Hudak mental health white paper ignores existing national and provincial strategies
Earlier this week we were told that the Hudak PC’s were going to release a White Paper on Mental Health this Thursday. While the paper is still not up on…
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ConCalls: Investigate the Investigation? #RoboCon
If you need your blood pressure raised, Daniel Dickin has just the treatment for you. The persistent hack, perpetual election fraud defender, suggests that because there are no resulting charges…
NL MHA Report Card
With the Muskrat Falls debate dying a slow but certain death and law school turning out to be a bit labor intensive, I have been slacking on the blog lately…
Words that make me crazy
Or, otherwise known as: For the love of God, irregardless isn’t a word! I spend a lot of my time writing, reading and editing. Many non-words are in common use…
Tomorrow on Earthgauge: Climate Change 101, Shell oil rig disaster, Liveable Ottawa
This week on EG Radio, we have another packed show! Want to learn the fundamentals of climate science so you can easily refute that climate change denying buddy? Well, we…
ConCalls: #RoboCon RoboBus Meets #Jennimandering
One of Regina’s 3 finest Conservative MPs has fingered Jenni Byrne as ultimately responsible for the misleading push-poll by “Chase Research” which has apparent ties to RackNine in Alberta. Lukiwski…
ConCalls: RoboCall Boundary Edition #RoboCon 650 days and counting
Last week I got a robocall from “Chase Research” and listened to it all, taking notes when I realized it was a Conservative push-poll and would cause a scandal. I…
Don’t Care About Penny Salami Slicing
There’s a bit of hand wringing going on around Facebook amongst typically the anti-Harper crowd. Normally I’d join in, because it’s worth wringing hands over practically everything our Prime Minister…
And we wonder why people are cynical about politics
This, this and this. Oh, and this, this and this, too. All of these stories could be found on NationalNewsWatch.com at 6:28 pm. And what do they all have in…
Take inspiration where you can find it.
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Regina Transit Petition
Regina Transit is planning to rearrange existing service to provide a few efficiencies. I see that more investment is needed to make significant improvements that transit riders have been requesting…
Khan, Cusanelli canned: Alberta premier sacks two rookie ministers in wake of poll
Steve Khan, eyed suspiciously by a fox. Below: Richard Starke, Christine Cusanelli, Richard III and Thomas Lukaszuk. Right on the heels of a new poll suggesting a decline in support…
Concert of the Day: Straight Outta CBGB’s
Bad Brains live at CBGB 1982: Filed under: music, Uncategorized, video Tagged: Bad Brains, CBGB, CBGB’s, D.C. hardcore, hardcore punk, music, New York, NYC, video
Ottawa and Hamilton: Significant hospital cuts ahead despite rhetoric from Premier-designate
Dr. Jack Kitts, CEO of the Ottawa Hospital, says he plans to transfer about 5,000 endoscopies to community hospitals and clinics as part of an overall plan to find $31…
Reopening The Abortion Debate In Canada (Whether You Like It Or Not)
Sixth Estate: I think we’re kidding ourselves if we say that the debate about abortion is now over and shouldn’t be reopened. It may have been closed in the courts…
So.
RIP The Agonist 2002-2013. Feels good to be back (in…monochrome). Filed under: Uncategorized
Braving the bitter cold for mental health
About 80 mental health workers and their supporters braved the bitter cold February 1 to raise concerns about the impact of cuts on Providence Care Mental Health Centre in Kingston.…
An Incomplete Guide to Not Creeping
Reblogged from Whatever: The last couple of months have been a really interesting time for geekdom, as its had its face rubbed in the fact that there are a lot…
Credit card size sheets of gold for uncertain times
A Swiss-based company has introduced credit card size sheets of gold that can be broken like a chocolate bar into 1 gram pieces, and they are rapidly growing in popularity…