Bullet-Proof Blankets for kids? Not the solution.
My reaction to bullet proof blankets for children: When I was a kid we had fire and earthquake drills. When I became a teacher I had to verse the children
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Watching Moncton, remembering Mayerthorpe. And why we still love the RCMP.
While watching the coverage today of the funeral of the three Mounties killed in Moncton, I was transported back to those bleak days in March 2005, when little Mayorthorpe was…
The end of efficiency – will appropriate care become the new system of rationing hospital services?
The relentless pursuit of efficiency may be coming to an end for Ontario hospitals. Thank goodness. As former OHA chief Tom Closson said today at Longwood’s Breakfast With The Chiefs…
Take a Narrow Health Site Survey
This sort of survey isn’t going to make the best website possible for our country. I found the survey easy to take, but the results will be skewed toward the…
I’m on the radio today at 5pm 101.9FM-Tune in
I will be on the radio with other Ricochet Media editors Jahanzeb Hussain and Derrick O’Keefe today- 5pm, CiTR radio 101.9FM (You can also stream this online here) We will
Open Letter To Council Requesting Affirmation Of Toronto As A Sanctuary City
Dear Deputy Mayor, Councillors and city staff. My name is Joe Fantauzzi. I’m a resident of Toronto and first generation Canadian. My family immigrated to this country from Italy in…
Open Letter To Council Requesting Affirmation Of Toronto As A Sanctuary City
Dear Deputy Mayor, Councillors and city staff. My name is Joe Fantauzzi. I’m a resident of Toronto and first generation Canadian. My family immigrated to this country from Italy in…
Centre A fosters intergenerational and intercultural space for Chinatown
I sometimes write things and they get published in The Georgia Straight: Mrs. Chang is a 96-year old elder who calls Vancouver’s Chinatown her home. In a neighbourhood filled with…
People Are Not Pigeons
You needn’t go farther than the comment section of a UK rag to find the sort of people who are okay with torture devices beging designed into their buildings. Is…
On The Playground
Kids play hide and seek. A lack of good hiding places led to one boy climbing to the top of a tree. I almost didn’t see him.
Con Witchhunt on NDP
How is it that rules get changed and the NDP get the blame while the Cons walk away clean? Only in a corrupt Canada lead by Stephen Harper.
In A Swing Riding and Not Sure How to Vote on June 12?
If you’re not sure how to vote on June 12, please, for the love of all that’s holy, at least just VOTE and vote against a Hudak government.
Why does the media care what’s trending on Twitter?
While I was watching TV news coverage of the Moncton nightmare, I often heard the reporters talking, in terms of near awe, that #Moncton or #prayforMoncton was trending on Twitter.…
Activist Killjoy: Vancouver Arts is getting pennies from Developer CACs
I know everyone in the arts community is celebrating this news: City hall is bringing some relief to Vancouver’s embattled arts community, which has for years complained about a lack
COPYRIGHT BOARD SETS RATES FOR ONLINE MUSIC STREAMING SERVICES/ By Sharifullah Mahboob
This new move to set royalties for internet music streaming and sound recordings is a small but fundamental step that secures copyright holders. Toronto lawyer and partner of Brauti Thorning…
Wikileaks welcomes the CIA to the Tweeter
Originally posted on Pressed by Sol Chrom: https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/475121451511844864 Possibly the most epic burn ever. View original
Parties respond to Alliance questionnaire on mental health
We’ve previously noted that all parties had little to say in their official platforms when it comes to mental health care. The Ontario Mental Health and Addictions Alliance recently surveyed…
Winner, Winner – BCTF for Liberal Dinner….
NEW B.C. teachers’ strike fund running out ahead of vote Union has enough cash to finance a few more days of rotating strikes By Stephen Smart, CBC News Posted: Jun…
On this 70th Anniversary of Great Bravery …
… extreme cowardice from our Harper Government. I thought the Greatest Generation defeated the Nazis. Think again. The Harper Government is now tracking ALL public demonstrations. For oil. For money.…
How more than 300 Nigerian girls were kidnapped by extremists written by Michelle Faul summarized by Rashida Forbes
Tragedy struck Chibok Secondary School in Lagos Nigeria on Monday, May 5, 2014 when nearly 300 female students were kidnapped from their dorm rooms. Terrified by the sound of gun…