Parks and Rec gets screwed … again.
I don’t normally become particularly excised over entertainment industry awards. They are what they are, with politics playing as much a role as performance. But something has to be said…
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PostModern PostMedia
Somehow Stephen Maher has a job at PostMedia. It’s amazing, there is still some honest journalism going on at the husk of former Black-owned newspapers, in 2012 no less. Instead…
Hudak found a new way to get cozy with the pro-lifers
Remember the white paper, about flexible labour markets, that the MIA Ontario PC leader, Tim Hudak, released last month? If you didn’t, don’t sweat it. No one else gave it…
But Batman is lonely too, Sad Spaceman
Alltop always wanted to be Robin. I know, weird, right?
Take a little Time out of Your Busy Schedule……
Romeo Dallaire, possible the only ex-Armed Forces biggie I could ever have any respect for, is sponsoring this petition to bring Omar Khadr home…it’s well past time for this to…
Protected: The Newfoundland Legislature, Backbenchers, and the Infamous Paul Lane
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
ConCalls: Gone Dismissing
So, new Elections Canada commish, what’s up? I know you’re new on the job, but you seemed to have been able to get a confident handle on things enough by…
As Close As We’ll Get
SaskAdapt.ca feels like waving the white flag, but it is an important website, and a project at the UofR. It’s also the closest we’ll get to an admission from the…
Editor’s Picks: Some recent stories you may have missed
It’s time for our summer break. We won’t be posting again until mid-August, but you may want to explore some of the almost 600 articles that are already up on…
Google Street View Circa 1907
It seems Google didn’t invent Street View The idea was 100 years old when it first started to become popular on the Internet! Behold Vancouver, street view from 1907 Barcelona,…
Names for ex-Capital Ex fail to inspire, but still ….
Northlands is trying to get the public engaged in renaming its annual summer fair by holding a naming contest to replace the unloved title Capital Ex, which itself replaced the…
Ontario hospitals: Only Mexico to pass to reach the fewest beds per capita
Here’s a given – as Ontario hospitals start to shed services and staff in the next three years, the government is inevitably going to proclaim the benefits of serving patients…
Ask General Kang: What is the best approach of making first contact with a race that thinks of your species as food?
This is one of the first sensible questions people have asked me on this column. Most of your questions are about petty human concerns such as getting a mate, and…
Australia’s Gay Panic Defence Get Challenged
Slap reader Tim writes in with this bit of news from Down Under: Currently in Queensland Australia there exists a legal defence which allows a reduced sentence on murder of…
Stolen Bike Alert
My Giant Boulder SE, men’s frame, silver colour bike was stolen from 15th Ave and McTavish St. (Regina) at 2:45pm Saturday; please watch for it. It had a yellow round…
On “Killing Jerry Sandusky would not be enough…”
My response to this blog post: While violence as vengeance is not my style I can appreciate a good fantasy in cases such as this. Even if the thought was…
Arena over budget. And winter is cold.
The Edmonton arena project is having a hard time reaching its guaranteed cost of $450 million. Those of you who are surprised by this news, please raise your hand. OK,…
Copyright Win for the People of Canada
There were some not-so-small victories in the recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling Thursday on copyright and fair dealing. Americans have “fair use”, and Canadians have “fair dealing”. There is…
But you got cookie, so share it maybe?
So it turns out that given the workload oppressive heat (it’s only 77°F back where I went to college in Sackville, New Brunswick) I may not be able to be…
Tory MP Rob Anders is a “great Canadian”
Well, according to Kory Teneycke he is. Current subject matter aside, I think it’s a bit of a stretch to suggest that Anders, who once called Nelson Mandela a “terrorist”,…