It’s Cold Outside
The ol’ digital thermometer is saying it’s about -35 in Regina this morning, before the windchill value is calculated. I still saw ESL students walking to school without toques or…
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Test Post!
Scott Tribe informs me I am finally a Progessive Blogger. Let’s see if this works!
Anti-tax business lobby is fed up with special interests (like us)
The Alberta Enterprise Group is a anti-tax business lobby, a good number of them involved with that province’s oil patch. It’s board of directors is entirely made up of men…
BB10 is finally here
This post at Engadget was interesting because it gave a snapshot of several editors opinions. I think things can be summed up like this, from my own look at the…
Hmmm… final edition of the day…
… only cuz I’m, well, tired. In more ways than one… But can someone tell me how I had a thousand page views today, but only one visitor?
Hmmm, part three — taking your quotes out of context edition…
… ah, crumb, sorry, can’t help you on that point…
Hmmm, part two — spit out your coffee edition
“Why have 4 of your last 5 blogs, been about………..me?”
Hmmm…
“Will ANYONE from the local media sit down with me, one on one, and explain to me why stories like this are NOT being covered.” Geez, I dunno — why…
Numbers don’t lie: Cuts to hospital allied health professionals not showing up in community visits
Over the last number of weeks we have been debunking the myth that hospital cuts somehow represent service transfers to the community. The data for 2012/13 is not yet available,…
Flight
I’d suggest people watch “Flight” if you like deep movies about alcoholism. You might end up cheering for the drunk and feeling bad for doing so.
Kathleen FTW
Convention was crazy. I know I said I would liveblog when I could, but it all just went too fast. Sitting down and writing in the face of all that…
Convention floor update
I’ve been at the convention going on 12 hours – tired feet, hungry, etc. – but no one’s going home yet. After the second ballot results were announced, in which…
Convention floor update
Eric Hoskins went to Kathleen Wynne. Many of Eric’s delegates came to Sandra – I helped greet them – and were happy to be there! Minutes later, Harinder Takhar moved…
Why is Julian Assange Trapped in Ecuador’s Embassy
People may not know exactly why Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange has been detained in the UK, then trapped in Ecuador’s embassy. The short answer is, because he embarrassed the US…
From the Windsor Star: Delegates looking long term
Team Wynne, for the last several days, has been insisting at every opportunity that she should be Premier because she a) has a seat and b) would reopen the Legislature…
The best of times, the worst of times, etc
Political conventions tend to bring out the best of its party members – renewal, camaraderie, etc. But some of the worst, too. Like what happened last night. You may know…
Observations from #OLPLDR
Sometimes there are no words.
Sandra
I’ve been proudly volunteering on Sandra Pupatello’s campaign from the very beginning – which seems much longer ago than it actually is – and what I can tell you about…
P3s for Dummies: Part III — Fool us once, twice, fool us some more
Ontario has been leading the country in pursuing private deals to finance, develop and maintain public infrastructure projects, including a significant number of major hospital redevelopments. Last week we looked…