supply Chain Officer Ian Mumford…
Rest in Peace, Jamie Hubley
Originally posted on My journey with AIDS…and more!:“I’m tired of life, really. It’s so hard, I’m sorry, I can’t take it anymore.” “I don’t want my parents to think this…
Rogers: An old song for a tired audience.
Hold tight Canada. You are about to be dazzled by the same people who have abused you before. You never learn do you? There is always another generation without the…
Wrong Side Of History
I found it ironic today that there are people viewing staying out of Iraq as being on the “wrong side of history”. I couldn’t think of a more perfect example…
BC’s Future Goes Back to the Past…
Temporary foreign workers needed for B.C.’s future, says premier Christy Clark: ‘There’s going to be a spurt in the number of workers that are required.’ By Tamsyn Burgmann, The Canadian…
The Wolf Is Real
“The Wolf of Wall Street” is a gross movie about the excess of American greed. It’s not excessively gory, it instead depicts non-violent financial crimes, and drug abuse. == The…
Global Regina Bullied by Racists Into Censorship
Racists who were criticizing the launch of a new mosque in Regina, forced the TV station to remove the news story from their Facebook page, rather than report and delete…
A Thank-You To the RPS and EMS
Originally posted on John Klein – Regina: A few of you may have caught me on the news today. The Regina Police Service had a meeting and my thank-you letter…