Nicaragua Day 9: “From Misery to Poverty”
MANAGUA – At 5:30 am the sun is rising over the Las Mercedes industrial park. The walkway into the park is long, at times multiple railings appear as if organizing…
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Appointed Trustee in Cowichan. BC? East of Eden…
Cowichan school district eyes closures in wake of deficit CBC News Posted: Feb 14, 2013 8:03 AM PT Last Updated: Feb 14, 2013 9:22 AM PT Eden Hawthornwaite,the fired past…
SGI Bike Uprising
Doesn’t SGI know it’s not cool to cause an uprising amongst those most likely to ride motorcycles up and down the streets of SGI brass? The increase in motorcycle insurance…
Nicaragua Day 8 – Fear of flying
MANAGUA – Outside the Managua airport we were met by a representative from the Best Western who asked about our flight. The Best Western Mercedes is located across the street…
NOT a “threat to national security”
The Conservative government is out of control. The Guardian UK newspaper confirms what environmentalists have already suspected (since the Conservatives have openly accused them previously): This Conservative government regards environmentalists…
The “Tone at the Top” from two perspectives: Richard Nixon and the AHS
When Richard Nixon told David Frost than an illegal activity is not illegal “when the president does it” he confirmed what we’d all suspected: the “tone at the top” as…
Nicaragua Day 7: Some bumps along the road
SANTA MARTA – We were thankful for the rain. Without it we would have been forced to choose between the dust or the heat on the small Toyota bus as…
#ForwardOnClimate Support in Regina: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
Stephen McDavid interviewed by CBC/SRC about climate change action: Stephen explains that the pipeline is a line in the sand. Using it, is crossing that line. I’ll explain why there…
MHF attacks JT and sort of apologizes
I’ve just returned from a few days’ vacation in La Belle Province, where I dropped in at the Sun News HQ in Montreal to talk with Brian Dunstan about the…
Nicaragua Day 6: The mayor cuts class to greet us
PUERTO CABEZAS – The Mayor of Puerto Cabezas came out of his Saturday law class to greet us in the hallway. As little kids sold us bags of fruit outside…
De-Apple Your iPhone
Apple is infamous for making hardware that only they can easily support or provide accessories and repairs for. This irritates long-standing Apple customers who’ve bought into the latest round of…
Sandra on the Hill?
Great column, great idea.
Day 5: The other Nicaragua
The lobster fisherman of Puerto Carvaza don’t take boats out and cast traps in into the sea. Instead they take groups of men out in boats to dive into the…
Flight and Death
Last week I watched “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” which is a must-see movie, not only if you love it when alien bugs invade brains. I won’t spoil…
Garneau’s big move
One of the major criticisms of both the Ontario Liberal and federal Liberal leadership races is that they were, and are, boring. Everyone’s too nice, too dull, too blah. A…
The Bait and Switch and the $4 Billion Deficit
Of late there has been much hoopla surrounding the announcement by newly minted Minister of Finance, Jerome Kennedy, that NL’s deficit is ballooning to surprisingly high amounts. How high? $4…
Russian Meteorite Injures People – UPDATED
Shocking, exciting news from Russia early this morning as coincidentally on the same day a major 50m asteroid is set to fly by Earth, a meteorite has struck Russia. Reports…
Nicaragua Day 4: Love and friendship on Valentine’s Day
NANDAIME – Valentine’s Day in Nicaragua is as much about friendship as it is love. Before the day was out, we would be finding both. Nandaime is a quiet town…
Dad: a eulogy for a life well lived.
(For anyone interested, here is the eulogy I gave at my dad’s funeral. Lots of inside stuff, but it give you an idea of what the man was all about.)…