Mars Curiosity Lands Safely!
(Written late last night.) It’s one of those momentous nights in human history, when a team of scientists makes new discovery possible by working together as a team around the…
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Westwood Park (Ottawa) Off-leash Status
Hello, Just wanted to bring attention to a much beloved off-leash dog park in Ottawa’s west end. Some immediate neighbours to the park think that this should no longer be…
Housing Discrimination Courtesy of Rental Diva
Rental Diva, an unlicensed rental agency in Brampton Ontario, is likely to face a human rights tribunal after turning away clients because they’re gay. Thiago Derucio and Christ Prentice called…
Westwood Park (Ottawa) Off-leash Status
Hello, Just wanted to bring attention to a much beloved off-leash dog park in Ottawa’s west end. Some immediate neighbours to the park think that this should no longer be…
Private Employers Access Police Database
Here’s the really strange part… the employers didn’t hack the system to gain illegal access. The police give sometimes false positive criminal record checks to B.C. citizens seeking jobs. “The…
Fishing For an Alternative….?
How You can Have Your Healthy Environment and Eat Farmed Salmon Too Sue Scott, from the Atlantic Salmon Federation, has a column under this heading, in HuffPo today. It’s a…
ConCalls: Show The Cards Elections Canada #RoboCon
A lawyer is trying to compel Elections Canada to release more public details of its super slow investigation into the election fraud from May 2011. Apparently the next date we’ll…
Chick-Fil-H8
Last week I didn’t know Chick-Fil-A existed, or how to say it. I wish I still didn’t. That sack of meat, dirt bag owner of the chain is welcome to…
Wrecking ball only fate for Mountainview Hotel
Let’s get one thing clear — I am a big supporter of local history.Which is why I think the local branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario should have it’s…
Wood Mountain Hail
There was a bit of hail in Wood Mountain today; the ground turned white at the park. @canadogreg Friend at Wood Mountain park took this one http://t.co/dqGg1fHX— Riley Fafard (@RilesFaf)…
BP Doesn’t Pay
BP isn’t repairing the damage it caused in the Gulf of Mexico. Of course, it was easy to predict that. Enbridge didn’t clean up the huge spill in Wisconsin. Yet…
LBJ on Economics
“Making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg. It may seem hot to you,but it never does to anyone else.” Cited in Robert A. Caro,…
Bringing back the name (sort of) won’t bring back the Klondike Days feel.
So, K-Days is back! That should settle all the problems that have beset the ex-Capital Ex. Well, not quite. The public has spoken, and K-Days is back as the name…
Dutch disease revised
As we know, Dutch disease is about damage to industry from resource exports. As we witness the widespread drought this summer in North America and the damage to crops, Dutch…
Ukraine Proposes Jail For Positive Gay Depictions
Lawmakers in the Ukraine have introduced an anti-gay bill that would punish “propaganda of homosexuality” with fines and up to five years in prison. Russia recently enacted a similar law…
Oro Lake
On Saturday my wife and I were in Oro Lake, which is SW of Regina. It used to be a Regional Park, but is now simply a community hall with…
Bruce Carson Charged
Designed as expiring news on a Friday in the middle of Summer, instead of last Winter when the report on his alleged guilt was complete, these charges come a year…
Bleeding Green
Mitch Alexander writes: What kind of council does the city of Regina have. You best believe that I won’t be going to that stadium. I think everyone should just boycott…
Batman
I’m not a fanatical comic book movie watcher. I did go to see “Batman The Dark Knight Rises” Tuesday though, and it was great. It would have helped to have…