Most mentally ill patients are more likely to be the victim of the violence than the perpetrator of it. Most evidence would suggest individuals experiencing mental illness are no more…
Priceless, irretrievable, unexplored stone markings in Alberta have been intentionally destroyed by unknown criminals using methods employed by the Taliban to erase investigation of history. Vandals with power tools, acid,…
This hasn’t been a good week for private companies mining big profits in Canada’s health system. Quebec police are probing a hospital private-public partnership deal awarded to SNC Lavalin Group…
In HuffPost Canada today: Mask Ban Bill Nears Final Stage In House Of Commons LOL…what a joke this government is..what about face paint, or glasses, noses and moustaches..? Or, let’s…
In February we attended a forum hosted by the Centre for Policy Alternatives looking at the manufactured crisis the Liberals are using to bring in a far-reaching austerity agenda. At…
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-(Federal Court, ASS. PRESS) The Council of Canadians (CoC) court challenge is fiiiinalllly underway in Federal Court this morning. Well, sort of. It’s defending itself against the Conservatives who are…
Sage Handbook of Public Relations, the main textbook for PRL 605: Public Relations Theory at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. As I noted in my last post I’m…
Here’s a nifty accidental way of getting aerial photography. A seagull steals the camera!
I was shocked, and disapointed that the CBC article today about police reports including Charter violating intel, didn’t have mention of BC’s PRIME system.
Neil Macdonald: A mighty nation, frightened by an angry mob – So called analysis at the CBC online site…with, of course, the usual diatribes against all Muslims, everywhere, in the…
The lengths people go to in order to stop gay people from enjoying their life… Thomas Amons, a principal for the Beaumont Independent School District’s Taylor Career and Technology Center…
Is it just me, or is Alberta getting more and more insane all the time? Must be all those bitumen fumes..where else would a teacher be fired for doing his…
During the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games, viewers in the United States quickly became frustrated with the company given exclusive U.S. broadcasting rights to the games and used the hashtag…
by Peace Alliance Winnipeg During the Vietnam war, tens of thousands of American conscientious objectors sought refuge in Canada to avoid taking part in a war they could not, in…
I’ve written previously about the idea of banking sick days, and getting a payout for them later. Now the Ontario government has passed Bill 115, which “freezes their wages, bans…
Earlier this week we ran a story about how a manager at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences had used a YouTube clip from the 2000 movie “Meet The…
If we’re going to have religious fundamentalists trying to rabble-rouse left, right, and centre, in this country, the conservative media is going to have to figure out how to cover…
When I saw the trailer for Argo, I had a flashback to the Tommy Douglas Story. It was obvious from the focus of the plot that the CIA was going…
It’s easy to get carried away with the continual promise of better health care through technology. From the IBM Watson super computer to vending machines that dispense pharmaceuticals, we are…
