I wrote a rad article on female representation in electronic music here on Ricochet. The article features Decibel Festival 2014 and I am giving away a pair of tickets to
As privatization creeps further into Canada’s health system it’s fair to ask whether decisions are being made based on private profit or health care needs? As contract health providers become…
Originally posted on Eh Types:A small number are willing to re-elect Rob Ford. They are going down with his ship as surely as the Titanic’s band. It is encouraging that…
In the wake of the Red Cross Care Partners strike last December, it was clear the province needed to quickly improve the working lives of its personal support workers. Home…
The biggest terrorist powers in the world are located in Washington and London, as Chomsky and others have pointed out repeatedly. Millions were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan alone, to…
Saw “Charlie Wilson’s War” which explains the background behind the Soviet’s failure in Afghanistan, and paved the way for the Taliban to later take over. Today I saw “Cars 2″…
What’s with the dozens of Bell trucks poking around every corner in our neighbourhoods? Seems like more than usual, doesn’t it?
OPINION Justin Trudeau may be the next big thing – but Stephen Harper’s still Nickelback Politics, like music, is about sound and vision. What will voters want to hear in…
Somewhere in my collection of flotsam and jetsam of old newspaper clippings from my youth, I have the famous Edmonton Journal paper from the day after the Progressive Conservatives, under…
Isis. Goddess of peace and love or vehicle of American global political destabilization?
B.C. teachers’ strike: Union rejects premier’s demand to suspend strike Union says government remains entrenched, inflexibile and unwilling to bargain. CBC News Posted: Sep 03, 2014 10:51 AM PT Last…
The Cons hate the CBC. We already know that. The question is why are they attacking the ‘mainstream media’ and ‘Ottawa media elite’? In the run-up to the 2015 federal…
Renfrew County doesn’t usually generate a lot of headlines. In a very conservative part of the province the plight of a 140 striking home care workers is generating some sympathy…
Alberta Tory leadership candidate Jim Prentice, invisible, as everybody and their non-partisan friends pile on. Actual scenes from Alberta politics may not take place exactly as illustrated. Below: The real…
Toronto seemed gripped in a mix of terror and disbelief yesterday. Rumours Wednesday night were a new poll would show Ford in the lead. Yesterday the poll while having Tory…
Once again a plane intended to ferry party-animal Canadians to a booze soaked week in the tropics, has “had” to turn back to Toronto. No, planes don’t have to go…
It was destroyed by the artist last year in a fire. I stopped by it several years ago.
Wednesday Renfrew County workers for ParaMed Home Health Care held a surprise picket outside the company’s Ottawa offices. ParaMed has expressed remarkable indifference to an imminent strike that will sideline…
I gave a tour of Regina today to a Mexican student studying at the UofR this coming semester. We were fortunate to have a ride from my parents after lunch,…
A new building is often seen as a solution for the updated delivery of health care. It’s true they usually reduce energy costs. If designed correctly and collaboratively, they can…
