The last word on rec facilities…
Maybe… Does anyone realize that had council gone ahead with the recommendation to do a market sounding back in May when it had the chance, on Monday night it would…
Maybe… Does anyone realize that had council gone ahead with the recommendation to do a market sounding back in May when it had the chance, on Monday night it would…
Some more photos from the Wood Mountain Folk Festival, with videos to come when I send some to YouTube. Little Miss Higgins The backdrop over the audience Scene from that…
On the left, Tony Genco, Liberal turned Hudak appointed Conservative in Vaughan. He’s up against Steven Del Duca, a long time Vaughan community advocate. The choice is clear – and…
On the left, Tony Genco, Liberal turned Hudak appointed Conservative in Vaughan. He’s up against Steven Del Duca, a long time Vaughan community advocate. The choice is clear – and…
On this weekend I’m at the Wood Mountain Folk Fest. Last night the air was cool and windy, with a few drops of rain, but dozens of people stuck it…
Neil Armstrong has passed away, at 82 years of age. He was the first person to walk on the Moon. No one has set foot on the Moon since I…
Anders Behring Breivik: Norway court finds him sane And my first reaction was “only 21 years for killing 77 people?!?!?!” But, this made me feel a bit better: “He was…
My, my, it’s been an interesting August, hasn’t it? I took a vacation from Sixth Estate to get married. A highly accomplished Sun News reporter decided that although my “patronage…
My Dad’s cousin, Gil Dumelie, passed away last weekend. I was at his funeral today, along with about 600 (or more) other family and friends. Gil was a memorable guy,…
I often condemn the tar sands oil industry as a communist owned, unethical, dirty mess that’s destroyed Canada’s reputation just for a quick (geological-time) buck. There are engineers writing for…
– Last night during the thunderstorm. – A few months ago when everyone in Regina got those great mammatus cloud photos.
I have 7 days left to use 35 iTunes song credits. Give me suggestions of independent, or Saskatchewan (or Canadian) musicians who need more money and make great music. I…
As the deadline approaches for home care personal support workers to register with the government’s new PSW Registry, key issues remain up in the air and are unlikely to be…
A well-known British politician, who is considered a bit of a ‘radical’ in the best sense, in the UK, has launched a defence of Julian Assange, pointing out that, should…
Tomorrow is the last day to get your comments to Simon Belanger-Hebert. You can email him at this address: Simon.Belanger-Hebert@ottawa.ca (it would probably also make sense to CC the local…
The Justin Trudeau bandwagon is getting pretty crowded, and it hasn’t even left the bandwagon station yet. OK, I have no idea if bandwagons had stations, or really what a…
Today in the CBC online media is an article about the quick response to a racist joke or two that appeared in a Legion newsletter; the perpetrator was quickly dismissed…
Public hospitals in the UK are no longer able to compare prices charged for private care in their hospitals. Eight hospital trusts in England have provided assurances that they will…
Focus groups are good at focusing. If there is a strong racist voice in the group, they might start to focus on race. When I heard the news this morning…