Lafleche Loses Another Building: Flying Goose Inn
Another accidental fire in Lafleche last night, this one attributed initially to careless smoking (is there any other kind?). The Flying Goose Inn, the only bar and hotel in town,…
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PM Puts Up Hand “Cheque Please!”
Harper hurried out of the country, and who could blame him? He had angry professional journalists on his tail, asking him questions that have no other true answer than to…
Thanks, Mayor Mandel. Now, on to business…
First, a thank you to Stephen Mandel for his years of service to our city. Politics — particularly civic politics — is a tough way to make a living, and…
DuffyGate Continues #cdnpoli
This whole Mike Duffy scandal isn’t new, but it is big news now, because further details came to light last week. We learned that Duffy was basically bribed by the…
Lou Rinaldi must be stewing over Biron’s appointment as TSH CEO
Nobody can say Robert Biron didn’t know what he was getting into. The former CEO of Cobourg’s Northumberland Hills Hospital has come to the big city, the next in line…
Former Human Child GAP
Dear Former Human Child, CEO of the GAP, When you were a child, you probably dreamed of enslaving poor Asian people so they would die tragically in building fires and…
Harper Understood
Here’s Stephen Harper giving a description of the Canadian federal political system. It’s obvious that his blubbering since about not understanding something about how the Prime Minister has unchecked power,…
Cycling In Regina Isn’t Always Easy
What’s it like for a Regina cyclist to go see a movie? Besides homicidal/comical drivers (from Alberta), there are flooded Multi Use Pathways, and underpasses that are creeks. Persist past…
It’s the cover-up, stupid!
For anyone old enough to remember the Watergate scandal, it wasn’t the break-in that did Nixon in, it was the cover-up. It’s a political lesson that should never be ignored:…
Don’t Ask Me To Prounce This Anything But “Cool”
Poi spinning makes you look 100% cooler, even if you bash yourself in the face by accident.
Wright Quits, Wallin & Duffy Half-Quit, May Lashes the PM #cdnpoli
What dirt does Duffy have on the Prime Minister, that would have had him order his Chief of Staff to cut Mike Duffy a cheque for more than $90,000? Mike…
Rolling (Over) on the River….
Holmes Hydro can proceed without environmental assessment The Canadian Press Posted: May 18, 2013 1:30 PM PT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 2:19 PM PT And this is our BC…
When Will Stephen Harper Resign?
It’s time Canada called for the resignation of Stephen Harper. Anything less would be a failure of democracy.
If we can’t pin the tail to the donkey, then we are the donkey.
We could get Nigel Wright’s resignation, but so what? His polling numbers don’t matter. If he trends on Twitter during his scandal, who cares? Nobody is going to vote for…
Not Related
The following stories are ^not related. Canadians increasingly cynical about state of democracy: Hepburn Voters are losing trust in the way Canada’s democracy works. Nuh-uh! Living in the Age of…
Health care activists set to converge on Niagara-on-the-Lake July 24-25
July 24-26 the provincial Premiers will be meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake for the last Council of the Federation meeting before the 10-year federal-provincial health accord expires. What comes next is largely…
Rob Ford and Mike Duffy
Rob Ford, Mayor of Toronto, is alleged to appear in a video of him smoking crack. Mike Duffy, former Conservative Senator, is now just another failed Senator, sitting as an…
From the archives: Mike Duffy defends Conservative Senate expenses
I kid you not. Several years ago, shortly after Mike Duffy was handed his cushy Senate gig, he appeared on a national news broadcast in, well, rough shape defending Conservative…
Kerry Diotte the front-runner … for now.
For months now, the city has been watching a tedious production called Waiting for Stephen to come to its end — is Mayor Mandel in, or is he out? All…