Regina Refuge #StopURdeportations
It’s been a year since a Regina Walmart illegally hired two foreign students, and triggered a drama with them confined to churches granting them sanctuary from the Harper Government’s punitive…
Uncategorized
Social Determinants: Where did 55,000 Ontario households go?
What happened to 55,000 low-income rental households in Ontario? Between the late 1990s and the early 2000s they simply disappeared from the census. A new report from the Ontario Non-Profit…
New Conservative Party? Yes Please
I’ve felt badly for a while now that conservative voters have no ethical right wing party to vote for in Canada (or the USA, for that matter). The Conservative Party…
T-Rex Doesn’t Taste Like Bacon
I couldn’t keep a straight face over this one. The T-Rex Burger is offensive, but the Baconator isn’t? “She said the fast-food restaurant “strives to deliver a positive dining experience…
Deep Municipal Scandals
When we thought Toronto’s crack Mayor Rob Ford was about to take the national scandal prize, Montreal’s replacement Mayor Michael Appelbaum rides (in a police car) to the rescue with…
Social determinants more than cost of care key to sustainability
Critics of Medicare often point to Canada’s dubious population health record as evidence of the need for system reform, but seldom do these critics spend much time looking at the…
PRISM: Tap It
Some really excellent criticism of wide swaths of the MSM, from… Gawker??? Let’s be honest: Edward Snowden (pictured), the man who made a calculated decision to risk everything he has…
Trudeau just SKEWERED all his critics in one fell swoop!
In a desperate attempt to take Justin Trudeau down a peg or two, the NDP and Conservatives have been crafting a narrative around Trudeau’s public speaking business, and his accepting…
Free Parking Only Half a Million Dollars
Most people in Regina assume they’ll be able to park a vehicle, or two, or three, for free outside of their home. Street parking is technically 24 hours in most…
Wallin Says Sorry, But Doesn’t Step Aside
Maintaining her power over Canada, doesn’t seem like the best way to apologize for ‘accidentally’ cheating Canadians out of tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Not entitled? How many…
OHA silent about sudden departure of CEO and President
Pat, we hardly knew you. A year after being appointed OHA CEO and President, Pat Campbell has mysteriously disappeared from the OHA. In a remarkably short announcement June 12, the…
Eleven Foot Eight – Truck Crashes for Chuckles
I think this is an opportunity for a film person on the Winnipeg St. overpass in Regina. 11foot8 is a website that highlights ridiculous crash videos at a notorious, low,…
Still Squeezing the Poor…Into Inadequate Housing
Bad landlords face licensing crackdown With multiple tenants crammed into decrepit properties, one London borough is taking direct action Lisa Bachelor The Guardian, Friday 14 June 2013 14.46 BST Here…
Aglukkaq might as well be talking about car washes and kittens
We’ve noted several times the absence of Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq when it comes to media inquiries about issues within her jurisdiction. Her performance in Parliament likely gives us…
Is massive Alberta Health Services entity about to be re-reorganized, re-regionalized?
Paralytic chaos as it affects Alberta Health Services. Actual gargantuan provincial health care agencies may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: AHS “Official Administrator” Janet Davidson, Alberta Health Minister Fred…
ConCalls: Elections Canada Keeping Secret Files Illegally
Sixth Estate pointed this out long ago, but CBC is starting to realize the pattern where Elections Canada is breaking the law, and denying the public (and media) access to…
Among OECD, Only Mexico has fewer per capita hospital beds than Ontario
There are some that would like to portray labour and many of our community partners as being reactionary towards the shift of services from hospital to the community. The reality…
Riot Fest announces the Replacements!
What a killer lineup! Can’t make the Toronto show, so I bought a couple of tickets to Riot Fest’s Chicago gig. The Replacements (first show in more than two decades!),…
Cops raid crack video “Ground Zero”
Toronto police chief is holding a media avail at noon today. Read more here.
Nursing Home Inspectors: An old promise or a new one?
What is the value of a promise? In some cases we have chastised government over the lack promises kept, such as the 10-year mental health strategy that never materialized. Or…