Higgs boson explained … not really.
I am not a scientific person. I don’t understand how computers work, and I’m pretty sure that electricity is, actually magic. So all this news about the discovery of the…
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Student Employment Rate Sinks
In the summer months, Statistics Canada collects labour force data on students who were attending school full time in March, and who intend to return full time in the fall.…
It’s 40 below, and I don’t give a ….
Stampede celebrates 100th anniversary For all those barbaric yahoos who enjoy torturing animals for fun, entertainment, and most of all – profit..you can keep your little circus…leave the rest of…
48 per cent say supervisor taking Niagara hospital in wrong direction
The Niagara Health System’s supervisor has commissioned a poll on his interim recommendations for the struggling multi-site hospital. If anything, the poll confirmed why Kevin Smith had been appointed by…
The NL Big Picture: NDP Tops Tories in New Poll, Liberals Showing Signs of Return
It has certainly been an interesting couple of days. On Wednesday I published a blog which argued that for the first time in post-confederation NL history, the upcoming provincial election…
Right to Work, again
In case anyone was wondering about the effectiveness of right to work laws in suppressing unionization, here is a chart of Union coverage by U.S. State (the percentage of all…
Changing concepts of time
Occasionally we can still get a glimpse of the radical difference between modern and pre-modern concepts of time. A significant number of Marshall Islanders have migrated to the U.S. According…
San Diego’s Big Bay Bust
I’ve witnessed two big American 4th of July fireworks shows, in New York ’02 and San Diego ’10. The San Diego show two years ago lasted at least 20 minutes,…
Hospitals could face higher municipal taxes
Ontario municipalities may have a legitimate beef with the way hospitals pay taxes, but the timing couldn’t be worse. All levels of government appear to be scrambling to make ends…
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…
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…