Lost Train
I was all set to write something, great I’m sure, and had to do something before I started typing. I came back to this page, and I’d forgotten what exactly…
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Refugee Health: The Harper government blinks
The Harper government blinked this week. Determined to bulldoze through unpopular cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) for refugees, the government partially backed off claiming they were simply…
Those Facebook Games
Facebook games are getting more, and more easy all of the time. Just see how long it takes you to solve one of the typical Find-A-Word game images that goes…
Private health care: Placing children at risk to increase profit
You have to wonder how executives at GlaxoSmithKline sleep at night? Yesterday the British drug manufacturer agreed to a civil settlement with the U.S. Government in which they will pay…
A Year
It’s been a year of marriage, and I don’t want the honeymoon to end. == It’s that time of year when the weather gets hot, and the blogging gets slow.…
The Little School Board that Could, part 2….
To quote Kurt Vonnegut, and so it goes… Education Clown Minister Abbott has fired the Cowichan School Board, for not doing something that the Provincial Liberals haven’t be able to…
As seen on the 401
The last remaining Harper supporter left in Canada.
As seen on the 401
The last remaining Harper supporter left in Canada.
The Moose Jaw Tornado
Last week there was an impressive tornado south west of Moose Jaw. Here’s one of the more popular videos of it, brought to you by Saskatoon Scanner who I know…
Important data on sexy notes
Not precisely sure what would entail a “sexy note”, but I do believe this is a sound graph of the relevant data. Alltop prefers sending its sexy notes via pigeon.
Clown Circus Strikes Again!
Cross-border shopping rules hit Canadian stores Although I empathize with some small independent retailers, victims of their inability to achieve the vast purchase power of the big multi-national chains, in…
Saturday Diablogue story pile-up
In sports they call it plays of the week. For us, it’s just our way to address the pile up of issues surrounding health care this week. Labour issues are…
Enjoy Nail Yakupov’s tweets while you can, fans.
Hey, Nail Yakupov! Can I hang with you the next time you go to a bar in Edmonton? Preferably someplace on Whyte or Jasper Avenues. Seriously, dude. I’d just hang…
Random Links
Here are some links sitting in the drafts that I never got around to writing background for. Enjoy them, out of context. Fantino dox get no comment from UBS. Speaking…
Good week for Apple and Google, but wow RIM
I say it’s a good week for Apple and Google just because Google upgraded/added a bunch of apps that are awesome for me. They upgraded the Gmail iOS app to…
Only in Canada? Pity…..
So, the Supreme Court in the US has ruled…and Obamacare, such as it is, is ‘safe’ for now… This decision means, practically, nothing regarding a tax, since if one reads…
Tories use think tank notorious for fabricating evidence to support white paper
It is interesting that the Ontario Tories quote the Pacific Research Institute in this week’s white paper on labour. In the paper, the Tories say the average yearly economic growth…
Ontario PC white paper plans to take labour legislation back to the 19th century
The Ontario PCs have staked out a far-right position on labour with the release Wednesday of their white paper “Paths to Prosperity: Flexible Labour Markets.” For Ontario’s heavily organized health…
Friends in High Places
Medals for everyone! It’s good that she’s so proud of her public service that brought her the public recognition, as to be so shy as to decline to speak about…
Hospital CEO resigns after board rejects “improvement” plan
Staff of the Perth and Smiths Fall District Hospital were told today CEO Todd Stepaniuk has resigned. Stepaniuk, who helmed the organization for 12 years, appears to have lost a…